Yes this is indeed very useful, thanks for sharing. I would see this as the preferable method for sharing addons, that way one can build a local filesystem library that can easily be imported to new wikis. I would also eventually like to see the possibility to export all currently open tiddlers.
On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 00:28:44 UTC+1, Greg Davis wrote: > > This is probably old hat for the long time TiddlyWiki Pros, maybe the idea > will help others. > > Without setting up node.js to build plugins, would saving the required > tiddlers as a JSON be an acceptable way to distribute custom setups? I > remember coming across > a way to do plugins without node.js but it was some what complicated, at > the moment I can't find the link to the instructions. > > Originally I was just looking for an easier way to apply customizations to > new empty TiddlyWikis instead of dragging tiddlers between them. Finally > got a Left Menu to > work and customized close to what I want and it struck me that I could use > export to JSON as a way to transfer the necessary tiddlers. > > I tagged all the tiddlers needed for the customization and then used > Advanced Search to export those tiddlers to a JSON. That can then be > imported to an empty > TiddlyWiki. TaDa, new wiki ready with what I wanted for the base. > > I've shared an example of this custom TiddlyWiki, custom_5-1-8.html - > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/sh/h8q01y5kygoyhch/AAD0hwllkUF6ivZ5WZ7awzhBa/custom_5-1-8.html > > The JSON with customizations, custom-edition.json - > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h8q01y5kygoyhch/AADJLpqPvbj8ARQSJ2NwYdUya/custom-edition.json?dl=0 > > A JSON with sample content, sample-content.json - > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h8q01y5kygoyhch/AABiU_qHWe7_TIWIqQzDgc0pa/sample-content.json?dl=0 > > Greg > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/89267db3-1e08-4887-b643-9f093afa32f3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

