Here you may need to consult with the the instructions your specific domain name registrar or host has for pointing your domain name (or subdomain) at your new GitHub Pages website.Your repository folder should now be ready and have your index.html file in it.P.S.: If you haven’t done so before you’ve just made your first Git commit.You can add an optional extended description if you like. Under “Commit changes” give your upload a short title the suggested “Add files via upload” is fine.If you don’t know what these are you can safely skip them or revisit doing this later. If you like, you can optionally add any additional README, License, or gitignore files as necessary.On the subsequent page you can either drag and drop the empty TiddlyWiki index.html file you saved on your computer or you can click “choose your files” to find and upload the file. In the Quick Set Up box click on the link for “uploading an existing file”.Upload your TiddlyWiki to your new repository.Choose the “Public” option, otherwise no one will be able to visit your new website.I named mine “A TiddlyWiki commonplace book” Give your repository an optional descriptive name.Name it, where username is your username (or organization name if you’re doing it for your organization) on GitHub.You’ll use this account and their free GitHub Pages service to host your website for free as long as the project folder (also known as a repository) you are hosting is public.If you don’t already have one, create an account at.This one file is the entirety of your future website! Guard it well.This will allow you to save a file called index.html to a convenient place on your computer. Go to and click on the “Download Empty” button on their homepage.Let’s start! Step-by-Step Tutorial Get TiddlyWiki It’ll be as easy as dragging and dropping. The idea of GitHub may scare a lot of people, but you won’t need to use git, know any git commands, or even know how git works since I’ll describe steps that entirely use the graphical user interface and don’t come anywhere near using the command line or any complicated GitHub applications. In short, you’re going to upload a single file to your GitHub account and then point your domain name at it. However, as simple as this pathway may seem to some, I thought I’d briefly document the process I took so others can do the same for themselves.įirst I’ll presume you’ve got a domain name and a host that will allow you to change the CNAME for where your domain name is pointed. What is their recommendation for the easiest way to get a website up and running? The fact that an empty TiddlyWiki file is named index.html gave me my answer: set up a GitHub Pages-based website and simply connect it to my domain! So after a month or so at tinkering around at several complicated solutions that always seemed beyond my grasp, I went back to IndieWeb basics. I’d also seen TiddlySpace shut down a few years ago and didn’t want to deal with that potentiality-though I will admit that exporting would be as simple as downloading and moving a single file! As much as I like the idea of TiddlySpot I really wanted to use my own domain name (not to mention that it’s non-obvious how to host a newer TiddlyWiki version 5 (TW5) instance there). The few easy options I’ve found for hosting a TiddlyWiki publicly online as a website were rely on someone else’s service as a subdomain. There are some useful instructions for hosting it almost everywhere–except on one’s own domain name. For those interested in the OER movement, individual Tiddlers (TiddlyWiki’s name for cards or discrete entries within the wiki) can be easily dragged and dropped from other TiddlyWikis to copy them! There are a variety of examples and documentation online and plugins are literally as simple as dragging and dropping some files from one source directly into your own Wiki. There’s an active community of users and developers for the platform which dates back to 2004. TiddlyWiki is easy to use, highly flexible, modifiable, and can be easily copied, backed up, and shared. As a researcher who appreciates the IndieWeb and Domain of One’s Own philosophies and uses my personal website as a commonplace book for both work and personal reasons, how could I resist? TiddlyWiki TiddlyWiki is most often used as a private wiki for personal note taking and creating private journals.īecause it is a single text file usually named index.html written in HTML, CSS and some JavaScript, I thought it would make an ideal candidate for a simple-to-use personal website that can be hosted on one’s own domain. Want to follow me via Email, Newsletter, Social Media, RSS, or Push Notification? View all subscription methods here.
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