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Vu Nguyen replied on October 11, 2008 04:20 to the question "Is there a way to manage comments without deleting one at a time?" in PBwiki:

Hi,

I'm sorry this is so annoying for you. I have inserted your comments into our feature request queue, so hopefully we will have a better solution soon.

Thanks for your patience!
Vu

Vu Nguyen replied on September 28, 2008 21:10 to the problem "Can't link to local storage" in PBwiki:

You can try manually creating links using the HTML plugin. It's not as pretty, but at least you can make any kind of link you want.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 28, 2008 21:10 to the question "1.0 vs. 2.0" in PBwiki:

If we were to compile such a list, what features would users want clarification on?

Vu Nguyen replied on September 13, 2008 23:01 to the question "How to change student account profile pics?" in PBwiki:

Hi, there is currently no way to do so, but I have made a formal feature request in our internal tracking system. Sorry!

Vu Nguyen replied on September 12, 2008 14:09 to the problem "Approve button has scrollbar in FF3" in PBwiki:

Just to be clear, is this for the Request Access feature?

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 20:42 to the problem "Insert Link Painful for large WIKIs" in PBwiki:

It's been discussed a bit internally, but do you guys have any ideas on how it might be implemented to be more manageable? I guess an autocomplete of some sort might make some sense.

We would love to hear your thoughts.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 20:19 to the discussion "Is there a way to have text scroll along your wiki page?" in PBwiki:

Do you mean scrolling inside a row, like the old Marquee tags?

<marquee width="100%">This is a marquee</marquee>

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 20:13 to the question "Launch macro in Word from wiki?" in PBwiki:

Typically, you want to think about security in these cases, and that's the reason this is probably unlikely. Imagine all the horrible phishing and spamming emails that are sent, and then imagine URL's that could run Word macros. That's a pretty scary scenario.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 20:01 to the problem "google gadget installation problem" in PBwiki:

I'd probably copy that src URL and go to http://tinyurl.com and replace the url in the code, getting something like:

<script src="http://tinyurl.com/5tl3jh"></script>

I have it here: http://vupublictest.pbwiki.com/Google...

Hm...looks like the map is not coming up, but the gadget itself is.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 05:18 to the question "How to hide last edited by in v2?" in PBwiki:

This might help (still unofficial):

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

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 05:05 to the discussion "Can a collapsible TOC widget be added to the QuickStart sidebar in pbwiki 2.0?" in PBwiki:

Yeah, sorry Tom, but PBwiki 2.0's architecture is different enough from PBwiki 1.0 that Widget doesn't work for it.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:55 to the question "what is phenomenology" in PBwiki:

Most academics don't agree on a definition of Phenomenology.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:52 to the question "How do my students join my wiki when they do have email addresses?" in PBwiki:

Now, all PBwiki 2.0 educational wikis also have the ability to create Classroom Accounts, which are wiki specific accounts. Teachers can create their own username/password pairs, one for each student, and it doesn't even require an email address.

To try it out, go to Settings -> Users, and click the link for Classroom Accounts.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:42 to the question "Notification Frustration" in PBwiki:

The method of turning off notifications in 1.0 didn't quite work the way it was supposed to all the time, but we do realize that wiki owners would like SOME control over notifications. It's definitely been discussed.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:40 to the question "Launch macro in Word from wiki?" in PBwiki:

Tami, I'm curious--is there some other place you've seen this happen on the internet?

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:23 to the question "With exception of collaborating, what are major differences?" in PBwiki:

I ran a brief search on Google and got quite a few interesting results:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=...

One of the main things is that a blog is done like a journal, and the content is present linearly in time, typically with the most recent entries at the top. They are also mostly individual endeavors, and old articles are usually not updated.

A wiki, on the other hand, is typically a collaborative tool that is content-driven and categorized according to that content, rather than by the passage of time. Each page is typically about some topic, and over time, that page evolves to become more developed.

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:16 to the problem "How do I make my wiki faster?" in PBwiki:

Hi,

What browser are you using? Firefox tends to be a little smoother than Internet Explorer. Interesting thing, the new Opera handles the PBwiki Editor, and it's faster than both browsers, although it's handling of PBwiki is a little buggy.

Also, you can update to 2.0 at any point by going to:

http://yourwiki.pbwiki.com/migration.php

(replacing yourwiki with the name of your wiki)

A comment on the problem "google gadget installation problem" in PBwiki:

How long is the code snippet? – Vu Nguyen, on September 06, 2008 04:09

Vu Nguyen replied on September 06, 2008 04:04 to the question "Invite/Request Access--can't log in" in PBwiki:

That is a 2.0 wiki which does not have a wiki-wide password. Instead, each user invited has a PBwiki Account, and the user logs on with his/her personal PBwiki Account password. If you don't remember your PBwiki Account password, you can go here to reset it:

https://my.pbwiki.com/?p=forgot

Hope that helps!

Vu Nguyen replied on August 03, 2008 05:00 to the question "How do you delete the quick start tab?" in PBwiki:

If you have a Quick Start tab, then you also have a page called QuickStart. I would suggest going directly to http://mywiki.pbwiki.com/QuickStart?d... (replace mywiki with the name of your wiki).