Questions about content allowed on Tiddlyhost

#1

Greetings, I am entirely new to Tiddlywiki. I am working on a wiki about a worldbuilding project between me and my friends. I want this wiki to be a resource for people interested in learning about our world’s lore and characters. That being said- there are some aspects of this world that fall into more adult categories. Topics of war, descriptions of reproduction, and serious topics regarding crime and harm. This is all entirely fiction, however I struggled to find anything in the TOS regarding writing and imagery about this. Mostly I saw mentions of offensive and obscene content, but I don’t know if that applies to this or only targeted content meant to degrade other users. Is this type of content safe on tiddlyhost, or should I move to a different host?

I don’t exactly have money to spare currently for a hosting subscription either. Would it be possible to port the wiki over to Neocities if the content is disallowed? Is there any other alternative? I’ve seen mentions of github but I am unsure if I have the skills needed to go that route.

I am by no means a programmer or well versed in creating sites. I am primarily an artist, creative, and hobbyist that mainly works with niche fantasy worlds with abstract locales and races. Please forgive me if I am a bit of a fool about this.

#2

I think the person to answer this is @simon, who runs TiddlyHost.
-m

1 Like
#3

yes ask Simon but perhaps you could start with a warning on first load so no one accidentally see content they want to avoid.

if you are the only editor you can publish the single file wiki in many places.

1 Like
#4

As long as Neocities permits uploading web files, TiddlyWiki content can be published to Neocities.

1 Like
#5

Welcome Toykit ! Nice to have you join our community…

You’ve said in your post that you’ve read the Terms of Service and don’t think it applies as you are not seeking to offend but rather educate … then I think that is a reasonable defence.

That said if you have some imagery that is explicit I would add a warning modal like Tony suggested … here is how you can do that :

  1. Create a startup action to launch a tiddler as a modal popup. Create a tiddler called say $:/start-up-warning-actions with the following content
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-modal" $param="$:/start-up-warning-modal" />

Then tag this tiddler with the system tag $:/tags/StartupAction/PostRender - this will make it popup as soon as your wiki is rendered on the browser.

  1. Create your modal warning tiddler $:/start-up-warning-modal - add your disclaimer here etc…

Once you refresh the wiki after its saved - this modal popup will appear and the background will be darkened…

  1. Optional : You can make the background even more obscure by adding to the styling element that controls this… To do this create a tiddler $:/start-up-warning-style with the following
.tc-modal-backdrop {
    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.9) !important; /* darker color */
    opacity: 1 !important;                /* force full opacity */
}

then tag this with the system tag $:/tags/Stylesheet to get it added to the wiki’s styling.

Cheers
CB

3 Likes
#6

This is super helpful!! I am extremely grateful for all the replies so far. I can’t wait to learn more about using Tiddlywiki over time. I’ve been seeking some kind of platform to use, but my HTML got so rusty I was struggling with neocities. If it ends up that Tiddlyhost isn’t the best place for my content I will likely move the wiki over there if it’s not a mess to do so.

1 Like
#7

Welcome @toykit, if it helps I searched long and hard for a range of solutions for personal management, simple app dev for personal use and used many tools. I found tiddlywiki more than a decade ago, and I have not looked back. I value the investment in learning it because it is unbounded in its possibilities without the following, but also allows you to use any HTML/CSS/JavaScript skills you may have.

With TiddlyWiki you fully own your own wikis and need not be dependant on others or necessarily pay fees. It is easy to exit if you must, but why would you?, It is always growing and changing.

1 Like
#8

Nice solution. To avoid the warning to appear every time a visitor come back to the wiki, you can also use the BrowserStorage Plugin to store the acknowledgment of the user on the first visit.

1 Like
#9

Does this mean it doesn’t have to be exposed to the public and you can just encrypt it?

#10

Well, I would like it to be public so we can share the info on it with friends and fans of our work.