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Blaine shared an idea in PBwiki on October 10, 2008 06:35:

Accessibility issue work-around!

I've been playing around with a site for a blind and visually impaired group and was having some trouble with the CAPTCHA, that graphic sp*m blocker used to shield contact info from sp*mbots. One browser that I use to evaluate the sites is FireFox. It has a new plug-in called WebVisum which can, through the WebVisum service, label tables, images and other elements that an author hasn't labeled and subsequent visitors can 'see' what's there, thanks to a previous WebVisum user. This WebVisum can even decipher those CAPTCHAs that stymie anyone with a vision impairment!! For anyone with vision problems, check it out!

A comment on the question "Web Accessibility" in PBwiki:

I fiddle around with a pbwiki site for my local chapter of the PA Council of the Blind and have had some trouble with the graphic blocker on the 'Contact Owner' feature. I've found a couple of work-arounds that pbwiki might be able to engineer in. One is an arithmetic question such as 2 + 4 = [ ] Enter answer. Another is a 'what's the missing piece' question such as What's missing? abdef [ ] Enter answer. (If you consider this one, please don't make it case-sensitive. That would defeat the whole purpose!!!)
http://pcb-clrfld-jeff.pbwiki.com/
Thanks – Blaine, on July 04, 2008 20:53

Blaine started following the question "Web Accessibility" in PBwiki.

Blaine replied on May 28, 2008 16:53 to the question "how do I add a calendar to my free wiki" in PBwiki:

I'm not sure ... sounds like one of two things. PBwiki is hiccuping during the save, or are you inserting the code in the wrong manner? If you are clicking 'Source' after opening the 'wysiwyg' editor, you should be able to pick your spot on the page full of code and insert your code. If you're using the wysiwyg editor then you have to use the Html plugin after placing your cursor on the page where you want the code. If you still have trouble, you may have to make a support ticket and see what the support group has to say.

A comment on the question "Batch deleting revisions for time saving" in PBwiki:

I'd just like to have a way to quickly and efficiently clean up after a project is completed, leaving, usually, the final draft, or just one choice draft. If and when possible, I can delete the entire set by simply erasing the page's file name, but that doesn't work when I need to preserve just one example out of MANY. Of course one work-around would be to save the contents and try to save the formatting of the choice page on disk, erase the file name, then reconstitute the example saved on disk to another file later on named the same as the original file so I don't have to change every link to that page on other pages. – Blaine, on May 24, 2008 02:07

Blaine asked a question in PBwiki on May 23, 2008 20:45:

Batch deleting revisions for time saving

Most of the time batch deleting of revisions would be very helpful. I can understand that an occasional goof-up could occur if one were in a big hurry, but the addition of check boxes and a 'Delete Selected' button on the Show all pages follow-up page would sure be a great time saver!!

Blaine replied on March 14, 2008 03:19 to the question "How do I find about:config page and fix dom.event.contextmenu.enabled for Firefox?" in PBwiki:

Thank you.

Blaine asked a question in PBwiki on March 12, 2008 16:07:

How do I find about:config page and fix dom.event.contextmenu.enabled for Firefox?

I have that problem with Firefox's menu covering PBwiki's pop-up menu when trying to edit a plug-in and saw mention of an about:config page and the item found dom.event.contextmenu.enabled. I couldn't find anything about how to fix this problem, could you run that fix by me? All this time I figured it was just a glitch I had to put up with!

Blaine started following the question "Using Firefox, right-clicking a table, my Firefox context menu covers the PBwiki context menu. It's very hard to add rows, formats, etc. A little help?" in PBwiki.

Blaine reported a problem in Sun Microsystems on February 18, 2008 18:27:

Java script

I've been using short scripts embedded in my pages to break Email and phone number strings. Today, every page I've looked at and every page I've edited has lost the display and the 'Enable/Disable' script button is defaulted to 'Disable'. When I click to 'Enable', there is still no display. I've tried to edit the script using the plugin in wysiwyg and also putting it directly in under Source editing mode. Neither one works. Is there a way to force enabling of Java script?

Blaine marked one of davidm777's replies in PBwiki as useful. davidm777 replied to the question "Once a person edits a page, can he/she automatically send out an email to all Wiki members to view that page?".

Blaine replied on February 06, 2008 23:41 to the question "Once a person edits a page, can he/she automatically send out an email to all Wiki members to view that page?" in PBwiki:

I have a site in progress and proposed for acceptance by a blind and visually impaired club. When meeting notices are posted, or important committee news is posted, this feature would be GREAT! Not every one of the membership would like to get emails every time each page is edited, or even once a day, and this feature would make them all feel more comfortable.