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Version 2.0: How can I send several invitations at once?
I want to share a class wiki with several of my students -- this wiki is in version 2.0. How do I send an invitation to them all at once?
From "Edit wiki settings", "Access controls", "Users", it appears that you can only add users one at a time.
At https://MYVERYOWNWIKI.pbwiki.com/shar..., I see that I can "share" a wiki with several people. Elsewhere in the PBwiki web there has been discussion about first having people create their own account, then joining your wiki.
Now I'm confused, and I'm eager to hear the best way to bring people into the PBwikiworld.
From "Edit wiki settings", "Access controls", "Users", it appears that you can only add users one at a time.
At https://MYVERYOWNWIKI.pbwiki.com/shar..., I see that I can "share" a wiki with several people. Elsewhere in the PBwiki web there has been discussion about first having people create their own account, then joining your wiki.
Now I'm confused, and I'm eager to hear the best way to bring people into the PBwikiworld.
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Inappropriate?Hi Mike,
I'm sorry, you're right. It is confusing. I'll try to de-confuse it a little here.
1. When you share out links to a wiki using the Share page in Settings, it sends them a magic link that lets them jump right into your wiki without any log in. That means they are anonymous editors. Not good for you, but many wikis use it because it's so simple and they don't care about tracking users.
2. When you Invite using the Users page in Settings, you are only able to add one at a time. That's not good for a large group, but it does allow you to totally tell who is using your wiki and it allows you to change their status in your wiki from Reader, to Contributor, or to Moderator. You can also boot them out.
I guess you need a good way to invite a bunch using the Users page. I don't have a simple way to do this but I do have an idea that should work.
This requires that everyone you want in the wiki must have a valid email account. If your students don't have an email account, you can create a pseudo account for them using Gmail. See this page for help with that.
http://getsatisfaction.com/pbwiki/top...
How to invite many users to use a PBwiki Account to access your wiki.
A. Create an email to all the people you want to invite.
B. Tell them all to go to https://my.pbwiki.com/?p=create to create a PBwiki Account. Remember, they need a valid email address, or you need to make one for them as I mentioned above.
C. Once they have completed this, tell them to remain logged in at their PBwiki Account and to use the pink "Join a wiki" box. They must type in your wiki name (without http or the .pbwiki.com).
D. Once they get to your wiki, tell them to use your Invite Key to get access.
E. Whenever they wish to contribute to your wiki in the future, tell them they must always go to my.pbwiki.com to get to your wiki.
F. Once you see all of your people listed in the Users section in Settings, you can change your Invite Key so that the only way they can access the wiki is to use their my.pbwiki.com page. (PBwiki Account)
I’m happy to help.
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Inappropriate?That sounds like it would work, but I have one more question: from Step D above, what level of access would these users have initially? Do they start with "reader" access or "editor" access?
Of course I can change this as soon as I see the users have joined, but I am curious about the default level for new users.
I’m less confused than before
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Inappropriate?You can choose the access level. Every level has it's own unique Invite Key that you (the admin) assigns in the Access and Keys page in Settings.
If you tell them to use the Contributor key when they log in the first time, then they'll be a contributor.
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Inappropriate?sure would be easier if the add user box would allow a delimited list. but perhaps I didnt understand everything in cliffs reply.
I’m ok; you're ok.
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Inappropriate?Hi Nick,
You are correct. The add Users box only allows one email address at a time. No delimited lists are accepted.
What would you suggest?
We might be able to do something ... -
Inappropriate?Version one offered delimited lists and a perosnalised email option under share this wiki command..why is it not possible to include this in version 2.0
I’m frustrated
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