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Rachel Pennig replied on January 13, 2009 19:05 to the question "Is there a spell check" in PBwiki:

Hey all!

Our engineering team has been working on an *awesome* new spell check tool. It is currently set to be tested by our alpha team starting this week, and before too long we hope to release it to everyone. Stay tuned, I hope to update you soon!

Rachel Pennig replied on January 13, 2009 19:04 to the discussion "Firefox spell check doesn't work in editing view" in PBwiki:

Hey all!

Our engineering team has been working on an *awesome* new spell check tool. It is currently set to be tested by our alpha team starting this week, and before too long we hope to release it to everyone. Stay tuned, I hope to update you soon!

Rachel Pennig replied on January 13, 2009 19:04 to the question "Am I just missing a spell checker?" in PBwiki:

Hey all!

Our engineering team has been working on an *awesome* new spell check tool. It is currently set to be tested by our alpha team starting this week, and before too long we hope to release it to everyone. Stay tuned, I hope to update you soon!

Rachel Pennig replied on January 13, 2009 18:17 to the question "What did you think of chapters 1-4 in Sign of the Beaver?" in PBwiki:

Hi Kristen,

These are the forums for PBwiki Support. Did you mean to ask this question somewhere else?

A comment on the idea "Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0" in PBwiki:

Hi Aga,

Your solution (one PBwiki Account login) would probably work just fine. You could also create classroom accounts for each family to log in with (the classroom account procedure gives you a printout slip you could give to each family). – Rachel Pennig, on January 12, 2009 20:14

A comment on the idea "Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0" in PBwiki:

Hi Aga, you could do that, but then you lose the security of having individual users identified, and the ability to track revisions. Is there a reason why you don't want users to have their own PBwiki Accounts? Maybe we can come up with a better solution for you! – Rachel Pennig, on January 12, 2009 19:18

A comment on the question "can't use same wiki name (e.g., "XYZ") on both jotspot and pbwiki?" in PBwiki:

Hello!

Wiki names are just based on PBwiki users.

This wiki name, for example, was registered to a user, but they have not yet set up the wiki.

I hope this helps! – Rachel Pennig, on January 06, 2009 15:51

Rachel Pennig replied on January 02, 2009 22:45 to the problem "RSS feeds" in PBwiki:

Hi J.D.,

Can you tell us what Internet browser your users are using? Thanks!

Rachel Pennig replied on January 02, 2009 22:22 to the question "copy custom page security" in PBwiki:

Hi J.D!

You can't copy page security from one wiki page to another, but what you can do is put all these pages in a folder and set the folder security. The pages will then inherit the folder security.

While you do have to set up security once more, you won't have to do is six more times - so I hope this helps!

A comment on the idea "Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0" in PBwiki:

I'm a librarian too, so thanks for sharing your use case.

If individual identity is not important, you could just create one generic PBwiki Account and have all your users log in with that info.

If you're using an educational wiki, and don't want your users to have to sign up, be invited, or approve them, you could create classroom accounts for your users and hand them out. More information about classroom accounts can be found here: http://pbwikimanual.pbwiki.com/My%2BP... – Rachel Pennig, on December 31, 2008 00:20

A comment on the idea "Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0" in PBwiki:

Hi Avocado, thanks for sharing your concerns.

a) Have you tried the publicly editable feature, that lets anyone with a PBwiki Account edit your wiki? The request access feature also is a great time saver for large groups of people.
b) Keeping your wiki private is very easy. Just go to "Settings" and then "Wiki Security." If you want your wiki to be private, just select the "Only people I invite" option for "who can view this wiki"
c) We do not send invitations to your wiki unless you have specifically typed in that email address and sent them an email. If you don't want to send invites at all, just send people your wiki URL and have them request access to the wiki. They can then decide if they want to join or not.
d) By choosing "Anyone with an account" for "Who can edit this wiki" on the Wiki Security page, your users can have access right away, without you needed to authenticate them.

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions! – Rachel Pennig, on December 30, 2008 19:23

A comment on the idea "Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0" in PBwiki:

Hi Paul - I'd love to hear more about how you use PBwiki 1.0 and why 2.0 won't work for your specific wiki. Can you drop me a line at migration-help(at)pbwiki(dot)com? Looking forward to getting your feedback! – Rachel Pennig, on December 23, 2008 16:36

Rachel Pennig shared an idea in PBwiki on December 22, 2008 23:10:

Migrating from PBwiki 1.0 to 2.0

Hey Everyone!

We've been working hard on adding new features to PBwiki 2.0, including Classroom Accounts (which replace invite keys), reader comments, folders, easier editing, full CSS customization, and tons more. PBwiki 2.0 now allows you to do just about everything you could with PBwiki 1.0.

We're encouraging everyone to migrate to PBwiki 2.0. This helps us develop features in a simple, unified way, which means more features for you.

You won't have to do anything right away, but we recommend that you start taking a look at 2.0.

The details: You can migrate to PBwiki 2.0 today by clicking the "Convert Now" flag at the top of your wiki (the migration process explains how this works). Over the next few months, you'll get additional notices by email, letting you know what's going to happen. Then in March 2009, all PBwiki 1.0 wikis will need to migrate to PBwiki 2.0.

Again, you'll have plenty of time to migrate your wikis, and our Support and Services team can help you with any questions. Millions of people are using PBwiki 2.0 and are thrilled with the new features available to them. If you have any questions, please click "Help" in the top-right corner of your wiki.

Rachel Pennig replied on December 22, 2008 19:17 to the question "Can people comment without editing?" in PBwiki:

Hello All!

We recently announced a new feature called Reader Comments - now readers CAN leave comments on wiki pages! More information here: http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/12/19/new...

I hope you'll give it a spin and let us know what you think!

Rachel Pennig replied on December 22, 2008 19:16 to the question "Why should registered users designated as 'readers' not be able to comment on pages?" in PBwiki:

Hi Derek and Andrew!

We recently announced a new feature called Reader Comments - now readers CAN leave comments on wiki pages! More information here: http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/12/19/new...

I hope this helps!

Rachel Pennig replied on December 22, 2008 19:16 to the question "Comments without editing rights" in PBwiki:

Hello Ciarán!

We recently announced a new feature called Reader Comments - now readers CAN leave comments on wiki pages! More information here: http://blog.pbwiki.com/2008/12/19/new...

I hope you're as excited about this feature as I am!

A comment on the question "Is Javascript supported in PBwiki 2.0?" in PBwiki:

Hi laura-gibbs!

The conversion to 2.0 should be handled seamlessly, and your Javascript should transfer over into the new plugin. Just use the help link on your wiki to get in touch with support directly if you have any further questions or problems. – Rachel Pennig, on December 19, 2008 17:36

A comment on the question "Why can't any of my v1.0 users log into v2.0?" in PBwiki:

Hi Dave - if you want to contact us directly, you can use the "help" link on your wiki to get in touch with support.

Generally though, while your wiki is in the 1.0 version, please go to "Settings" and then "users" You can purge people from this list that you do not want invitations to go to, then try running through the migration tool again. – Rachel Pennig, on December 19, 2008 15:35

Rachel Pennig replied on December 17, 2008 20:37 to the question "Need info about your services" in PBwiki:

Hello ezickel - this is a great question to ask our sales team. You can get in touch with them by emailing sales@pbwiki.com

A comment on the discussion "Any fellow librarians out there? How do you use PBwiki?" in PBwiki:

Hi Jason! Check out pbwiki.com/content/webinars for a list of all webinars. A few of my webinars on on there. I hope this helps! – Rachel Pennig, on December 10, 2008 23:36