Hi Jon

when I dragged the 5.0.8 file onto the new version, the save button
> disappears
>

OK, we need to figure out which bit of customisation is removing the save
button, and remove that customisation while in 5.0.8.


> so I used Ctrl-S and saved as Web page html only. However the resulting
> file size is 893kb rather than the 4.7mb of my wiki. (as an experiment,
> when I tried saving the 5.0.8 file in the same way, it worked).
>

That method of saving is not reliable. Most browsers save the original
file, but Firefox saves a snapshot of the DOM.


> Is there anything else I could try?
>

The basic problem is that you've got customisations in 5.0.8 that break in
5.0.9. We need to remove those customisations, save in 5.0.8, and then
import into 5.0.10.

Best wishes

Jeremy.



>
> Thanks, Jon.
>
>
> On Saturday, 19 April 2014 14:46:12 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>
>> Hi Jon
>>
>> 5.0.10 is now released with a simple "safe mode". Try these steps to
>> upgrade your 5.0.8 file to 5.0.10:
>>
>> 1) Open the 5.0.10 tiddlywiki.com/empty.html
>> 2) Drag in your 5.0.8 file
>> 3) Save changes to a new local file
>> 4) Open the local file with "#:safe" added to the end of the URL
>> 5) You should see the wiki open in safe mode, with a report of the
>> customisation tiddlers that were renamed to avoid overriding the
>> corresponding shadow.
>> 6) Save changes
>> 7) Reopen the new wiki without the "#:safe" bit on the URL
>> 8) Assuming all is well at this point you could look at selectively
>> adding the tiddlers that were reported renamed at step 5
>>
>> Let me know how you get on,
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Jon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jeremy,
>>>
>>> I've got too many tiddlers to import individually and I tried the other
>>> option.
>>>
>>> If there might be a fix in the next release, I'm happy to wait for that.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, 18 April 2014 20:01:57 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jon
>>>>
>>>> There will be some customisation present in your old 5.0.8 wiki that
>>>> isn't compatible with one of the changes introduced with 5.0.9.
>>>>
>>>> There are two options to sort things out:
>>>>
>>>> * Import your tiddlers from 5.0.8 to an empty 5.0.9 one by one,
>>>> avoiding any customisation tiddlers (which will typically be overrides of
>>>> shadow tiddlers)
>>>> * Open the old wiki in 5.0.8 and delete the customisation tiddlers,
>>>> re-save it, and then use it for the upgrade
>>>>
>>>> There'll be a fix of some sort for this in 5.0.10; either a "safe" mode
>>>> that disables customisations, or a way of selectively importing.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Jon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know what the problem might be?
>>>>>
>>>>> As you can see, everything has shifted to the extreme left and all the
>>>>> buttons are missing
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Jon.
>>>>>
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