Wikidot FAQ

Introduction

This FAQ is for questions that appear regularly in the Wikidot Community forums. If you can't find the answer to your question here, then please ask your question on the forum, where it will be quickly answered.

You don't need to be a member of the Community "Portal" to do so, but you do need to have a Wikidot account.

General

Is Wikidot Free?

The basic wikidot version is free but there are are also payable pro lite, pro and pro+ versions which give you more features. To see the difference between the versions see the Plans page

How many Wikis can I create & own ?

The free version gives you 5 wikis. The payable versions give you 5for the pro lite, 10 for the pro and 30 for the pro+ accounts. But you can buy more sites and more storage.

How big can be my storage and an uploaded file?

Storage limits are given on the Plans page but are currently:

• free account: each of your 5 sites can be 300Mb;
• pro lite: 3Gb divided between your sites in whichever way you choose;
• pro: 10Gb divided between your sites in whichever way you choose;
• pro+: 20Gb divided between your sites in whichever way you choose;

What are the payable features ?

These are described on the Plans page

How to start a new Wiki ?

A good idea is to read: For confused first-timers or Site Check List

Is there a choice of site templates for easy creation of websites ?

Yes, go to irongiant.wikidot.com, choose a site-template and clone it !

Ads

Will Wikidot put ads on my wiki?

Yes, on some free wikis. This policy is being reviewed.

Can I put ads on my wiki?

Yes. You can use Google AdSense.

Editing

How long can a wikidot page be?

The "source" of a page can contain a maximum of 200.000 characters ( including spaces) . The real rendered page-output for download to the screen can be longer.

How long can be a link or a pagename?

The maximum length of an internal link or a pagename is 60 characters over all ( including category). Write a longer link and only the first 60 characters are used without any message.

How do I edit the menu at the top of the page?

Have a look at this help:menu

Can I put raw HTML / JavaScript in a Page?

You can use html & CSS. Insert your code as "html" or "css" on any page. Then you can "iframe" these on any wiki page, just as though they were uploaded as files elsewhere! For further information see http://snippets.wikidot.com/code:use-any-html-code-on-a-page Any HTML code on a page.

You can't use "raw" JavaScript directly in a page. However, it's possible to attach a file that contains the JavaScript and iframe it.

The following HTML tags are available in wiki syntax :

• <div> - [[div]]
• <span> - [[span]]
• <table> - [[table]]
• <tr> - [[row]]
• <td> - [[cell]]

Where can I find & edit the menus — left, right or top ?

As long as you haven't (yet) changed the naming convention in your wiki in the site manager, these are standard wikidot pages under a special category named "nav:"

• Side menu you can find and edit under "nav:side" ( key in the Url address: http://your-site-name.wikidot.com/nav:side )
• Top menu you will find and edit under "nav:top" (Url address: http://your-site-name.wikidot.com/nav:top )

When you've found them, click on the edit button at the bottom (newbies often forget!). If you've lost any menu structure you can always reset the nav page to an older version using the history button.

Is there a choice of themes - layouts ?

Not one choice but two!

• Via the sitemanager, you can apply different built-in themes to your site
• Or visit the themes repository

Can I edit the CSS in a theme?

Yes, you can. It's good experience to try a new CSS style on your site! It is easy to install a "custom" CSS-Theme (modifying one of the standard themes). You can tweak a standard theme with a few changes, or you can overhaul it entirely. Have a look at our how-to pages:
http://community.wikidot.com/howto:design-your-own-css-theme
and
http://community.wikidot.com/howto:themes-an-idiots-guide

Tagging compound words ?

It seems that Wikidot only allows tagging single words, ex. "library". Tagging compound words (ex. "digital library") isn't possible. Tags are space separated, so "digital library" is treated as "digital" and "library". Use "digital-library" to avoid the issue; "digital_library" works too.

Administration

How to add members or invite people to join my wiki?

1. They need to become a registered user / member of wikidot.com - to have an "account"! See our "howto" How to send E-mails.
2. If they are "registered user"(=have an account) of wikidot.com than they can "join your wiki": See the "handbook": Join a wiki.
3. The easiest way is to send them an application password-per site - (over Private Message or E-mail) and to allow on your wiki/site this application by password (site manager - members - policy).
4. Another possibility is to invite members personally (on site manager- members - invite members) - if the accept than they are members at this moment. But you need to know their user-id or find it with the "user search" (main page of wikidot) over their e-mail address.
5. Most work for every one is to allow "application" on the Join-page: every registered user of wikidot.com can apply for membership (with little text) - and the site admin has to control from time to time (on site manager - Members - Applications) if there are new applications waiting for acceptance or declinations. If the admin does never have a look here than new members wait forever…( or send a PM to the admin..)

Appointing members as admins/moderators

have a look in Site manager ( "admin:manage" ) - Members - List members : will give you a list :-

• member name: member since: 4 May 2007, 21:10 +0100 (options)

- click on options and click on to admins or to moderators.

Upload Files - How and where ?

From any page of your wiki, you can upload and attach a file from your local PC. If you are at the page where you want to attach a file, simply click on the link Files at the page options buttons. Then click Upload File. Don't forget to give the attached file a correct extension!
Some people create a standard page "all-files" for file storage on their wiki, to collect all uploaded files in one page. Then they don't have to search later for specific files. (Now where did I put that thing?). If you have such finding problems you can do as an admin a "backup" ( site manager) , download the backup zip file to your PC - and you fill find under /files all "page names" (with files) as directories, and inside them the files. Now you know where your files are attached….

Can I make part of my wiki private and another public?

Not yet, but this is a planned feature. A wiki can only be 100% viewable by the public, or 100% private and accessible only by members. The best solution right now is to create two wikis, one for public use and the other for private use.

Authors

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