In response to this discussion "New journal here" not creating unique tiddlers I have redeveloped my new journal and new journal here buttons, I have shared in the past and share them here.
- This is not a plugin but a bundle of tiddler in a JSON file, drop on or import into your wiki. I will provide a bookmarklet tiddler to install if asked.
This package provides alternatives to the existing journal buttons, without replacing them
- All new journals will still use the title, text and tags defined in $:/ControlPanel > Info > Basics
- However when creating a new tiddler it will also create the journal-date field
- This allows you to use any title for a journal, even rename tiddlers and still let you list them in the desired order.
- Further the new journal here button allows you con optionally configure a prefix to add to the automatic title generation so you can have a new tiddler “title” every minute hour etc…
new-journals.json (7.3 KB)
Please thumbs up if you use it.
- I want to know if the effort was worth it
- Feedback welcome.
I have a wiki with a lot of same-name tiddlers, so set my titles default for both types to
<<now “YYYY.0MM.0DD.0hh.0mm.0ss”>>
And do my titles as a prefix to that default (For searching etc), Then I set captions and use the Display caption instead of title - view template, think it is.
That way I never have to think about keeping my titles unique 
Nor do I of course. In the solution I gave you it is specifically for one journal a day with new journal here relating to the tiddler made unique.
However you are free to choose the Journal tittles as usually with an extra prefix option using new here.
@TW_Tones…As usual I am late to the party / table and having finally arrived I am having problems. Just tried testing this on a brand new clean 5.3.1 version of TW and it’s not adding the new journal-date field to the tiddlers
Details from tiddler info…(am i doing something wrong?)
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| created |
20241028162306482 |
| modified |
20241028162408632 |
| tags |
[[2024-10-28 Monday]] Journal |
| title |
2024-10-28 Monday |
28th October 2024 at 4:24pm
282024-10-28 Monday
28Journal
This is a test `
I just dropped the above JSON package on TiddlyWiki.com and it seems to work as advertised. Try importing again and check if all the tiddlers will be imported.
On a new journal tiddler the info > Fields tab shows the new field.
- This solution continues to use the Journal settings in Control Panel > Info > Journal Title & text
To work and by default we use some replacement buttons that look the same
Perhaps describe what you can and cant see, and how you create a new journal entry.
Thanks @TW_Tones. The problem it seems isn’t in the json rather the method of copying it to my wiki. If I drag the file from above to my locally hosted wiki the tiddlers are not transported BUT if I do the normal route (download and install) it works. Might be my browser? Firefox?
Btw the effort (IMO) was worth it! These little quality of life things make a huge difference. Thank you!
@TW_Tones, plus with your changes I can do some reverse engineering and get to know TW a bit better.