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TiddlyWiki is a single html file that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language.

TiddlyWiki can create an so called Wiki with all its functionalities like editing, saving, tagging and searching.
Since it is a single html file that does not need any kind of installation it is ultra portable.
TiddlyWiki was not originally designed for multi-user collaboration, however, there are various solutions enabling TiddlyWiki to be used as a collaborative platform. One solution is called ccTiddly.
ccTiddly needs installation on a server apache with PHP5 + MySQL

Here is how to install ccTiddly on your apache server
1) Open the ccTiddlyXXX.zip and unzip the content of the folder "1.8.5"
(the name depend from the current version)
in an empty folder called ccTiddly

2) Create a new database on your server.
Write down
a) Your sql host Ex. mynewdb.hosted.com
b) Your login name (For the database) Ex. Admin
c) Your login password Ex. Mypassword
d) Your db name Ex Tiddly

3)Once you have created the database use phpMyAdmin in order to manage it.
Use the login name and password in order to login.
Now press the SQL button and select the "Import files" tab
Press the browse and select the install.sql file included at the ccTidly folder and press the "Go" button.
You have finished creating your database

4) Open with a text editor the /includes/config.php file and change it to something like this :
$tiddlyCfg['db']['type'] = "mysql"; //sql type
$tiddlyCfg['db']['host'] = "mynewdb.hosted.com"; //sql host
$tiddlyCfg['db']['login'] = "Admin"; //login name
$tiddlyCfg['db']['pass'] = "Mypassword"; //login password
$tiddlyCfg['db']['name'] = "Tiddly"; //db name
$tiddlyCfg['db']['port'] = "3306"; // db port
$tiddlyCfg['db']['allow_override'] = true;

5) Upload via ftp the ccTiddly folder. You can use any ftp client but Filezilla is always reccomended

6)Go to "www.yoursite.com/cctiddly" with your browser.
By default you have three accounts :
1 .. username : username password : password
2 .. username : simon password : password
3 .. username : admin password : password
For security reasons please edit these three accounts by clicking on "Manage Users"