Thanks for the directions. I note the instruction *"If you want it on the USB stick, download the binary (which is a zip). Hang onto it for now, we'll use it soon." *You didn't say how we should use it. Did I miss something?
On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 7:36:10 PM UTC+8, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > I recommend using TiddlyServer (https://github.com/Arlen22/TiddlyServer). > It works the same as NodeJS, but allows you to edit more than one wiki and > lets you serve static files. It's very simple to use once you understand > it, but I'm not sure if my explanations of the installation instructions > are that simple yet :) Since I'm the one that made it, I have the entire > thing stored it my head and can give you detailed answers with a little > digging, but to give simple answers is where I struggle :) > > First, you either need Node installed on each computer or copied onto the > USB stick. If all your computers are Windows computers, then that's all you > need. > > You can download Node from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ > > - If you want it installed on each computer, download the installer > and do so. This is the easiest way to go if all the computers are your > own. > - If you want it on the USB stick, download the binary (which is a > zip). Hang onto it for now, we'll use it soon. > > Download TiddlyServer-2.0.8-bundled.zip from > https://github.com/Arlen22/TiddlyServer/releases/tag/2.0.8 > > Extract the folder it contains to wherever you want it. On Windows, you > can just open the zip file and drag the folder inside it over to the USB > drive. > > Download example-settings-simple.json from > https://github.com/Arlen22/TiddlyServer/releases/tag/2.0.8 and place it > in the folder. Rename it to settings.json > > Create a folder next to the folder you just extracted and call it data. > This is the folder your settings.json file points to. If you are > comfortable with editing JSON, you can easily change the folder path or add > more folders. The readme contains a detailed explanation of the > settings.json file at > https://github.com/Arlen22/TiddlyServer/tree/2.0.8#settingsjson > > The two main reasons people like TiddlyServer over TiddlyWiki on NodeJS is > that you can edit multiple TiddlyWiki data folders at once, and you can > serve static files along side them. It is not possible to serve static > files using TiddlyWiki on NodeJS. > > Hope that helps. If someone else wants to suggest something as well, feel > free to. > Arlen > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:27 AM, Raymond McDowell <mcdow...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks for the information. Now can you advise how to do this. I need to >> set up a dedicated folder for it that can run from a thumb drive and be >> accessed from multiple pcs and android devices. Thanks. >> >> -- >> 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+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to tiddl...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/970792eb-2131-46b6-bc57-7857bdaa3e4a%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/970792eb-2131-46b6-bc57-7857bdaa3e4a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/826a7aa3-d5ee-4bd9-9776-2b47225b2b83%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
