> I don't know what the original thinking about GG was, but if you're thinking 
> about other forum software (e.g. bbphp) then keep in mind that someone has to 
> install it, initialize a database, apply patches, purge old users, and make 
> upgrades. If it's hacked, it might have to be shut down until fixed. It's 
> much easier to just let Google handle the hassle.

Exactly that. I'm allergic to servers :)

We started with Google Groups in 2005, when there weren't so many hosted 
options.

Best wishes

Jeremy

> 
> The .tc classes let people who are good at CSS do all sorts of things. TW 
> automatically adds classes based on tags (i.e. .tc-<tagname>) which means you 
> can change the look of a tiddler just by adding a tag.
> 
> Good luck,
> Mark
> 
>> On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 9:32:22 AM UTC-7, Conner Phillips wrote:
>> Hi everyone, first time posting here. I have had a TW5 for a year or two 
>> now, but don't use it as often as I had intended. I mostly use it for 
>> scratching down useful lines of code that I have to come up with along the 
>> way (like for AWK which I rarely use). I recently decided being more active 
>> with a personal wiki would be a good idea. I checked out DokuWiki thinking 
>> maybe it would suit me better, but I think TW has much saner defaults and 
>> looks nicer out of the box (any wonder I use fish shell?). 
>> 
>> Anyway my two big questions are:
>> 
>> 1) Why google groups? I'm not sure I have ever used a google group for 
>> anything else. It seems so odd and, frankly, cluttered to me. I'm totally a 
>> forum guy and expect things like separate sub forums for Newbie Corner, 
>> Development, Theming, Plugins, etc... 
>> 
>> 2) Looking into the CSS stuff a little bit, what does .tc-X stand for? 
>> Tiddlywikiclass? I don't see it mentioned anywhere and I guess it is 
>> ultimately inconsequential, but I like explicit code ;). Are there any other 
>> customization resources besides http://tw5custom.tiddlyspot.com/ ? It seems 
>> rather complicated as a newbie, and while that site is detailed it still 
>> seems to loose me quite easily. 
>> 
>> And referring back to #1, this is exactly the kind of thing I would expect 
>> stickies for.
>> 
>> Thanks!
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