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Account: A PBwiki Account is a user-specific way of logging in (called "PBwiki Identities" in older versions of PBwiki). With an account, users can log in once and immediately have access to every wiki they have created or been invited to. Wiki administrators can also change the login status of an individual user without affecting other users.
Administrator: (access level) As an Admin, you can rename or delete anything on the wiki. Admins can add users, change their permission levels or remove them. Admins alone have access to the wiki's Settings page and are also the only ones who can change page and folder level security settings. Admins are the only ones who can see Hidden pages or edit Locked pages.
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Borked: Broken, messed up, not working, colloquial. See Wikipedia's entry on Bork
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CIDR: A CIDR (pronounced like cider) is a way of defining a whole range of IP addresses instead of listing them all of one-by-one. We use it to make IP whitelisting and blacklisting simpler. An IP address can be assigned to one network, but some networks are so large, they use several IP addresses. If the IP addresses are in sequence, they can be represented in a CIDR. Each number in an IP address is stored in 8 bits, which is why the numbers are between 0 and 255. IP addresses are allocated in large blocks of sequential addresses, so we can use a sort of short-hand known as a CIDR to describe a group of addresses efficiently.
Imagine you have the IP addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, and so on. A CIDR lets you define a range of addresses by specifying the common prefix -- 192.168.0. -- and indicating how much lee way to give in the end of the addresses. For example, 192.168.0.1/8 would include any IP addresses that start with 192.168.0 -- it says that we don't care about the last 8 bits of the IP address. 192.168.0.1/16 would cover all addresses that started with 192.168.
Clearing your Cache: Sometimes, we'll ask that you "clear your cache" to remove saved files from your browser. This generally happens when we think a file has been corrupted, or we have created a new version that will work better. Here's instructions on how to do this.
Clearing your Cookies: If we ask you to "clear your cookies" it's becasue there might be a problem with the files PBwiki puts on your computer to remember who you are. This is sometimes used in conjunction with Clearing your Cache. Here's instructions on how to do this.
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Editor: The Editor is what you use to change your wiki page - This includes all the tools you see at the top of the page when you click "Edit" on your wiki.
Editors: (access level) Editors are trusted helpers who are highly privileged Writers. They can rename or delete pages, files and folders. Editors should be highly trusted, since they can delete your data irrevocably.
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Invite Key: An invite key is what we used to call a "wiki-wide password." The invite key allows users to enter your 1.0 wiki and is a separate method of logging in than using a PBwiki Account. See also: Account
IP address: An IP address identifies a computer, server or other device on the Internet and allows it to communicate with all
other devices on the Internet. They're normally written as four numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods. You can easily discover your IP address by going to www.whatismyip.com.
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Page Level: (access level) A role unique to PBwiki 2.0, these users have no special access to any part of the wiki until they are explicitly given access to a page or a folder with the Custom Security setting. This premium feature allows you to give individual users up to Editor level permissions on a single page (or group of pages in a folder) without giving them access to any other part of the wiki.
Plugin: A plugin is small applet or program that can be viewed by your browser and displays various types of content.
Private: A private wiki can only be accessed by logging in. Trying to reach the wiki will take users to the wiki's login page. See also: Public
Public: A public wiki is one that can be viewed by anybody on the Internet. Users must still login to edit. In PBwiki 1.0, a wiki owner can publish the wiki's invite key on the FrontPage or elsewhere so that anyone can log in (this feature is not available in PBwiki 2.0). See also: Private, Invite Key
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Readers: (access level) Readers cannot make any modifications at all to a wiki. They can view pages, RSS feeds, and files. They can also see the history of changes that have been made to a page.
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Screenshot: Occasionally support staff will ask you to send them a "Screenshot." This is an image of your wiki screen that will help us see what's going on first hand. Here's how to take a screenshot.
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Tags: A tag is a keyword or term assigned to a wiki page that describes its contents and allows for easy searching and finding later. Since you and your users assign tags, they aren't necessarily context-sensitive. If you're searching for pages tagged with "apple," you might get pages about the fruit and the computer manufacturers.
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Writers: (access level) The recommended default for invited users. Writers can edit pages and revert pages to previous versions. They can also upload new files and create new pages. Writers cannot perform any action that cannot be undone.
WYSIWYG: An acronym for "What you see is what you get." This means that what you create on your wiki is exactly what the users see.
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