WD my cloud - WebDAV or node.js TW server?

[johnraekwon]

Hello all,

I have been trying to see about WebDAV solutions for serving TiddlyWiki, but it seems that most implementations (such as BOX) don't provide access the .html page through the web interface.

I am using the TiddlyWiki in the Sky with Dropbox at the moment (and I have relative links to other content stored in the same directory -- so, these contents are broken in my TiddlySpot version, sadly - meaning I don't really have a public "read-only" option).

I noticed this:

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=16497#ConfigureWebDAV

I wondered if anyone has used WebDAV and a WD My Cloud drive to serve a TiddlyWiki?

I also saw that some people have installed node.js on these... but the details are above my pay grade so I have not penetrated the method yet.

I have this version:

https://www.wdc.com/products/personal-cloud-storage/my-cloud.html#WDBCTL0060HWT-NESN

But it doesn't seem to support the WebDAV.. I might upgrade depending on responses here - or I may attempt to install software on it to expand capabilities.. but, I suspect a lot of bricking occurs when people do this.

Any feedback is welcomed. I am simply looking for what, I think, many users are - a (relatively) simple way to host my Wiki that allows me the following:

(1) have multiple users able to edit content securely

(2) append content stored in local directories.

(3) have a public read-only access

I am sure the list will grow :)

John

[Lost Admin]

On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 10:49:45 AM UTC-4, johnraekwon wrote:

Hello all,

I have been trying to see about WebDAV solutions for serving TiddlyWiki, but it seems that most implementations (such as BOX) don't provide access the .html page through the web interface.

I was wondering about Box. Thanks for saving me the trouble of testing it myself.

 

I noticed this:

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=16497#ConfigureWebDAV

I wondered if anyone has used WebDAV and a WD My Cloud drive to serve a TiddlyWiki?

I have not, but note that lower down on the page you reference is the list of suppoted MyCloud devices. Most of them are in the EX and PRO lines.

 

I have this version:

https://www.wdc.com/products/personal-cloud-storage/my-cloud.html#WDBCTL0060HWT-NESN

Which isn't one of the models on the list from your earlier link.

 

But it doesn't seem to support the WebDAV.. I might upgrade depending on responses here - or I may attempt to install software on it to expand capabilities.. but, I suspect a lot of bricking occurs when people do this.

Any feedback is welcomed. I am simply looking for what, I think, many users are - a (relatively) simple way to host my Wiki that allows me the following:

(1) have multiple users able to edit content securely

Many of us are looking at how we can do that. There are some ideas but no definitive solution yet. WebDAV is one but we haven't thoroughly tested it. NoteSelf has some possibilities but I'm not sure how far along it is on the multi-user aspect.

Also, note this is not one of the core goals of TiddlyWiki. TiddlyWiki is very much a single-file tool using web technologies. multi-user (certainly in any significant numbers) is not really a focus or even goal of the project.

 

(2) append content stored in local directories.

A few people talk about that but it's not really core to TiddlyWiki.

(3) have a public read-only access

TiddlySpot does that. A few of us have set-up publicly accessible servers of our own but TiddlySpot is easy and reliable.

You could also run your own web server.