BobEXE questions: how to update, saving problem, file server, Make wikis available on the local network

[Angel Wong]

I would like to update my TiddlyWiki using BobEXE from BobEXE version 1.3 something to the newest 1.5.2. I encountered some problems during the process.

1. How to update

I may have missed the update guide on github but I cannot locate it. Is it possible to update by pasting the tiddlers of the older version to the tiddler folder of the newer version? By doing this, I encourter the following saving issue.

2. Saving issue

After copying my tiddlers including the plugins, the changes on the TiddlyWiki is not saved and the save button is red. After several refresh or some unknown reason, the BobEXE saves the changes and displays them on the log.

3. Cannot enable file server

I cannot enable file server on the setting page by ticking Enable File Server. After ticking it, the log shows "WebSocket error:  TypeError: data.remove.split is not a function". The checkbox is unticked when I refresh and go back to the setting.

4. Make wikis available on the local network

With this function I think i can access my TiddlyWiki on Bob with a VPN of my home. However, it seems that once I refresh the wiki or have any Internet changes, the true wiki server address changes while the one shown on the setting page remains the same. Is there any method to make it fixed or to show a correct address? 

 

Thank you very much.

 

[Jed Carty]

Make sure you back up your wikis, that is just a general rule.

But to upgrade all you do is replace the old executable with the new one, you shouldn't need to do anything else. There are some bugs in 1.5.2 with the file server and changing to using more of the core saver, these are fixed in the next version that will be released at some point.

2 can be avoided by just replacing the executable instead of trying to manually import things into other wikis.

I don't know what is causing 4, I haven't run into any problems like that and I don't know what would cause it. Nothing about Bob should ever change the address unless you manually change it in the settings.