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The hosted service PBwiki (http://pbwiki.com) is the perfect
way to test your wiki legs without installing anything on your
computer. Register at PBwiki and you’ll get a full-featured
wiki with unlimited pages, 10MB of space to upload fi les and
attachments, page comments, and an optional wiki pass-word for access control. A free PBwiki option is available,
with paid upgrades for extra features like backup, advertise-
ment-free pages, traffi c statistics, lockable pages, and a
custom domain.Once your wiki’s an essential part of your digital information store,
you’ll want to take advantage of it as much as possible. Here are
some advanced Instiki usage tips and tricks.ROLL BACK CHANGES: Make an edit to a page that you regret
later? Here’s the beauty of the wiki: Every version of every page is
available to view, compare against the current version, and restore.
To roll back a page to a past state, click “See changes.” Using the
“Back in time” and “Forward in time” links, locate the version you
want to restore and click the “Rollback” link.VIEW YOUR WIKI INDEX: Keeping track of all the pages you’ve
created in your wiki isn’t an easy task, especially if you’ve linked
them from subpages several layers in from the home page. Luckily,
Instiki does it for you. Click the All Pages link at the top of any
page to view an alphabetical list of pages in your wiki on the left;
on the right, you can view a list of “orphaned pages”—that is, any
pages that have no reference via a wiki word elsewhere.EXPORT YOUR WIKI PAGES: Instiki can export a copy of your
entire wiki as a set of interlinked web pages or as Textile markup
for importing into another wiki package. To do so, click the
“Export” link to the left of the search box and click either HTML or
Markup to download a zip fi le of your wiki’s pages in the respec-
tive format. This is the perfect way to back up your wiki data into a
read-only format on a thumb drive or CD.Instiki Tips and Tricks
SKIP THE INSTALLATION WITH PBWIKI
Click on “Show Changes” to view edits to your My To Do List page.A recipe page—like this one for a Thanksgiving Turkey
Cake—can contain links, lists, and even images.A wiki page of website passwords can contain links
to login pages as well as usernames, passwords,
and even notes about the site or account.ORGANIZE
YOUR LIFE WITH A^ WIKI
Cake—can contain links, lists, and even images.A recipe page—like this one for a Thanksgiving Turkey
Cake—can contain links, lists, and even images.