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Hi Portjeffmd,

We will never shut down your wiki and you won't lose any information by changing plans.

If you have upgraded in the past and are not interested in maintaining your current premium plan, your data will remain on your PBwiki. If you have uploaded beyond the limits of your new plan, you data will be accessible on the wiki however you will not be able to upload new files, pictures, documents, etc.

You can locate our pricing and features list by clicking the "add features" button on your PBwiki.

Kristine

My original question still not answered. Will you just shut me down one day for not upgrading? Are you considering a lower level of service. I don't mind paying something but $500 is steep if premium services not needed.
Should I copy the pages to a 'Personal' Wiki to avoid loss of info? Service is great and would not mind paying more modest fee

Hi,

Since I'm in Tech Support and not Marketing, I don't have the official word on this, but I think it's to fit with a "try before you buy" model. Because wikis are free to make, individual users can try things out first and see how they like the service, without having to commit immediately. From there, you can upgrade if you find that you need more features.

You can also go to any free wiki and click "Add Features" and you get the individual pricing plan, like here: https://non-educational.pbwiki.com/up...

I think everyone at PBwiki would agree that one of our greatest joys is to work with individual users. We definitely appreciate your comments and hopefully you'll try us out!

Vu
PBwiki Team

I don't get it -- why do you guys make this information so hard to find? I can't seem to find any feature/pricing information (aside from the business prices on the main business page) anywhere on pbwiki.com. Apparently I'd be able to get this information if I created some kind of account or created a wiki, but why do I have to do that? Is this a subtle hint that you prefer not to deal with individual users?

Here is some additional info from our FAQ pages.

How do I know my wiki is secure? I never have to type in a password.

I need our wiki to be private. When there was an option to choose whether I wanted a private or public wiki, I asked for it to be private but I don’t see where I can confirm that it is private.

To be sure your wiki is private:

1. Go to your "Settings" page, which is a link at the top of your wiki, to the right side.
2. Click on "Public/Private". This setting will let you know if your status is Public or Private.

A private wiki can only be viewed by a person with a pbwiki account, an invite key, a sharing link, or someone who has already logged in and received a browser cookie from PBwiki.

If some random person comes to my wiki won’t they also be able to access the wiki?

We assure you that nobody but you, or someone you have invited, can edit your private wiki, except in one case which we'll discuss next.

I don’t understand why we need an invite key. When I access the wiki, I can change or make pages and do whatever I want without ever typing in a password. Will this be different for other people I invite? Do you somehow know that it’s me (the wiki creator) using the wiki?

Every time you access a website which requires a login (as is the case with PBwiki), the site sends you a browser cookie (a small text file) which is then stored in your computer. This cookie is used by PBwiki to identify you. This is why you do not need to log in. Your co-workers do not have this cookie - neither they nor anyone else can login to your wiki unless you share the invite key or invite them in another fashion.

Caution: If you leave your computer unattended, anyone can use your PC and access your wiki. We recommend that you lock your PC when you are away from it. Most businesses also recommend this for anyone using their computers. If you are using your wiki while at a public or classroom computer, you should always click the "log out" link before you leave the computer.

Advice: Do not lose your invite key even though you don't use it often. Cookies can be deleted by accident or on purpose and it's more than likely you will have to login the normal way at some point.

Can you please explain how I stop people from stumbling across our wiki?

If your wiki is private, anyone "stumbling across" your wiki will see a login page. They will see nothing else to help them break into your wiki unless you were to put the wiki invite key in the wiki title or wiki description.

To share this wiki do I just give my co-workers (friends, students) the URL?

To access a private wiki, they will need the URL of your wiki and the invite key. There are two other methods to share access to a wiki and they are accessible by going to the Settings page and clicking on either Users or Sharing.

Is there a cutoff on the use of the free wiki. Is there a difference between personal and business wikis. I set one up for personal confidential information and another as a resource to us at work. Now I am getting a banner across the top, telling me I can't continue to use the 'business' wiki.
$500/ year is a little steep for my current use. Will I be locked out of it at some point? Should I just transfer the few pages I made to anew personal wiki? What difference is there between the two? Is the same thing going to happen there? Are there lower subscription fees available, or being considered?

Thanks for the Feedback

Anyone using a public computer should click the log-out link when they're done in their wiki, or any other website for that matter.

The spam issues should be solved now that we're in GetSatisfaction. Clif deleted the last spam in the old forums <http://forums.pbwiki.com> after PBwiki locked them for good. The old forums are still available for reference and your links still work.

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I am able to have pdf file permanently open on page . I am also able to add file on my page without having it permanently open.
The next best thing would be: Can I have a list of pdfs on page and then open one in an existing Acrobat window on page without opening new browser window or tab. Not as elegant as sending the file to some kind of print 'engine' directly but more elegant than opening new window each time. Any thoughts on current or future capabilities. This would be a great file manager capability and increase need for space!

Thanks
Mark Shapiro

One other option would be to use the "Save page as PDF" that is at the bottom of every wiki page.

To find it: look near the bottom left of every page, you'll find a link that says "Save page as PDF" - click that and you'll automatically be able to download the the current page as a PDF.

Hope that helps!

That's a tricky one. I'm not sure it can be done.

Here's a given: Any document stored on the internet can't be viewed or printed until it's downloaded into your PC. That's true even for the text and images on this page. The text and images download quickly into a temporary area of your hard drive and are then displayed by your web browser.

The best you can do is to convert most of your documents to PDF files. At least with PDF files, you can view them inside the browser window and print them easily by clicking the Print button.