Getting Started with TiddlyJam

TiddlyJam is designed to make it easy to export a simple blog from TW5 while providing the tools to make very complex websites.

How to setup

Make sure TiddlyWiki on NodeJS is installed and upgraded to the latest version as instructed by https://tiddlywiki.com/#GettingStarted%20-%20Node.js.
- tiddlywiki --version should print 5.1.23
- TiddlyJam needs the nodejs installation of TiddlyWiki to work properly (for now). Checkout the github repo (https://github.com/ThaddeusJiang/tiddlyjam) for more details on future plans.
Open the local folder containing the wiki in file explorer:
- Replace your tiddlywiki.info file with the one here: https://github.com/ThaddeusJiang/tiddlyjam/blob/main/tiddlywiki.info
Open your wiki in the browser and import the plugin from https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/tiddlyjam/wiki (you can drag and drop it into your wiki)
- In your wiki, TiddlyJam Dashboard should be now available to manage your website.

Open the command line, navigate to the local folder of your TW5 and run: tiddlywiki --build tiddlyjam
The output folder should contain the html files. It will be rendered using the default theme - the same one as https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/tiddlyjam
- This folder can be hosted on your hosting service and viola - the website is ready.
- Note: Checkout thaddeusjiang.github.io/tiddlyjam's build process for inspiration.