Hi, Springer Happy to hear that one worked. And good to know about that Github quirkiness with old email addresses. Nice pedaling!
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 10:02:12 AM UTC+9 springer wrote: > Hi Jero. You (forgivably) haven't followed the thread where I specify that > my solution has to work on random university computers, public kiosks, etc. > Special apps (and local plugins and save-means-download) are out. > > BUT (!) I just had a breakthrough with the GitHub saver. The trick was > adding and verifying a fresh email; somehow it wasn't satisfied with the > verification of the old address (and also didn't flag the email as > unverified either). > > I'm going to close up shop at work for a bracing-cold bike ride home now, > feeling like ONE thing was actually accomplished! > > (And then I'll load the page from home, just to smile at it, and add a > meaningless edit, and close it again.) > > -Springer > > On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 7:44:17 PM UTC-5 Jero wrote: > >> "... , I still haven't found a good plain-old SAVE solution for working >> with TW files on my desktop ..." >> >> Hi. Have you tried "Timimi" ? It works like a charm for me. It allows to >> save the TW file and silently manages the backups (in a folder in your >> computer) so you don't have more than a specified number of backup files of >> a TW file (in my case it's five) at any given time. >> https://ibnishak.github.io/Timimi/ >> >> On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 9:25:44 AM UTC+9 springer wrote: >> >>> Alfonso, Aha, the empty one does loads, so that's progress.... There's >>> something about *some* of my particular tw5 files (I've tried a few, with >>> mixed results) that droppages doesn't like... perhaps a plugin? >>> >>> Meanwhile, I still haven't found a good plain-old SAVE solution for >>> working with TW files on my desktop (that doesn't initiate a download with >>> every save, which is a firm no-go), so DropPages is still only half of a >>> solution even for the files that it does serve up properly... >>> >>> Here's a summary of the research-setup-troubleshoot work I've done since >>> tiddlyspot went down: >>> >>> * TW5-dropbox: a fairly seamless EDIT-from-browser-anywhere solution >>> (for files residing on dropbox), but without publishing. >>> * TiddlyDrive: a fairly seamless EDIT-from-browser-anywhere solution >>> (for files residing on google drive), but without publishing. >>> * DropPages: a (partial) PUBLISH solution (for files residing in my >>> dropbox, but somehow fails to render some tw5 files), but without seamless >>> edits (and fixated on a Dropbox/Apps folder path distinct from >>> tw5-dropbox's fixed Apps file path; otherwise they might be made to play >>> together?) >>> * GitHub Saver: GitHub can PUBLISH and newer tw5 versions *should* save >>> edits there, but in practice GitHub flashes me a 401 every time. >>> * Node.js via terminal: a powerful local-machine EDIT option saves >>> nicely (even to dropbox directory), but which does not yet publish (beyond >>> local-network-while-computer-is-on). >>> * Noteself: seems to save elegantly, but does a poor job of clarifying >>> where the data lives. (I have lost noteself projects more than once.) Also >>> doesn't publish to web. >>> >>> So I'm still missing (in the wake of tiddlyspot) a single solution for >>> seamless EDIT-HOST workflow. >>> >>> -Springer >>> On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 5:22:21 PM UTC-5 Alfonso Arciniega >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You may want to try adding an empty TW file to the site, and also use a >>>> https:// notation instead of http:// in the link, and see if there's any >>>> difference. >>>> Remember that your TW files need to be in the "C:\.. >>>> ..\Dropbox\Apps\My.DropPages\espringer.droppages.com\Public" folder >>>> and nowhere else. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Alfonso >>>> >>>> On Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 5:43:41 PM UTC-7 springer wrote: >>>> >>>>> Alfonso, >>>>> >>>>> I just tried to set up Droppages, and even an hour after setting it >>>>> up, I get this odd result: >>>>> >>>>> When I try to load my TW5 html file via the URL (when the file is >>>>> indeed in my dropbox under the appropriate folder), the browser's content >>>>> area stays blank, BUT the browser (and I've tried all three on my mac) >>>>> is >>>>> clearly *trying* to load the right page, because the site header info is >>>>> properly displaying, based on what's in my TW5. >>>>> >>>>> Here's the url: http://espringer.droppages.com/index.html >>>>> >>>>> Any clues? >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 8:24:59 PM UTC-5 Alfonso Arciniega >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Below is shown an option with Dropbox and DropPages. It could be used >>>>>> as a temporary option if we don't want to spend a lot of time setting up >>>>>> a >>>>>> repository site until TW Tones creates a permanent site. >>>>>> >>>>>> It took me just a few minutes to create it. No code is required. >>>>>> >>>>>> My demo site is at: https://my-tw-notes.droppages.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> The DropPages site is at: https://droppages.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Note I did not use any theme, just edited the base.html to change the >>>>>> tittle and the index.txt for content, and add a couple of TW's in the >>>>>> Public folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> This option is free for up to 50 MB size, good enough for five TW's. >>>>>> DropPages has been operating since 2011. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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