thanks Eric, learning through mistakes :) Using a text editor is part of the problem, but really it's because I am not creating a separate tiddler for my items, thereby having them overwritten. Thanks for the suggestion for the StyleSheet tiddler, I will put everything in there. I assume that doesn't get overwritten by the update?
On Friday, May 24, 2013 8:59:42 AM UTC+10, Eric Shulman wrote: > > > When updating the TW to the latest version as per Erics Save/copy/save > > method all my CSS modifications changed back. I had to do a compare of > the > > two files and merge my back-ups CSS with the updated files. I will look > > into how I can clean up the CSS and remove unnecessary duplication as > well > > as stop the updates from changing them. Should be as easy as changing > the > > Tiddler name I think? > > The update does not replace existing tiddlers. It replaces *only* the > TWCore code, which includes the "shadow" tiddlers (StyleSheetLayout, > StyleSheetColor, StyleSheetPrint) that define the *default* CSS for > TiddlyWiki. > > It sounds like you've been using a text editor to modify those shadows > directly in the source file, which is a big mistake! You should > *never* edit the TW source file directly. To modify the default > shadow styles, just add your CSS changes to [[StyleSheet]]. This > tiddler is applied after the defaults, so it can be used to "overlay" > any CSS rules you like. > > -e > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
