Stroll - Idea Stew

[W.D.]

At  https://giffmex.org/stroll/goodies.html the developer states:

Then just place this snippet in your default tiddler for the Sources and Topics tabs to show up there:

<<tabs "[[$:/.giffmex/tabs/Sources]] [[$:/.giffmex/tabs/Topics]]" "[[$:/.giffmex/tabs/Sources]]" "$:/state/tabideastew" "tc-vertical">>

I am new to Tiddlywiki and would appreciate feedback on exactly to do this... 

[Birthe C]

Open the control panel from the little wheel icon in the sidebar. Go to the info tab (The first tab to the left).

That is where you give your wiki the title, the subtitle, your username and so on. But you are also asked to name default tiddler or tiddlers. That will be the tiddlers you see when opening your tiddlywiki.

If you do it in Davids https://giffmex.org/stroll/goodies.html  you will see that it is the tiddler named Get the goodies, hardly a surprise. The snippet mentioned is a copy of what is in this tiddler.

Now go to your own wiki, open control panel, what is the name of your default tiddler?  Open that tiddler for editing, copy the snippet and insert in that tiddler. Save and close the tiddler. When your wiki is saved, you can refresh it in the browser to see your default tiddler starting up.

Birthe

[W.D.]

Hello Birthe and thank you.

Attached are screenshots. The default appears to be GettingStarted. Editing the shadow and placing the snippet at the end of the text seems to only alter this tiddler, not new ones?

Also tried going to "$:/DefaultTiddlers" and editing the same tiddler without success. I'm very new to this environment, unfortunately.

[Birthe C]

W. D.

I am a little confused now, at times I really feel the language barrier. I think you are trying to get the goodies from Ideastew. I have never used it and really do not know it. I just saw you asking how to follow Davids explanation - sorry. But I do see, that if the above is correct, you should also drag the tag pill mentioned to get all those tiddlers in one drag to you wiki. Have you done that?

Sorry I have no idea of the functionality. You are new to tiddlywiki, you wrote, that can be rather a learning curve, but just know it is worth it, keep going and ask, some one will eventually answer your question.

Birthe

[W.D.]

Hello Birthe - thank you for your patient reply. 

I did import the pill, however the Tiddly has been updated back and forth a few times. Perhaps that plays a part in the question.

I am just beginning to play around with the application to see if it can be effective for my needs. I am sure this will be something I figure out eventually. 

Appreciate your kind attention!

[Donald Coates]

So it sounds like you are trying to do something on all new tiddlers?  If so maybe looking into templates would be start: https://tiddlywiki.com/#TemplateTiddlers

[Birthe C]

W. D.

I looked at https://giffmex.org/gifts/ideastew.html the original work. I have looked at it several times, but always feel it kind of work the opposite way of my brain. Don't let that worry you, I have felt that earlier with some of Davids work just for later to love and use it heavily. It all comes to the question are you working from top to bottom or from bottom up.

I think it is supposed to collect all the information in the Home tiddler (Default tiddler in ideastew.)

It might be an idea to save a copy and test it in the original how you like it and get to know it well. When you are sure it fits your way of working, and know how it works, it will be easier for you to know if it will fit with other changes you have done to your tiddlywiki.

I myself love Stroll https://giffmex.org/stroll/stroll.html It can be used for a lot of things. David has made it easy for us to get the parts we want to use in other wikis. Still some things just do not go well with other plugins at least not without some changes.

I find that I have to try a wiki for some time, to get the feel of it. I do not find it easy to understand just from the description. (also it is quite fun. The tiddlers I created can always be exported and later imported into another wiki or dragged and dropped. It is only after having used my wiki for some time I start to know, what I need and what I would like. Still it changes over time - and all the time. ;-)

Birthe

[William Dalton]

Thank you!

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[W.D.]

Thanks!