Tony--thanks for you help....I didn't know i wasn't supposed to touch the backstage on desktop. It's not exactly clear on much of this when you're just getting started. Once i understand the filing system and the particulars, i'm sure it will all make sense. [image: 2019-07-02 07_51_10-Open.png] <about:invalid#zClosurez>so..burning question: *Will deleting and reinstalling tiddly desktop affect any of the files i've already created*? I am not about to start over entering all that information again. And here's what those files look like...so I'll wait for an answer to that, before i do anything. I don't want to lose several days of work. It does sound like using desktop is still the way to go for me, all things considered. At the risk of belaboring the point, I just want to be sure I'm not endangering the work/tiddler-creation I've already done.
I'm still not sure why these main(#).html files are in the download directory, nor why there are so many, nor if this means all my data is spread out over all those files, and not consolidated in just one. (or ARE they? and if so, where is THAT file?) I've downloaded the empty.html file and created copies of it, and renamed it to a couple other things, (literati.html and personalbiz.html) but those are in the Tiddlywiki directory with the original main files; and all my other files, as I said, are in my downloads folder. Maybe because my browser is set to save to the downloads folder, i assume?--if that's true, then if i change the location for downloading in firefox, does that mean all the other stuff i download will end up with TW files, instead of the downloads folder? I also downloaded Timimi as you suggested, but haven't dealt with that yet. I have more questions but only because i can't seem to find this information anywhere else. one of the most pressing is about images...i really need to place images in tiddlers regularly, and be able to see them, and it seems that's a feature that doesn't exist. this could be a deal breaker for me, but hopefully there's a workaround. i would think it's odd not to have that ability, since it's all html/css and that's meant for webpages, which are full of images...but then, this TW application is being used differently i suppose. Okay, forgive my ruminations. I still appreciate any help, even if it's to point me toward helpful documentation (or toward the door :) On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 11:51:27 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: > Kelli, > > I think you are taking a path that is confusing you. Personally I suggest > deleting TiddlyDesktop (TS) and installing it a fresh. Tiddly desktops > backstage is how tiddlydesktop works, *I suggest do not touch it.* > > Now go to tiddlywiki.com and down load empty.html and save it somewhere > in you documents. Copy this file to text.html or any new wiki name you want > to create as many times as you want, each copy creates a new wiki. Now open > TiddlyDesktop (TS) and add a TiddlyWiki file. Browse to a wiki file and > select it. It will now be listed in TS, click open and make changes to you > wiki as you want. > > If you use the nodeJS version of tiddlywiki to create a wiki, it will > result in a folders version of tiddlywiki, which you can also select to > list in TiddlyDesktop and open if from there. In both cases tiddlydesktop > automatically saves you wiki where you opened it. > > Key advantages of TiddlyWiki desktop > > - Has its own built in browser > - Can link to an open local applications and folders (can't on regular > browsers because of security) > - Can be used to share the wiki on your local area network (I have not > tested this) > > If you just want to play and get a little confidence try > https://noteself.github.io/ online > > If you use FireFox I recommend installing Timimi which will allow you to > open and automatically save File:// addressed Tiddlywikis in your browser. > Some prefer this over TiddlyDesktop because of the add-ins and tools > available in their favorite browser. > > Best of luck > Tony > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 10:33:28 AM UTC+10, Kelli Jae Baeli wrote: >> >> Is this where i can get help? >> i'm very new at this, and while i have some knowledge of html and CSS >> through years of website management, tiddlywiki has a learning curve, and >> i'm at the starting line. >> So. >> I would much appreciate some help on this. >> I'm using TW desktop. Windows 10/Firefox. >> I had created a few tinkles. LOL. tiddles? oh, tiddlers. yeah. >> and i had added some buttons i wanted in the settings/setup. It was >> starting to make sense. >> >> [image: 2019-06-29 19_41_02-TiddlyDesktop – Main.png]then i added some >> of the plugins on the list, and refreshed, and nothing came back. >> i closed out and tried to start again and couldn't figure out how to >> start it again. >> when i clicked the TW desktop icon on my taskbar, I clicked on backstage >> button where i found the place to enter tiddlers finally, and nothing >> opened. no backstage. >> >> >> I tried opening the html files where i stored it on an external drive and >> still nothing. >> (I had created a storage folder, MyTiddlyWiki, on my external hard drive, >> and it had two files --- main (1).html and main.html) >> >> did i somehow delete everything? >> how do i get to that backstage area again? (and next time). Do i need to >> just create a link on my desktop to the tiddlywiki folder? or html file? >> Where oh where did my newly created tiddlers go? >> I feel like Little Bo Peep. >> >> ADDENDUM: >> by the way, when i opened the html file, it sent me here, with these >> errors. >> [image: 2019-06-29 19_37_28-TiddlyWiki — errorplugins.png] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: 2019-06-29 20_40_00-.png] >> ADDENDUM AGAIN: okay, i guess i was being a noob. i did find the tiddlers >> i created under a tab in the sidebar. so guess they weren't lost, I WAS. :) >> >> >> Still have the issue with the errors that pop up after adding plugins, >> and also why i can't get the backstage button to work like it did >> before.... could use help with that. >> >> -- 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]. 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