Saturday, June 14, 2008

pbwiki (possible) confusion

Ok...so if you use a pbwiki 1.0 account you can have something called an invite key (password) that anyone can use to edit the wiki. The person wouldn't need a pbwiki.com account, they would only need the invite key (password) to be able to edit anything.

Looks like pbwiki decided to eliminate this for their pbwiki 2.0 accounts and now you have to have a pbwiki account to edit.

Now, here's where things will get sticky...when I originally invited you all to join russl, I let you tell me which email account you wanted to use to make an account, some of you used the email accounts that you've had for years and some of you used your newly created _ _ scils598x08 accounts. It didn't matter to me as either way you would have access to edit russl. The problem now is that if the person who originally set up your pbwiki wiki for this project used something different from what you sent me (very likely), you'll be making a second account to access pbwiki to then be able to edit the group project wiki ... hence, confusion.

SO...besides the fact that I now get to redo a few pbwiki.com videos (and register my "love" of their new approach with them), you all have a few options... I know some of you will take this in stride and figure out (or have figured out) what was up...you don't have to really do anything, for those of you who are thoroughly confused you'll have to remember which email account you sent me to access/edit russl AND also know which account your received your group project invite on (with 1.0 there would be no need for an email invite/2.0 requires it)...this you'll have to find out from the person in your group who sent out the 2.0 invite emails. Once you know which account is for which you can log-in to the right one OR you can just have a new invite sent to the original account you provided to me...there are other possible options, but they can get even more confusing so I won't go there.

If anyone has questions, please let me know...my weekend is crazy, but I'll do my best to get back to you shortly.

My apologies for the confusion, but as I said at the beginning of class...expect things to change...Steve

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