Thanks for the kind words and the epub, Mark! On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:32 AM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < [email protected]> wrote:
> Amazing stuff, as always Dave! > > Though some may disagree with this, there are certain advantages to > reading text like a book, especially on a small screen. Once you have a > static HTML page, it can be converted to epub with only a few losses (SVG > images, for one) I've attached a version of your text converted to epub, > including a TOC. For reading, I like the FBReader myself -- it feels very > much like reading a real book. > > One of the problems with TW on a small screen is that it can't form a > pull-out drawer for table of contents and other services like regular apps. > > Have fun! > Mark > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7:29:04 AM UTC-8, David Gifford wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> I just wanted to say thank you to all who have helped me lately with >> answers to my various questions. >> >> I wanted to create a system whereby I can add snippets (quotes, >> observations) and tag them by topic, on a wide variety of topics, and >> publish them as I update them, in a way that is easy for my target audience >> to view on mobile quickly, navigate easily, download, print all, or print >> select pages, and share links to individual tiddlers, without knowing a lot >> about TiddlyWiki. I knew there had to be a TiddlyWiki way of creating an >> expanding list of "quotes and notes by topic" that could be consulted >> easily in all the ways just mentioned. >> >> I ran into a number of hurdles along the way: >> >> - I knew a lot of my material would be quotes added one by one to >> topics, rather than finished articles. So I didn't want my readers to have >> to spend too much time opening various tiddlers to get to a topic before >> realizing I only have one note or quote there so far. >> - TiddlyWikis are not very mobile-friendly, as they are chock full of >> shadow tiddlers, and also when holding a mobile device vertically, the >> sidebar is what becomes visible and the content gets shoved out of sight. >> - My many, many attempts to use list filters in viewtemplate tiddlers >> to display lists of the contents of tiddlers tagged with topic x led to >> dead ends. The complex list filters slowed TiddlyWiki way down at times >> once I started adding a lot of material. >> - The nature of TiddlyWiki means that people who don't know your >> mental system might not find the best morsels of content hidden in your >> file >> - Customizing to print an entire file in TiddlyWiki as a syllabus was >> a chore. >> - Having too many files means users having to check them all to see >> what I updated, and for me, it meants switching back and forth between >> files when all I want to do is take notes on what I am reading. >> - Having too few files means bigger files, and requires users having >> to dig way into them to see if the section they are interested in was >> updated recently. >> - People who aren't both tech savvy and familiar with TiddlyWiki will >> get confused by it or distracted by the nonessentials if it is not >> simplified in some way. >> >> I have found my 'sweet spot' by creating special TWs that I use to >> generate static HTML files and PDFs. The pdfs are huge, especially if >> images are involved, and I only put them out for those readers who want a >> more familiar, conventional type of document. The static HTMLs are what I >> am excited about. >> >> >> I thought I would share my results and process for those who might be >> interested. >> >> - Here is a static HTML I have created: http://recursos.giffmex.org/ab >> c/mente.html (Spanish) >> - Here is a link to the TW I used to create it: >> http://www.giffmex.org/experiments/mente.html >> <http://www.giffmex.org/experiments/mente.html> (Spanish) >> >> The key ingredients were: >> >> - Figuring out how to display certain tiddlers before others when >> "exporting all" to the static HTML. My less than graceful but completely >> adequate (for me) solution involved using periods at the beginning of >> tiddler titles to force them to the top. >> - Figuring out how to allow users to navigate between tiddlers and >> get back to the top quickly in a static HTML. Solutions: list links by tag >> in a table of contents at the top; titles as links; a home button in each >> tiddler >> - Figuring out how to make each page print separately in both HTML >> and PDF. Solution: page breaks at the top of each tiddler (see >> $:/.giffmex/pagebreak) >> - Figuring out how to quickly open all tiddlers in order to print to >> PDF (except a few instructions tiddlers specific to the html version). I >> scraped together the button in $:/.giffmex/OpenAllForPrintingPDFs. >> - Figuring out how to move quickly between files on 40 different >> topics. Solution: Bookmark folder and subfolders in my web browser >> (Firefox). >> - Figuring out how to let readers know about new updates to the >> files. I already use a Facebook group to alert people there to updates, >> but >> I also created an index (Spanish, and still in process) here: >> http://recursos.giffmex.org >> >> So now my process is: >> >> - Add new content and tag it by topic >> - If the topic is not listed in the table of contents, add it (a >> quick copy, paste and alter) >> - Note in a notebook which files I added new content to this week >> - At the end of the week, >> - Create a static HTML of each file with one click and upload them. >> - Open all tiddlers of each file with one click, print to PDF, and >> upload it. >> - Change the date of the most recent update for each file in >> Wordpress >> - Let people know on Facebook, if the changes are significant >> enough to merit mentioning >> >> I suppose my project is kind of unique, a wide ranging, expanding >> knowledgebase to be populated primarily by short tidbits but also with some >> tables and full articles, so I don't know just how applicable or relevant >> most people would find this. But I hope this might be helpful reference for >> anyone who might think about doing something similar and doesn't want to >> have to go through everything I did. 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