Single file Tiddlywiki on Quick Start tiddler

Café
#1

When I go to the Tiddlywiki link I am shown the Quickstart tiddler, which is nice. But as a newbie, I do not know that a free standing single file version is also available - until I scroll down to that appropriate tiddler, nor which option is best for me ( I might want to have a play before subscribing to any service, etc). Would it not make more sense to include a link to the free standing download on the Quickstart page?

I have not done this as a PR because I don’t know if others agree nor what the actual link URL is or how to get the nice looking box around the entry.

bobj

#2

As it stands right now, to find out about the “single file version of TiddlyWiki”, you can click on the “DIY” Explore button, which takes you to the GettingStarted tiddler, which then offers a “Click here to download an empty copy of TiddlyWiki” button, which no further explanation of what to do after downloading that empty copy.

GettingStarted also presents a set of checkboxes to “explore the methods of saving that work with your platform”. Selecting ANY of those checkboxes displays a multitude of methods, which includes an infobox for the built-in “Download Saver” that is described as a “Univeral technique that works on almost every browser”. Then, clicking on that infobox takes you to “Saving with the HTML5 saver” which finally provides some details about how to work with the download saver.

The above sequence of interactions seems to be way too complicated and I strongly agree that it would be much more helpful if the Quick Start tiddler brings more immediate attention to the “single file version” of TiddlyWiki.

To add a “nice looking box” to the Quick Start tiddler, you need to do two things:

First, in the Quick Start tiddler change this line:

<$list filter="[[Quick Start: Tiddlyhost]] [[Quick Start: Desktop]] [[Quick Start: DIY]] [[Quick Start: Xememex]]">

to

<$list filter="[[Quick Start: Single File]] [[Quick Start: Tiddlyhost]] [[Quick Start: Desktop]] [[Quick Start: DIY]] [[Quick Start: Xememex]]">

(i.e., add “[[Quick Start: Single File]]” to the $list filter)

Then, create the “Quick Start: Single File” tiddler. You can start by cloning one of the existing “Quick Start” tiddlers (e.g., “Quick Start: Tiddlyhost”), and then changing the text, background, button-color, button-text, caption, icon and link field values. I suggest something like:

text: The fastest way to try ~TiddlyWiki without any server signup or application installation.
background: linear-gradient(90deg,#f5f5ff, #ffffff)
button-color: Goldenrod
button-text: Try it now!
caption: Single File
icon: $:/core/icon
link: Saving with the HTML5 saver

-e