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    • can editing of a wiki page be limited to the pages author?

    Posted by handmade film

    I just installed Tiki 8, and want to use it as a collaborative research tool. To that end, there are several things I would like it to do that I haven't yet figured out how to do. Please forgive me in advance if I am missing the obvious! I'm just starting.

    So far, the biggest questions I have are about permissions. Firstly, this:

    Is there a way to make the default behavior of a wiki page be that it is only editable by the user who created the page, and/or by members of the group that that user is a part of? Or, maybe better, can the wiki prompt a page creator with a popup (or the like) that asks to whom editing permissions (or even viewing permissions) are to be granted?

    The reason I would like to do this is because if a user is posting results of an experiment, it doesn't make any sense for anyone else to be able to alter them; it might not even make sence, at a preliminary stage, to allow more than a handful of immediate collaborators to see it at all.

    Thanks for any guidance!

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    Posted by Gary Cunningham-Lee

    There's an option "make wiki page author the admin of the page" (approximate wording) on the wiki admin page (tiki-admin.php?page=wiki) that will prevent people other than the page creator from editing the page by default. I'm not sure about a way to limit editing to the author's group, though.

    -- Gary

    Custom theme campaign: Choose any theme at free-css.com(external link), etc. and have it converted for your Tiki site for USD160. Please visit Zukathemes.com(external link) for details.

    Posted by handmade film

    Thanks, Gary! I can't find the option you refer to, but in the process of looking for it I've discovered the whole permissions area. It seems that I can set things up the way I want; the trick is going to be making it easy to do. The tiki does seem to be very flexible in this regard, and it's going to take a while both to comprehend it and to clarify what my own needs really are... Categories seem to be the thing. I'll post again when I have a better grasp of the situation!

    Gary Cunningham-Lee wrote:

    There's an option "make wiki page author the admin of the page" (approximate wording) on the wiki admin page (tiki-admin.php?page=wiki) that will prevent people other than the page creator from editing the page by default. I'm not sure about a way to limit editing to the author's group, though.

    -- Gary

    Custom theme campaign: Choose any theme at free-css.com(external link), etc. and have it converted for your Tiki site for USD160. Please visit Zukathemes.com(external link) for details.