On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 10:06:05 PM UTC+11, John Newell wrote: > > Hi Mark ( and others ) > I need to clarify what I have written below as it's not quite accurate and > I need to clarify WHERE and HOW exactly tiddlywiki renders so crisply > I had a few friends "push back" on my enthusiasm regarding the less than > perfect delivery of tiddlywiki on OLDER iphones, so I made the adjustment > to delivery using the power of 2 alternative hosts that render documents > and HTML properly. > > When the TW file is hosted and shared via *padlet.com <http://padlet.com>* > (GoogleAPI cloud) there is a viewer in play that manipulates the HTML file > - and so does *Dropbox* >
> > A ( very incomplete ) example that I am currently re-creating can be found > here - > https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/32228399/d4a0eb1d1751fae680bd55ccde9abaa5e86e929a/220aafd2f907766559569637d5a2db4b.html > > which is padlet hosted ( which I suggest checking directly then saving > locally iphone Offline Reading facility - that few know - but guess that > most of you luminaries have it as 2nd nature. ( just in case - I've posted > this up quickly - http://offlinereading.pen.io/ ) no logins required.. > > Reading offline is perfect and very handy for (e)BOOKS - which is my > current obsession. Thanks to Ton Gerner I have almost nutted out the TW > eBOOK "Readonly" version and will upload for inspection once complete ... > keep in context it may be a little ??? for some of you - but it's about the > ability to present cleanly and quickly. Seriously - you can write / copy up > a book into TW - convert to readonly ( I aint fast at that yet ) then > "publish via padlet or "Public" Dropbox in minutes - oh - and finally - to > my joy - delivering via iphone / iOS allows for the use of *any of the > font sets within iphones* / ipads -- which creates a great > impression....( check iosfonts.com ) > cheers all. > > On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 6:33:36 AM UTC+11, Mark S. wrote: >> >> Just curious. Does zooming of TW on Safari on i-devices work >> appropriately? >> >> On Firefox in Android, when you attempt to zoom on a tiddler the words go >> off the end of the screen. Very annoying and not how it works on the >> desktop. Fortunately, it works correctly on andtidwiki. >> >> One of the advantages of epub readers (at least on Android) is that you >> can easily change font size and color and even set up night reading >> environments. To use TW as a complete epub substitute, it seems like you >> would need some way to easily swap themes to accommodate the user's >> environment. >> >> >> Mark >> >> On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 10:57:19 PM UTC-8, John Newell wrote: >>> >>> (*First time Group Poster, 7 years TW user and fan.*) >>> >>> *THE SHORT VERSION *: >>> I need assistance in creating a TW5 file that is an alternative to eBook >>> format - that is >>> >>> - Non-editable by the reader >>> - Without the sidebar ( as navigation is / will be - via tags & >>> links in each tiddler (chapter) and "close tiddler button" at the base >>> of >>> the long pages.) >>> - and no access to backend >>> >>> If anyone can assist we'd be very grateful - and as I have had trouble >>> finding anything online that espouses the greatness of TW5 as a likely >>> BETTER alternative to eBooks in other formats ( and provides a guide to >>> achieving the uneditable standalone version ) - I would love to promote the >>> socks off tiddlywiki's benefits. I have over 400K social followers over >>> various accounts- the biggest following a few have caught up with me >>> recently on : twitter @magillamax >>> >>> >>> *Background to this request :* >>> >>> My wife and I have just finished a very large tome (7MB) called >>> "Spiritual Quest" ("SQ") which we have recently issued to 40+ people to >>> review before taking it live. >>> Created as an EPUB - it amazed me how many had trouble downloading it - >>> then opening in an ePub reader - usually iBooks. >>> After getting frustrated at their ineptness - I looked at myself and >>> figured that "I" must make the book more accessible. >>> >>> I quickly created a TW5 version - uploaded to dropbox - and emailed it >>> to 22 ppl with a direct link to the TW5 within dropbox. >>> Most had dropbox and opened it immediately _ voilà !! >>> <https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjb-feOuKvLAhWIipQKHTVwCMkQFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fvoil%25C3%25A0&usg=AFQjCNEc8CG-LJDPv1Eb4759IKMMuTiUcw&sig2=XPXOkuVw4hZ6XDDe5t-zlg> >>> I also provided to each a quick guide to Adding the SQ Tiddlywiki file >>> to "Reading list" >>> In TW5 it renders (significantly) better, is more efficient in use of >>> space, cleaner, easier to edit, changing Settings to Airplane Mode and then >>> opening up perfectly in Safari - all good --- >>> ( and TW5 is always a "snack" to edit and add to ) >>> >>> thanks in advance - and I'll keep future comm's less wordy...... JN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Tiddlywiki has revolutionized my management of client information, >>> registrations, content, invoices etc ( especially with the advent of {{ }} >>> transclusions)I have also used it for VERY effective management and >>> tracking a recent (narrative) book.I love what TW5 can do, and use it >>> daily. However I am very cautious going into the deeper coding.* >>> >>> <https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjb-feOuKvLAhWIipQKHTVwCMkQFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fvoil%25C3%25A0&usg=AFQjCNEc8CG-LJDPv1Eb4759IKMMuTiUcw&sig2=XPXOkuVw4hZ6XDDe5t-zlg> >>> >> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. 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