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Tim replied on June 17, 2008 20:16 to the idea "PBwiki 2.0 Documentation" in PBwiki:

This site is great.. it's got much of the information that I'm expecting to see when I click the "help" link from my wiki... Any thoughts on linking it directly from there?

I think that would help new users because it seems hard to ensure that people will run across this thread while searching getsatisfaction for answers to their particular topics..

A comment on the problem "Alignment in images and tables" in PBwiki:

Hi Dave! This is a confirmed problem, internal ticket #333, and we'll try to fix it as soon as possible. Thanks for the heads-up! – Vu Nguyen, on May 20, 2008 23:56

Dave replied on May 20, 2008 22:47 to the idea "PBwiki 2.0 Documentation" in PBwiki:

While I am a great supporter of the WIKI I am about to get on an internbatinal flight and would love to have a paper copy to read. Is there a PDF of the entire thing?

Dave replied on May 20, 2008 22:44 to the problem "Alignment in images and tables" in PBwiki:

Please note that aligning images (especially word wrap around them) does NOT work with IE 6 or IE7.

Dave replied on May 07, 2008 22:57 to the question "hide recent activity in version 2" in PBwiki:

I am using IE7 and have just recently upgraded to version 2. I have not been able to hide anything using inserts into the google gadget in the sidebar. Ihave been following all the forums and so forth, but this seems to be a problem.

A comment on the question "hide recent activity in version 2" in PBwiki:

Did it work for you before today? Are you using Internet Explorer? – Guy Fawkes, on May 07, 2008 22:39

Dave replied on May 07, 2008 21:05 to the question "hide recent activity in version 2" in PBwiki:

As of today (may 7) the hide recent activity listed above does not work. I also want to hide the "folders" section above it in order to make the interface cleaner. Any suggestions?

Guy Fawkes replied on April 08, 2008 19:15 to the discussion "Educators - weigh in on login systems!" in PBwiki:

Passwords still work on 1.0 wikis, paid or not. They do not work on 2.0 wikis, paid or not.

omyers replied on April 08, 2008 19:06 to the discussion "Educators - weigh in on login systems!" in PBwiki:

I just got off the phone with a coworker telling her I would set up the wiki with an invite key. Then I searched and found that option missing. It is easier for us to use the invite key than to invite by email address.

I hope that option will be returned. Is it still available on the non Web 2.0 wikis or the paid version?

tilgunas replied on April 08, 2008 18:59 to the discussion "Educators - weigh in on login systems!" in PBwiki:

I agree that there is a divide between teachers of elementary and older kids. Some of my middle school kids will absolutely cause problems if they are not required to log in w/and email address. It may be easiest to give the choice mentioned earlier...only need the invite key or must log in with email.

Dave replied on April 08, 2008 17:26 to the discussion "Educators - weigh in on login systems!" in PBwiki:

As a company that falls inbetween simple and protection I would like to point out what we want - as it may represent a point of view for educators as well.
We have content that we want to provide as education. We want to give a URL that takes you directly to the content in read only form, but it is still considered a private wiki. No log in, we handled that before we gave them the URL.
A second URL would be for those we trust to make comments (this is your student issue).
The key here is ease of use for both the wiki administrator and the user.

Dave started following the discussion "Educators - weigh in on login systems!" in PBwiki.

Guy Fawkes replied on April 02, 2008 02:33 to the question "Make it easy for people to READ-ONLY my wiki" in PBwiki:

"How can I do this with 2.0"

You can't. They have "improved" security by removing this capability.

There have been numerous complaints, so they are considering options, but they have only asked for input from educators on this issue, so those options may be limited to "educational"-type wikis.

Only time will tell.

Paul Singh replied on March 31, 2008 17:34 to the question "Sharing my wiki without invitations" in PBwiki:

Unfortunately, we're unable to revert 2.0 wikis to 1.0 (because the two versions are *very* different). If you setup a new 1.0 wiki, just send an email to support [at] pbwiki.com and we'll do our best to transfer your subscription over to the new wiki.

Just a note though - we probably won't be releasing any new features on 1.0 and there may come a time when we stop addressing any bugs on 1.0 as well. Just want to make sure you're aware of that.

Finally, we're very aware that the feature you're looking for is important to a number of our users - we're still thinking about how best to implement that in 2.0. Once we have a solution, we'll let you know.

Paul Singh replied on March 31, 2008 17:34 to the question "Sharing my wiki without invitations" in PBwiki:

Unfortunately, we're unable to revert 2.0 wikis to 1.0 (because the two versions are *very* different). If you setup a new 1.0 wiki, just send an email to support [at] pbwiki.com and we'll do our best to transfer your subscription over to the new wiki.

Just a note though - we probably won't be releasing any new features on 1.0 and there may come a time when we stop addressing any bugs on 1.0 as well. Just want to make sure you're aware of that.

Finally, we're very aware that the feature you're looking for is important to a number of our users - we're still thinking about how best to implement that in 2.0. Once we have a solution, we'll let you know.

zach replied on March 31, 2008 17:12 to the question "Sharing my wiki without invitations" in PBwiki:

Paul, can I downgrade to a 1.0 wiki? I've already created a 2.0 and upgraded to silver, with the hope that I could gain privileges of allowing anyone to edit. I now know that's impossible and I'm feeling dissatisfied.

zach replied on March 31, 2008 17:12 to the question "Sharing my wiki without invitations" in PBwiki:

Paul, can I downgrade to a 1.0 wiki? I've already created a 2.0 and upgraded to silver, with the hope that I could gain privileges of allowing anyone to edit. I now know that's impossible and I'm feeling dissatisfied.

abubnic replied on March 31, 2008 16:50 to the idea "Cool trick for logging into a wiki without an account." in PBwiki:

I agree with Dave. Not everyone wants a PBWiki Account. Some may be one-time users. Or perhaps, it's the wiki that has a limited, finite purpose. People may be accessing a wiki for a workshop, for instance.

Most education workshops are tightly timed. I think it's extremely important to have some method that allows access to a wiki without sending invites to someone's email account or forcing registration because THAT is a workshop-killer! You can't even begin to imagine what trouble it causes or how much time it wastes.

Many people never even get the invites because the PB wiki invite is seen as spam. And we are forced to spend a lot of time problem-solving. So this means you've lost valuable time -- and you're starting a workshop with a lot of angry, frustrated people. Not a good place to be!

I thought the "magic URL" idea was a great feature. Can we persuade you guys at PB Wiki to keep it?

Dave marked one of Tchalvak's replies in PBwiki as useful. Tchalvak replied to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?".

Dave replied on March 31, 2008 03:42 to the idea "Cool trick for logging into a wiki without an account." in PBwiki:

We have used the "magic URL" to direct people who were "registered members" on our website to access the wiki. We only want to allow read (or comment) access, but no other ability to write. We do not want to have to manage accounts in any other way and do not want to force them to create a PBwiki account that we then have to manage.

How can I do this with 2.0 as there is no "sharing" link or magic URL While I could create a "generic account" and give people the ID / password I want to go directly to the wiki from my web page link - no additional login page.

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