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Frequently Asked Questions are taken directly from emails sent to Support or posted in our Forums. Click the topics below to expand the FAQs under them.
For first time logins, use the username Admin and the password that was provided in your confirmation e-mail. Thereafter, you may also login as any user you have added to your wiki (see: 'How can I add more users to my wiki?', below).
Use the password from your registration email to log into your wiki.
No, the ‘new password’ link will send a new password to the e-mail address specified for the Admin user, not the ordinary user.
If you would like to allow anyone to sign up to add content to your wiki without your intervention, follow the steps below.
There is no limit to the number of users registered to contribute to your wiki.
Please make sure you are using a browser supported for editing (see: 'Which browsers are supported?', below). If so, please try refreshing the page.
Yes! First you must create a logo that is 260x72 pixels in size. GIF, JPG, or PNG may be used.
And voilà! Your wiki site has now its own logo!
No, the logo is shown on all pages.
Yes, via different skins and CSS changes
Once the image is uploaded, the page will automatically refresh with the new logo. If it does not, please click the refresh button in your browser.
Yes! Go to Tools-> Control Panel -> Visual Appearance and pick one of templates that we provide for you and also you can customize the CSS for the site to fit your needs under Visual Settings -> Customize Site Styles
Currently FTP access isn't available for MindTouch Express accounts, but is available with MindTouch OnDemand
Click on the Tools menu and select Sitemap.
You can make your wiki private by going to Tools -> Control Panel -> Site Settings-> select Make my Wiki Private
By using permissions, as stated in the previous question, you can restrict the whole wiki down to a single page.
Use Page Restrictions.
Currently if you would like a backup of your wiki contact support at wik.is@mindtouch.com. A backup costs $185/backup. If you are migrating to MindTouch OnDemand or behind your firewall then the backup is Free.
The wiki size limit is 1 GB, with a Pro account otherwise 50 MB. Please feel free to contact: wik.is@mindtouch.com if you'd like to know how much storage you are using. If you'd like to increase your storage, take a look at MindTouch OnDemand.
You can add ads to your wiki using the Custom HTML areas that are included with MindTouch Express Pro.
20 MB is the maximum file size for any attachment
With the Flash uploader you can upload multiple files.
If you have a Free account you get 50MB of space, if you have Pro you get 1 Gig.
Internet Explorer 6 + and Firefox 2+ are supported for viewing and editing pages. Safari is supported for viewing pages only.
We currently support Safari with MindTouch OnDemand but not Express. Opera is currenlty not supported for Editing.
You can export individual pages in PDF format from the "print" feature. To export multiple pages as PDF, see instructions.
If you're using IE 6.0 or later, make sure that active scriptingis enabled in your browser by following these steps...
Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Internet (zone) -> Custom Level ... -> Scripting -> Active Scripting -> Enabled
In FireFox go to Tools -> Options -> Content - and then make sure that enable javascript is selected
If you're using Safari on OS X or Opera, you must download Firefox to edit pages. Safari and Opera are currently only supported for viewing pages. Click here to go to the Firefox download page.
To add a custom domain to your MindTouch Express Pro account (this is not an available feature for free users), create a DNS A record for your domain to point to: 75.101.155.117(NS2.WIK.IS). You can keep the same nameservers provided by your Domain hoster.
After doing so, Contact Support from the email address that you registered your MindTouch Express account with and provide the wik.is domain name along with the custom domain name and we will update the account for you. It may take a day or two for your DNS to fully resolve.
Read a list of the features that are included in MindTouch Express. If you want a fully featured MindTouch install, upgrade to OnDemand.
If you need to cancel your MindTouch Express account please contact us and include any feedback about the service and reason for cancellation.
If you would like to take advantage of the full MindTouch feature set with the ease of a hosted solution contact sales to get more details about hosting options available with MindTouch OnDemand.
MindTouch OnDemand Features Include:
If you still have questions after reading the FAQ above please post them to the MindTouch Express forums. MindTouch Express is only supported by our forums. If you'd like full support for a MindTouch install, upgrade to OnDemand.