transitioning from local Tiddlywiki file to my own server in the cloud

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Brian C

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May 6, 2020, 9:17:12 AM5/6/20
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Hello all,
I am currently have my TiddlyWiki file on my iCloud Drive, so both my Mac TiddlyDesktop and Quine2 on iOS have access, and this has worked out nicely thusfar (about 2 weeks of coming onboard to TiddlyWilki with this setup.
I would like to move to a "server model" with my TiddlyWiki file hosted online in the cloud.  
I currently have Linode server nanonode with my own domain name setup and ready to go, running Ubuntu 20 LTS.
So I would like to transition my single "wiki.html" file on my iCloud Drive to this server for the following reasons:
  1. Have it accessible on the web would potentially allow my wife to use TiddlyWiki with me, and to have accessible permalinks to tiddlers to whoever I want in the future
  2. I would be able to have access to the WebSever API, which then opens a world of possibilities for access, in particular, for creating new tiddlers 
  3. I believe Quine2 for iOS can also access a tiddlywiki file on a server, so this should work as well.

I would like any advice on how to do this transition properly:
  • I assume I need to get Tiddlywiki running on Node.js on my Linode cloud instance
  • any other recommendations ?  Once Node.js is setup and the server is accessible, is it simply a matter of coping my "wiki.html" up to that server?  anything else I should be aware of?
-Brian

Brian C

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May 6, 2020, 1:00:19 PM5/6/20
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So I got Tiddlywiki running on Node.js running on my server now with a blank 5.1.22 Tiddlywiki instance
So really I guess I am asking how take my single file wiki.html file and migrate that to my Tiddlywiki node.js server, which seems to function on separate tiddlers as separate files?  Also the themes and plugins to migrate..

-Brian

Saq Imtiaz

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May 6, 2020, 1:13:14 PM5/6/20
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You can drag and drop your wiki file on to the node wiki and choose which tiddlers to import.

Brian C

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May 6, 2020, 1:20:51 PM5/6/20
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Wow...that easy?!?!

On my local file I also have TiddlyRoam (TiddlyBlink and TiddlyMap) plus a slew of other plugins, would that transition in the drag & drop as well?

Brian C

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May 6, 2020, 1:23:40 PM5/6/20
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I think I just answered my own questions.  I just imported everything, and it seems to actually ...well...work...  wow...
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