The working file is not called "empty.html ". I'm using Chrome. At the moment I'm on mac os x (el capitan) though I normally use Windows 10 and Chrome. The Windows computer is getting last-minute warranty work done and will be back Tuesday. I was using savetiddlers and thought that I should stop using it while using Arlen's portal. I'll reinstate that.
I know a very small amount about symbolic links from working in Linux. I'll see if I can set something up. My phone is an Android and I'll try out AndTidWiki. Thanks for all of your help! It's greatly appreciated. Debbie On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 6:25:19 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: > > I haven't tried Cherrytree. But I've tried lots of others: Org-mode, zim, > wikidpad, treepad, cintanotes, simplenotes, evernote ... others I can't > remember. > > Is your file called "empty.html" ? I don't think a new "empty.html" should > be appearing if you are saving successfully through Arlen's system -- it > doesn't on mine. > > What browser are you using? What operating system. > > TiddlyWiki is actually just an HTML file with javascript. It can not save > itself without help from some other service. Up until about February TW had > a great plugin that allowed the Firefox web browser to save anywhere to the > hard disk. The community rallied around and came up with 17 different > approaches to saving. For local saving, there are now two alternative > plugins for Firefox (and maybe Chrome) that allow saving to a named > sub-directory of your downloads directory. Here's information about the two > plugins: > > https://github.com/buggyj/savetiddlers > https://github.com/pmario/file-backups > > You might think that saving to a sub-directory of your downloads directory > is limiting, but there's a trick you can do using symbolic links (called > Junctions) that can create a "linked directory" below your TW save > directory which in turn points to any directory on your local hard drive. > Here's a page that talks about junctions: > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/ > > If you navigate the path formed by the symbolic link in your file > explorer, the browser is tricked into thinking that it is saving to > sub-directory below the downloads directory, and the save can proceed. You > can even create a link to your local dropbox file directory (well, I assume > you can, but I don't use DB that often). > > On your mobile device, I think you would use your browser and not your DB > app if you wanted to use Arlen's TWITS approach. But (and I could be wrong > here) you would need a good data plan, since it depends on a web connection > for saving. An alternative is to use AndTidWiki -- assuming you're on > Android. Then inside your DB app you can click on your file, select > AndTidWiki as the launch application, and after that save as you normally > would and it will be saved and synched with dropbox. > > -- Mark > > On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 3:52:19 PM UTC-7, debdrex wrote: >> >> Thanks Mark! I'm not really using it at all yet. I've been using >> Cherrytree but want something that I can use on my phone as well as other >> devices. I think TW will want to be organized differently than Cherrytree >> but haven't gotten that far yet. I am intrigued by TW but also flummoxed :*o >> >> If I understand correctly, I always open my file through Arlen's link? >> I've gotten it to work with a test. It also appears that I can have more >> than one file, which is an option I'm considering. Each time I save, a new >> empty.html file still appears in my Downloads folder. Is that to be >> expected? >> >> You mentioned a way to save locally to the Dropbox folder on my desktop - >> how would I go about setting that up? >> >> Thanks, Debbie >> >> On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 12:09:13 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> This is the first time I've tried TWITS. How are you using it? If you >>> use it with just the one specified directory, then you need to put your >>> file in the "TW5 in the Sky (Arlen22)" directory. Then log in via Arlen's >>> link (https://twcloud.github.io/tw5-dropbox/#). When you do, there >>> should appear a link to your file. You may need to turn off any >>> add-blockers on the page. When you click on a link to a TW file (still in >>> your browser), it should load in your browser and after that you can click >>> save (or use auto-save) and it will save to your DB account directly. >>> >>> Note that you are NOT running your local DropBox copy of the TW file >>> when you do this. If you try to run your local copy from your local DB >>> directory, it will want to save in your browsers download directory. (There >>> are work-arounds for this if you do want to save locally). >>> >>> HTH >>> -- Mark >>> >>> On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 11:02:23 AM UTC-7, debdrex wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I'm just trying to get started with TW and have gotten stuck at how to >>>> get files to be saved to a folder other than downloads. Ultimately, I want >>>> to have them on Dropbox so that I can access them from any device. I've >>>> installed TW5 in the sky but the files still save to Downloads locally. >>>> 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/b717853d-f12b-4af1-8df9-8bf8c3e7d54b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
