TiddlyWiki!
Back in October last year my good friend Tim (GfxMonk) found this web innovation: TiddlyWiki.
It's a wiki, like Wikipedia, in that it can be edited instantly from within the browser. And it has lots of different pages which all link to one another. But the big difference is that TiddlyWiki is TINY, it's COMPACT, it's PORTABLE, and it's YOURS!
See the TiddlyWiki home page (which is a TiddlyWiki itself).
It's very easy to get your own TiddlyWiki because it's just a HTML/Javascript/CSS file all rolled into one. That's right - the entire TiddlyWiki site is rolled up into one highly portable file. This is a local file - not a server-side deal like Wikipedia. Then you can simply edit it as you wish. Simple!
Problem is, (as you'll probably notice if you link to the above site), it's pretty gosh darn ugly.
So, back in October, Tim made it pretty by modifying the CSS style. Pity that TiddlyWiki has since been vastly improved and Tim's version was getting a little out of date (so out of date that his CSS styles didn't work on the new versions).
So I recreated his style with the new version, and then in a fun-filled back-and-forth team-based edit fest, we both improved that file until it met both of our high personal standards. So we've packaged it all up, added a sample site with instructions and information, and put it on our websites. Hopefully, you'll agree it looks lovely.
So, check out our tiddler and follow the instructions there to download our version and start building your own. Now all you have to do is find a good use for it!
Tim and Matt's TiddlyWiki CSS
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Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though."
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posted by Eat_My_Shortz @ 7:11 pm
9 comments
9 Comments:
"Gosh darn ugly" indeed!
The new theme is great, looks really good. Have you tried using the special StyleSheet tiddler for your new CSS definitions? The intention is that definitions there will override what's in the base HTML file, and will survive upgrades etc. better.
Cheers
Jeremy Ruston.
Good work to both of you! Looks useful, indeed :) Thanks.
O_O didn't expect you to comment!
Thanks for doing so... err, sorry if I offended you with the "gosh darn ugly" comment ;)
But something I didnt actually emphasise enough in the original blogpost was just how cool TiddlyWiki is! Which is very.
I didn't know about the StyleSheet tiddler! Sounds like a pretty good thing to be using! Thanks for the tip.
LOL @ EMS comment "but you didn't tell me that the creator had commented!" Ha ha ha ha..
Check this post out :) http://www.cobbs.ca/bbs/showthread.php?p=2904#post2904
and have a laugh okay? That's all I want, a good laugh and a big smile from you.
No, not offended at all; quite the reverse, delighted that you've been inspired to hack the thing.
I'd like to make it a lot easier to re-theme TiddlyWiki. I reckon that if people are going to use it intensively, they're going to want to personalise the way it looks to suit them. Having to tangle with CSS is just a nasty hack to get there.
Cheers
Jeremy.
Hi there, I have posted a modification of the CSS style that take into account the very last tiddlywiki version (that includes the missing tiddlers, a must have functionality!).
Here is the address :
http://vmaurin.free.fr/Share/CSSfor6June2005Tiddlywiki.txt
Juste past and copy in the CSS section of your html.
Enjoy (vmaurin at bigfoot com for any comment).
I forgot to tell you.
You first have to update the HTML
see : http://www.tiddlywiki.com/#HowToUpgrade
And then apply the style.
Bye
Ahh thanks a lot Vincent. Both Tim and myself are quite busy with uni at the moment but when we get a chance, we'll have a look and give u some credit.
http://codestar.lidonet.net/misc/tiddlywikicss.html#[[How%20to%20use]]
Just to point out that (at the time of writing) there is no such thing as TW version 3. At least, not in Trac, or tiddlywiki.org or this universe. Yet ;)
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