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
>

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