How to make each day’s Journal tiddler as the default tiddler for that particular day

#1

Is it possible to make each day’s Journal tiddler as the default tiddler for that particular day

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#2

Hi,

  • Go to the $:/ControlPanel : Info : Basics tab
  • Search for DefaultTiddlers field
    • Enter this text [<now "DDth MMM YYYY">]
  • Make sure that the date format in the DefaultTiddlers field is the same as for Title of new journal tiddlers

hope that helps

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#3

Is it possible to get Journal tag for the default tiddlers automatically. Or will i have to do it manually

#4

Yes, but not with marios tip.

You can use the StartupActions but I don’t have time right now for a full solution, sorry.

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#5

If the tiddler doesn’t exist, just click the “new journal” button in the right sidebar and it will be created with the tag. – Just 1 click away :wink:

#6

Is it possible to add some condition to it.
If Journal tiddler is already created show it as default tiddler. if not already created , show something else which we specify as default tiddler

#7 
[<now "DDth MMM YYYY">is[tiddler]else[HelloThere]]
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#8

This will do the trick for me. Thank you

#9

Is it possible to get two or more other tiddlers as default tiddlers if the Journal tiddler is not already created.

#10

Yes, but it uses a completely different mechanism, which looks like magic and can cause trouble, if your users don’t know about it.

  • Create a tiddler named: $:/config/EmptyStoryMessage
  • Create a tiddler named: Dashboard … with some content
  • $:/config/EmptyStoryMessage should contain this text:
    • {{[[Dashboard]]||$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate}}

You can use it like so:

  • Add this content: {{{ [[GettingStarted]] [[Working with TiddlyWiki]] ||$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate }}}
  • See the difference in the number of opening {{{ and }}} closing braces!

Which will open those 2 tiddlers as a story river empty message … So everytime you close all open tiddlers, they will be shown.

BUT BUT BUT … here comes the trouble

Since the core default ViewTemplate is used to show them, they have tiddler toolbar buttons. grafik → They work, except the close [X] button. Since there is no story, nothing can be closed. — What you see is the story emptyMessage.

And believe me, I use it, and it does trick me from time to time. …

So there is room for improvement and feedback in a new thread is very welcome.

have fun!
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#11

This approach will work if the default tiddlers you want to be displayed in the absence of the Journal tiddler share a tag (or field):

[<now "DDth MMM YYYY">is[tiddler]] :else[tag[MyDefaultTiddlers]]

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#13

Yes, that’s a much simpler solution.

#14

Thanks for the suggestion. I modified it slightly to use the field instead of tag

[<now "DDth MMM YYYY">is[tiddler]] :else[default-tiddler[yes]]
#15

Where should I add this content to ?

#16

As text to the $:/config/EmptyStoryMessage tiddler

#17

@pmario This is indeed a nice addition to have. I can now use empty story message to easily access MyDefaultTiddlers mentioned in the code given below [<now "DDth MMM YYYY">is[tiddler]] :else[tag[MyDefaultTiddlers]] if the Journal tiddler is already created.