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Vu Nguyen marked one of Rachel Pennig's replies in PBwiki as useful. Rachel Pennig replied to the question "Extranet Permissions - aren't they backwards?".

Vu Nguyen replied on July 09, 2008 03:19 to the problem "Dynamic Worksheet" in PBwiki:

Well, we allow the <object> tag because flash videos work, so applets specified in that way should be okay. Not so sure about <applet> tags though...Hm.

Regardless, this sounds like a unique situation so I agree with Clif that it's best to email us at support and we'll handle it!

Best,
Vu

Vu Nguyen replied on July 09, 2008 03:15 to the problem "I can't put an html on my wiki" in PBwiki:

Hi,

Sorry I missed this. The Javascript is limited by approximately the length of a "GET" request (the reasons have to do with how their code is embedded in the plugin image in editing mode)--this length is about 1024 characters, but after escapes done for URL encoding, it's just slightly less than that. For long pieces of code, I would suggest uploading a file to your wiki with the code (make sure the extension is NOT .js since it might set our spam filters off), and then linking to it that way:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/f/SomeScriptiUploaded"></script>

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 17:35 to the question "Zip file backup" in PBwiki:

I'm a big fan of Peazip myself: http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 16:32 to the question "How to Hide Share my Wiki?" in PBwiki:

For future travelers, explanation and solution here:

http://getsatisfaction.com/pbwiki/top...

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 14:44 to the question "How do I import a word document (as a link) onto a specific WIKI page?" in PBwiki:

Hi,

Maybe this can help you out: http://newfaq20.pbwiki.com/Links#Howd...

Best,
Vu

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 14:35 to the question "Using a template as default for new page" in PBwiki:

You can add templates to the list that appears when you create a new page (by tagging a page with the word "template" -- no quotes), but we don't currently have a way of automatically setting a default template. Sorry!

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 02:47 to the question "google" in PBwiki:

To speed up google's finding it, you probably want to submit the url to them.

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 01:51 to the question "Hide folder menu?" in PBwiki:

Haha! I hate IE7...Anyway, it works with sidebar and recentactivity because those guys follow the colon with non-hexadecimal characters, but since "folders" starts with an "f', which is hexadecimal, IE7 gets all mixed up no matter how you try to format it. So for folders:

#module\3a\66olders {display:none; }

I've shown all the modules here:

http://vupublictest.pbwiki.com/Change...

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 00:35 to the question "edits a no show in edit mode" in PBwiki:

Did you happen to insert the video directly into source mode? If so, that is the likely culprit. Instead, try inserting flash videos using our HTML plugin tool ("Insert Plugin" -> "HTML"). Hope that helps!

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 00:31 to the question "Can you integrate a Intranet DB query into a PBWiki page?" in PBwiki:

Is the ultimate purpose to have intranet materials available on the wiki as well? Using the API, you can have any information posted to your wiki as long as it first converted the information into html format.

Clif's link is for the 1.0 API. If you are using PBwiki 2.0, go to Settings -> API for information on the PBwiki 2.0 API. In either case, it sounds like you want to do something like set up a cron job and update a wiki page periodically based on a specific database query.

Like Clif said, contact us at support if you have more specific questions or needs. Thanks!

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 00:24 to the question "Number of comments per page" in PBwiki:

Do you mean all the comments disappeared from your wiki? If this is the case, please email us at support[at]pbwiki[dot]com so we can investigate your specific case further. Thanks!

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 00:23 to the problem "Hot Potatoes and spam filter" in PBwiki:

.htm is one of the extensions used for webpages. We have restrictions on uploading .htm files to your wiki because of aggressive tactics by some spammers to use the free space in the wiki as a repository of spam webpages. You can try renaming the extension to something safer, such as .txt, and then renaming it once it's uploaded.

Vu Nguyen replied on July 08, 2008 00:19 to the question "Why am I getting asked to login when I'm on other sites?" in PBwiki:

Hi,

I can't think of any situations where we use pop-ups for user-facing authentication except possibly RSS feeds for private wikis. Can you take a screenshot of this going on and send us an email at support[at]pbwiki[dot]com explaining the problem? Thanks!

Vu Nguyen replied on July 07, 2008 19:02 to the question "Exporting Data from a Table" in PBwiki:

Hi,

In Excel, you can try creating a web query and selecting the table from your wiki page. This article tells you how: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/m...

Alternately, if you are running Firefox, TableTools is a pretty awesome extension that allows you to copy any table as tab-delimited text--perfect for Excel. It also has its own sorting and filtering functions, which are kinda neat for use on the web as a whole.

Best,
Vu

Vu Nguyen replied on July 07, 2008 18:52 to the question "text wrapping" in PBwiki:

Can you show us the page in question (if your wiki is public?)

Vu Nguyen replied on July 07, 2008 18:50 to the question "Moving Pictures" in PBwiki:

What do you mean? If you're referring to the absolute positioning of pictures within your wiki, that's usually a difficult task. However, most people find it adequate to position pictures based on text-alignment settings such as left, center, or right-align. Is that what you mean?

Vu Nguyen replied on June 23, 2008 20:34 to the question "Keywords in Document Repository" in PBwiki:

Since the repository is really just an HTML table, I would insert a new column at the end for keywords. Then, I would use the browser's built-in search function (usually accessed through ctrl+f) to look for them.

Hope that helps!

A comment on the problem "franchise.schtuff.com not accessable (not accepting my email in login)" in PBwiki:

There are a few of us in the queue right now I believe, so chances are you'll get a response in a few hours, but I would suggest giving us at least 24 hours. Let me know here if we missed you somehow though. Thanks! – Vu Nguyen, on June 23, 2008 20:29

Vu Nguyen replied on June 23, 2008 20:25 to the question "How do I put HTML code into a wiki page?" in PBwiki:

I haven't tried to see if we filter form elements, but you can try using the HTML plugin (insert plugin -> PBwiki Magic -> html). It's kinda a small window, I admit...