New User to TW5 (a little praise and a quick question)

[Anton Jarrod]

Hey all, 

I've been using TiddlyWiki for a couple of months now and have now decided to use it for all my note taking and writing projects because it's so great! I've been using different solutions for more than 20 twenty years now and TW seems to be the best for all my needs. Well done to all involved in developing such a wonderful tool.

I've now come so far in my project that I need to start using filters, macros etc. and creating contents tables to organise my notes. Problem is, I can't seem to get my head around the different kinds of documentation for these things and I'm finding it difficult to understand what I need to do to achieve the effects I would like. My quick question for now is: does anybody know if there is a step by step guide to creating a table of contents based on my tags? I was able to create a table of contents for my sidebar in the beta version of TW5 but now I no longer like the look of it and need it to be based on my tags. I can't make head or tale of the instructions in the tiddlywiki.com website and can't find anything I've been able to use/het to work in the documentation website tiddlywiki.org, so if anyone can help that would be great. 

Thanks, 

Anton

[PMario]

On Monday, September 22, 2014 6:46:31 PM UTC+2, Anton Jarrod wrote:

tiddlywiki.org, so if anyone can help that would be great. 

tiddlywiki .org is for TiddlyWiki classic. So you can't use it.

Just to be sure: http://tiddlywiki.com/#TableOfContentsMacro ... doesn't help you? You may have missed it?

mario

[Anton Jarrod]

That's right, I've seen this tiddler but it doesn't help; I'm having difficulty working out what steps I need to do, because when I paste the code into my contents page, all I get is a blank. There must be more steps to it that this, but I can't work them out. Any suggestions?

[BJ]

I think it's difficult to see where it starts. You need to look at the tiddler http://tiddlywiki.com/#TableOfContents - this shows the top level list, all those tiddlers on that list are tagged with "TableOfContents". If you click on the first tiddler on that list, "HelloThere" you will find another 'sub' list - and each of those is now tagged with "HelloThere", and so on,

Cheers

BJ

[PMario]

On Monday, September 22, 2014 11:00:13 PM UTC+2, Anton Jarrod wrote:

That's right, I've seen this tiddler but it doesn't help; I'm having difficulty working out what steps I need to do, because when I paste the code into my contents page, all I get is a blank. There must be more steps to it that this, but I can't work them out. Any suggestions?

OK, I see. There are too many tiddlers in tiddylwiki.com so, it hard to follow the steps / tags.
I'll record a short video later today.

I'll go with the http://tiddlywiki.com/#TableOfContentsMacro example imo its easier to follow
The code:

<div class="tc-table-of-contents">
<<toc "Contents">>
</div>

The <div> is there, just for styling. So just use it.

<<toc "Contents">> is the macro call.

"Contents" is the "root tag"
So if you have a look at the tiddlers: First, Second, Third and Fourth .. they are all tagged "Contents"

If you have a look at:  FirstOne, FirstTwo, FirstThree ... they are all tagged "First"

That's basically it. ... This creates the structure.
So if you want to have a subitem of "FirstOne" eg: "MyNewSubitem" .. just tag it "FirstOne"

hope that helps.
mario

[Anton Jarrod]

OK I see what you mean. I will have a go with this later when I get back home and see if I can put it into practice. Thanks for your help :-)

[Anton Jarrod]

Thanks BJ that's very helpful. I will have a look at this later and have a go with my TW project :-)

[Jeremy Ruston]

Thanks for the feedback Anton, much appreciated!

Best wishes

Jeremy

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