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Tim replied on October 31, 2008 00:48 to the problem "Illegal characters in wiki backup filenames under windows." in PBwiki:

I run into this all the time..
you also run into trouble because you can have a lower case and upper case page in the same directory and the filesystem isn't case sensative.

Tim replied on October 31, 2008 00:47 to the question "Naughty javascript not working!" in PBwiki:

I was able to get around this by putting the code that I needed into a .js file and then referencing that code through a google gadget..
does that work for you?

Tim replied on October 28, 2008 17:54 to the question "Import mediawiki content into PB Wiki" in PBwiki:

You could use the API for this.. I've done such things with some tools that I've written myself using the API, so I know it to be possible.

If you attempt this, keep in mind that there is a cap to how many pages you can add within a set time frame (to prevent automated spam) so you'd need to write your script to trickle the pages onto the wiki.

Also... you mentioned that your wiki is large. How large? Performance breaks down on pbwikis that are truly giant.

Tim replied on October 14, 2008 17:19 to the question "Convention for marking authorship of questions & answers in a page?" in PBwiki:

I know that on my wikis we do it with a table..
using 1.0 markup that looked like this:

| Tim | this is my comment or question |

Tim replied on October 07, 2008 19:20 to the question "How well supported (by PBwiki v.2) is Safari v.3.1.2 Mac?" in PBwiki:

looks like you can't upgrade a free wiki.. is that true?

Tim replied on October 06, 2008 20:18 to the problem "Editing of v2 wikis doesn't work AT ALL on the iPhone" in PBwiki:

yeah... I used to edit my 1.0 wiki on my PSP, which was super cool. :)

Tim replied on September 29, 2008 19:07 to the question "1.0 vs. 2.0" in PBwiki:

Pbwiki 2.0 requires pbwiki accounts. it also removed the wiki markup as Clif mentioned. Pbwiki 2.0 also isn't really accessible for PDAs and other such devices because it's a bit heavier on the html/javascript side (in particular the WYSIWYG editor).

Other than that, 2.0 is more reliable, has better access control, organization tools, api support, user administration, and visual editors, as well as being actively developed so critical bugs are eventually resolved.

For my money, if you've got a small use case with minimal requirements and computer saavy users, then pbwiki 1.0 is probably the way to go, but for most people, pbwiki 2.0 is the right solution.

Tim replied on September 22, 2008 21:54 to the problem "I can't see my administrator key..." in PBwiki:

yep

Tim started following the idea "Textile/Markdown markup" in PBwiki.

Tim reported a problem in PBwiki on September 12, 2008 23:53:

I can't see my administrator key...

if I go to the admin page I can't reveal my administrator key.. that functionality appears to be broken in Internet Explorer (which I think is the most common browser).

It's been broken for about 3 weeks...

Tim replied on September 02, 2008 21:55 to the problem "Is it possible to allow anonymous users to edit without logging in?" in PBwiki:

Rachel... Are there plans for making the useful feature available for anybody?

Tim replied on August 29, 2008 16:35 to the question "Getting the API activated faster." in PBwiki:

doesn't seem likely since the v1 wiki was never really finished, so I don't think that they wanted people to be able to stumble across it accidentally...

Tim marked one of Clif's replies in PBwiki as useful. Clif replied to the problem "I can't create a new page on my pbwiki 1.0 wiki".

Tim replied on August 13, 2008 23:33 to the question "Clone wiki" in PBwiki:

ever have any luck with this?

Tim replied on August 13, 2008 23:22 to the idea "a 2.0 wiki... that *anyone* can edit" in PBwiki:

sorry.. I don't think that there is a "less fancy" way to do this, since it's not something inherently supported by pbwiki....
but here are the steps:

copy and paste the snippet above (beginning with the div and ending with p) into the HTML view of a page on your wiki...

if you save that you will see that you get a signup link..
but if you try it.. it won't sign you up...

what you need to do is do the next step (it's a bit scarier, but just trudge through and it should work) .. get that special key from your wiki, then edit your page (in HTML mode again) and plug in the magic value that allows let's your wiki know that it's ok to create users from that link.

Sorry that it can't be easier than that since only somebody with admin rights on your wiki can get that code for you... although pbwiki could create a simpler page with nothing on it but that passwords if they wanted to make that part of it a bit more user friendly...

hope that helps!
-Tim

Tim reported a problem in PBwiki on August 08, 2008 00:29:

I can't create a new page on my pbwiki 1.0 wiki

http://elothtesphalla.pbwiki.com/newp...

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class fckeditor in /var/coceve/pbwiki/user/FCKeditor/build-fck/fckeditor_php4.php on line 0

Any ideas?

Tim marked one of Paul Singh's replies in PBwiki as useful. Paul Singh replied to the question "I can't get no satisfaction...".

Tim asked a question in PBwiki on July 24, 2008 17:05:

I can't get no satisfaction...

I think that the new help is great... rather that just throwing you into a forum where your answer may or may not be findable, it does a much better job of directing you. It'd be nice though if there were a link to this web site on that page as well since sometimes you just want to bounce ideas off of a group of people.

The only way that I could get to this site now was from the pbwiki home page where there is a link to the community site. Any chance of keeping a link to get satisfaction from the help?

Tim replied on July 18, 2008 23:49 to the idea "tool for adding lots of users at once to a pbwiki 2.0 wiki..." in PBwiki:

you have to make sure that you're pasting into the html source rather than into the normal editor (since the stuff above is html)

hope that helps!

Tim replied on July 18, 2008 04:39 to the problem "typo in your admin tool. :)" in PBwiki:

if you have a bad contact admin email address in a pbwiki 1.0 wiki