Step-by-Step Instructions

Yang Li has posted detailed step-by-step instructions for setting up TiddlyWeb in a Windows client-server environment.

Using Cygwin

Cygwin can be used to install Python, then easy_install is available to install the tiddlyweb and/or tiddlywebwiki packages.

Do not use easy_install if you intend to use tiddywebplugins. Use pip instead.

Portable Setup

These instructions are for installing TiddlyWebWiki.

• create a directory C:\Portable\TiddlyWeb
  
• install Portable Python (version 2.5 recommended) to C:\Portable\TiddlyWeb\App\Python\
  
• download install.bat and launch.bat from this repository (via the raw link) to C:\Portable\TiddlyWeb
  
• execute install.bat, which is a one-time operation for the basic setup and instance
  
• optionally configure instance as desired
  
• execute launch.bat, which will open TiddlyWeb at http://localhost:8080 in the browser
  

Configuring Proxy

If required (e.g. for easy_install to work from behind a corporate firewall), a proxy can be set up with the following command: