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thomasv replied on June 09, 2008 17:35 to the problem "Display secure & unsecure items?" in PBwiki:

I have 9 users on my wiki. Only 1 of them gets this error. I haven't been able to figure out what it is or why....help!

A comment on the question "Can I submit content to my wiki by email?" in PBwiki:

Thanks. I have a 2.0 so I'm out of luck. Nice work though! – thomasv, on May 13, 2008 16:24

thomasv marked one of Guy Fawkes (BANNED!)'s replies in PBwiki as useful. Guy Fawkes (BANNED!) replied to the question "Change comment bar color?".

thomasv asked a question in PBwiki on May 07, 2008 16:25:

Change comment bar color?

This is way picky, but I'm really trying to get a uniform color scheme...and the tangerine color of both the Comments section and the recently added Breadcrumb feature (thanks Guy!) are throwing me off.

Anyway to change these colors?

A comment on the question "How can I add breadcrumbs in pbwiki 2.0?" in PBwiki:

brilliant as always, Guy. – thomasv, on May 07, 2008 14:14

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thomasv replied on May 07, 2008 14:11 to the question "Can I submit content to my wiki by email?" in PBwiki:

I second the motion that updating via email would be grand.

The way I would want to use it is send an email to <wikiname><current name="true">@pbwiki.com with subject name <new name="true">.

After uploading, a link would appear on <current> (a page that has already been created in PbWiki) that would like to a newly created page named <new name="true"> (the subject from the email). This page would contain the body of the email as well as any attachments.

Would be killer for me.</new></current></new></current></wikiname>

thomasv replied on April 11, 2008 17:09 to the question "Looking to embed private videos in 2.0" in PBwiki:

Not at all. As long as IE and/or FireFox can display it, I'll be happy.

thomasv replied on April 11, 2008 15:38 to the question "Looking to embed private videos in 2.0" in PBwiki:

The storage space outside of PBWiki isn't an issue. It's how to get that file into an embedded/streaming state on the wiki. I don't want folks to have to deal with plugins/additional software.

If you know of some way to translate files hosted somewhere into embedded video, let me know!!

thomasv replied on April 11, 2008 14:36 to the question "Looking to embed private videos in 2.0" in PBwiki:

I agree with Newbie here. Eventually we will have more than 25 users, and to deal with dual logins for video is counter productive for my wiki.

I really want to find a solution that will keep it private, not need a login, etc. The *only* issue I have with hosting it at PBwiki is that a lot of these videos are training sessions that run an hour or so and are ~250mb. With as many videos as I have, my space would run out REAL quickly.

A conundrum, I suppose. I guess I'm asking for a lot, but really my needs are:

1) hosted video outside of pbwiki (due to large file sizes)
2) embedded/streaming video.
3) private to everyone except users of my wiki.
4) no additional login necessary (just to get to PBwiki)

thomasv asked a question in PBwiki on April 10, 2008 20:43:

Looking to embed private videos in 2.0

Is there anyway I can embed a private video that can be accessed only team members who have accounts on PBwiki?

YouTube and other video sites that allow embedding are great, but once you try to make those files "private" they don't work embedded. Any thoughts on how to get around this?

thomasv replied on April 10, 2008 20:23 to the problem "Open external link in body of Wiki? Like iFrame..." in PBwiki:

You are brilliant! Thanks!!!!!

thomasv replied on April 10, 2008 19:52 to the question "Notification of comments?" in PBwiki:

Thanks. Has anyone figured out a work-around?

thomasv reported a problem in PBwiki on April 10, 2008 19:50:

Open external link in body of Wiki? Like iFrame...

I'm loving 2.0, but trying to figure out how to make PBwiki the centralized dashboard for my team.

One of the issues is that when I link to external sites, these obviously open up in either a blank window, a new tab or in the current window. When that happens my folks "leave" PBwiki.

I'd love for there to be a way that we can have links open up in the "body" of PBwiki or use some workaround so they can easily use the search or sidebar feature to get back to the wiki. Does that make sense? I just want PBWiki to drive everything and keep them in the interface.

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I thought I'd toss it out there...

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

Thanks Guy. I did the same thing to get rid of the folders...now what about "share this wiki"?

I'm a sucker for a clean interface. – thomasv, on April 10, 2008 19:02

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thomasv replied on April 10, 2008 18:37 to the question "hide recent activity in version 2" in PBwiki:

do you have to put this on every page?

thomasv asked a question in PBwiki on April 10, 2008 18:35:

Notification of comments?

Instead of allowing my team to edit pages, I want to allow my folks to comment on a page...then have administrators get an email or RSS alert that there is a new comment.

Is there anyway to get notifications when comments are made??

I'm using (and loving 2.0)