When Jeremy declares the bugs worked out (he mentions some rough edges in his Sept 27th post) I’ll merge the latest TiddlyWiki changes into ServerSideWiki. Should be fun, looks like he’s changed a lot of stuff.

Yes, the launchs is still forthcoming.

P.S. On a side note the now free Opera 8.5 seems to work perfectly for me with the default blue style.

Orignally based from the work of Jeff Minard’s SuperTextile most of the code has now replaced with re-written code ported from Ruby’s RedCloth.

You might want to see the TextileBugs tiddler for more details.

What works

• headers
• blockquotes
• footnoting¹
• stong ,emphasis, delete, insert, _subscript, ^superscript
• class#id attribute syntax
• {style} attribute syntax
• lists and multi-level lists

What does not work

• tiddlylinks and macros are iffy
• tables
• alignment attributes

¹yes, it works!

So keep your fingers crossed and lets hope everything works on IE by nightfall. Done at 5:38pm, remaining non-critical items moved to todo list.

What now works – Updated 5:35pm

• navigation, browsing, etc
• clicking edit and viewing source
• saving and deleting via AJAX
• todo lists (IE didn’t like item used as a variable name and doesn’t like grey… it’s gray in Microsoftville)

• This page itself renders wrong (second title at the bottom like the parser isn’t finding the end of the unordered list *sighs*) IE was replacing \n with \r\n after an edit and breaking the parser (TiddlyWiki bug AFAIK, not my doing)

What is still broken

• proper error handling on IE when an unexpected error (server disconnects or connect is lost) occurs because with IE I have no way of knowing which request to tie the error too – but unelss something weird happens saving should work just fine

• style and CSS issues

Seems the IE does not support assigning dynamic attributes to the XMLHTTPRequest object… I assign the title of a tiddler so that if a weird error should happen in the callback I know which tiddler did not save/delete etc… it was working fine in Firefox. I’m really not liking the idea of writing my own queue or something to keep track of these requests.

Any JS experts at there who could help? ContactMe

So I’ve been thinking about some big changes… mostly cool/unique/well-done things that the other client/server people can’t just copy so easy (no offense guys – you’re great, but leading the way with cool ideas is fun too)… ie, really start to leverage Rails on the server.

• Multiple logins per account, and simultaneous edits with smart locking, conflict checking… I don’t think anything does this right/well yet
• Access, edit, delete, rename, tag via WebDav using your favorite file utility (just cause it’d be cool)
• Smart downloading (only fetch the most used tiddlers and load the rest dynamically)… welcome to the most scalable server solution…
• ServerSide parsing (for full textile + some cool things that I’m *not* going to port to JS)… but not at much of a speed cost… gotta think about this one… I want the best of both worlds…
• This allows for some really cool ServerSideWiki specific things if it can be done well. And is a trail most other solutions won’t embrace due to the high level of integration required between client and server
• I’m open to other suggestions… anything uber-geek or cool or just nice/functional will be considered.

Loyal users, write in… and yes… if I create a whole new beast with all the above features we’ll have to get the paying plans going, though a few features may slide into free accounts, or free trials, or something…

Most of the v0.5 – Get ready to roll stuff is on tomorrow’s list, but Wednesday I leave for a week… so cross your fingers.

I haven’t tested with IE or Safari yet (but heard Firefox works better right now)… bug reports would be welcome on PublicBugReports.

You can contact me using the contact form.

All special pages (SiteTitle, SiteSubtitle, StyleSheet, etc…) are now tagged “excludeLists” (which means they only show up under tags) and titles and tags for these items cannot be edited. This is a usability thing and should make figuring out these features for new users (and even old pros) a bit easier.

For those of you creating your own “admin” pages or such you’ll need to change to DefaultPages yourself.

These pages in the future will likely be added to a ServerSideWiki admin panel… for those of you already hacking your own your feedback on how this might look/work would be welcome.

How should RSS feeds work?

Obviously the simplest is x most recently added/updated excluding MainMenu, DefaultTiddlers, and other system pages (I would assume)…But is what what’s best?

1. Should only paged tagged “rss” be fed?
2. Should there be a tag to not feed a page?
3. How many items is right?
4. What format is in and what’s out these days?

Answers

Please add your answers to PublicRSSAnswers.

I’m currenly enjoying a leasurely week in Texas with some friends. I have spent an hour or so on ServerSideWiki, but it’s not a priority while I’m here.

I’ll be back in town Monday/Tuesday and working on polishing things up for the official public beta release (0.5).

Please keep sending the wishlist requests, bug reports, and friendly/questioning e-mails. Many times I can point someone to a feature that already exists or clarify how things already work. Sometimes something will get added to the todo or I’ll suggest an even better idea. Sometimes I’m just stumped, but it gives me an opportunity to get those wheels turning early in the morning. 

You never know.

I think we’re going to play laser tag today. I hope all the rest of you have as great of a time today.

All submissions must be sent via the contact form and the name you propose must have an associated .com domain name available. It doesn’t have to be exact (think BackPack and backpackit.com) but must be closely related.

The winner will get something (no, I don’t know what yet). It might be a heart-felt e-mail expressing my thanks, or potential something valuable (one day) if this would ever develop into a commercially successful service.

• PrivateTiddlers (tag them: private) indicated with a locked icon
• BackPackish todo lists (new todolist on the left menu bar)
• WikiControlPanel
• timeline now handles long names better
• Linkability
• SortableGrid
• numerous little polishing here and there