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No page/parentId property? The users of my site have major problems understanding the new 2.8 "create page" and "create child page" buttons, especially as the latter comes and goes depending on the ... ... written 12/01/2006 by Colin_E 4 replies I've just realised there may be a simple way to deal with this. I can access the ... ... posted 02/19/2007 by Colin_E i think Jot will resolve the correct ids for you, if you set the standard page/parent property ... ... posted 02/16/2007 by kathleen What do you mean by parentId? Or, what are you trying to accomplish? Will page/parent work? Gets ... ... posted 02/16/2007 by bhaugen Any ideas on this or am I a voice in the wilderness?... posted 02/16/2007 by Colin_E
List User Details Hi, Is there a simple way to list the details of all the users on a wiki. I'd like to collect everyone's email address, but the only way ... ... written 02/08/2007 by hamptor 2 replies Thanks Bob. Worked it out from that. Just needed to display the userinfo/email property.... posted 02/08/2007 by hamptor I copied this from the _Admin page in a wiki, where you can see a table of all ... ... posted 02/08/2007 by bhaugen
Forum Permissions A forum on our site has Read, Write, Create Sub-Pages and Add Attachments set to a list of users, and in that list is a Group. When logged in ... ... written 01/27/2007 by rcomeau 1 reply The problem is that ForumTopicForm and ForumReplyForm set write permissions to the pages to the original author. Setting ... ... posted 01/28/2007 by bhaugen
How to change a page's property's value from another page? I want to change the value of a hidden property of a page (A) from another page (B)? Is it possible? How to do that? Is it possible that the ... ... written 12/04/2006 by abulhaaris 1 reply Yes this is very straightforward, with one nasty caveat in 2.8. The straightforward bit The following is ... ... posted 12/08/2006 by Colin_E
Merging multiple forms on the same page This is a question that's been in the back of my mind for a while. Now I have a real example. I have one page form that adds a ... ... written 11/28/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 6) Point well taken, but the whole PURPOSE of these forms is to adapt the standard page layout. An ... ... posted 12/04/2006 by Colin_E > Yes, my forms both include main/text. This is the cause of the recursion. "Doctor, it hurts when ... ... posted 12/01/2006 by bhaugen Yes, my forms both include main/text. This is the cause of the recursion.... posted 12/01/2006 by Colin_E Neither of those forms (FirstForm and SecondForm) shows main/text. Or did you mean, your forms did? Won ... ... posted 11/29/2006 by bhaugen
Finding Orphans- "Evaluation exceeded threshold" As usage of our hosted site goes up, the results of new users experimenting is a lot of detritus like empty and orphaned pages. I found Scott's very useful ... ... written 11/24/2006 by Colin_E 3 replies This works as a basic Orphan finder, and avoids a lot of false positives. The question of how ... ... posted 11/27/2006 by Colin_E Hi Colin, There are two kinds of timeout. There's time, which is usually 1000sec, and there's ... ... posted 11/27/2006 by philohyeahmorewikisbaby Ok, So far I have determined that the execution threshold seems to based on the run time of ... ... posted 11/27/2006 by Colin_E
How to XMLHttpRequest foreign URLs? I want to dynamically query another website, read the JSON data that it returns, display the result on the page and save this into the wiki. My problem is that ... ... written 11/08/2006 by mjambon Latest 3 replies (view all 7) This is the XML code of my wiki page. It works, but for some mysterious reason my wiki ... ... posted 11/22/2006 by mjambon Unless your client-side script can load a page on your own server and that page can read ... ... posted 11/22/2006 by dianesoini That's what I am saying: dojo.io.bind doesn't work across servers. The browsers disable it ... ... posted 11/21/2006 by mjambon Sounds like you're talking about straight-ahead AJAX stuff. Jot doesn't impose any additional restrictions here ... ... posted 11/13/2006 by ScottMcmullan
hiding #jot-search I want to hide #jot-search for a particular page. I am writing the following lines but they do nothing#jot-search { display:none;}However, when i insert dislay:none ... ... written 11/18/2006 by abulhaaris 1 reply Hi Sohail i am not sure whether this idea usefull for you or not but it was working ... ... posted 11/19/2006 by triplepointjotcom
Argh- Moving pages in 2.8? Hmm. I just went to use the page-moving trick in our recently upgraded 2.8 site. I.e. change the page name to a full WikiHome-based path, including ... ... written 11/14/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 5) BTW- Scott, This two-step process in the jotlib is just as much of a workaround/hack as ... ... posted 11/17/2006 by Colin_E I hadn't realised the "two-stage shuffle" was required through jot.lib.rename interface, like the UI ... ... posted 11/16/2006 by Colin_E jot.lib.rename should work fine ... just remember that you have to move the page in two steps ... ... posted 11/15/2006 by thomhickey I had a nasty feeling you were going to say that. I'm glad to hear it's ... ... posted 11/15/2006 by Colin_E
RESTfully post new issue in BugReporter Going in circles now trying to figure this out. Here's one approach that doesn't work. Am I on the right track? http://mywiki.jot.com/_/cmd/saveForm?form ... ... written 11/15/2006 by irobot
How to log in the Jotspot server Beta? After installed VMware and ran the Jotspot server beta edition, I saw as below Jotspot1 login: How can I log in the local jotspot server? I could not find possible ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki 3 replies Thanks a lot Scott!! I understand that I should stop using Jotspot server beta.... in the future I ... ... posted 11/13/2006 by Naoki Sory for the confusion here. The On-premise JotSpot server beta was discontinued. As a beta tester you ... ... posted 11/13/2006 by ScottMcmullan My current situation for installing jotspot server is stopping by ' failure to connecting to server'. All i want ... ... posted 11/12/2006 by Naoki
How to acess to cvs for Forum app and ProjectManager app? I would like to custermize Forum application and ProjectManager application. As far as I look at the jot website, I could not find entry point to access source code for ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki 3 replies You can edit any page, including a page of an application, and make changes to the content and ... ... posted 11/13/2006 by ScottMcmullan Thank you for the reply. According to your suggestion I put "?xml=esc" after /Forum. And KI saw ... ... posted 11/12/2006 by Naoki If you open up an application like a Forum on your Jot site, then add "?xml=esc" to ... ... posted 11/10/2006 by Colin_E
How to avoid 'The name "xmlns" is not legal ' error When I create 'KbSearchBox', one of the form of KnowledgeBaseSource here http://developer.jot.com/WikiHome/WikiZone/KnowledgeBaseSourceCode An error called 'The name "xmlns" is not legal ' error occured. What ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki 2 replies Thanks a lot!! You are right. My edit mode was 'Mark Up'. And I changed it to 'XML ... ... posted 11/10/2006 by Naoki I suspect you are trying to enter XHTML code when your edit mode is set to Markup, as ... ... posted 11/10/2006 by Colin_E
Progamatically accessing Spreadsheet data? Are there any examples/documentation on the new Spreadsheet page type available in 2.7/2.8? I'm currently a big forms user and would like to use Spreadsheets ... ... written 11/08/2006 by billschuller 1 reply While all spreadsheet data is indeed in the wiki, the mapping from rows/columns to wiki page properties ... ... posted 11/08/2006 by ScottMcmullan
cannot call method: savePage The following code: try { jot.lib.savePage({ path: pg.path, pname1: "ISIPKB/publisher", pvalue1: pub, pname2: "ISIPKB/pubDate", pvalue2: "", ptype2: "date", pname3: "ISIPKB/stakeholderType", pvalue3: null, pname4: "ISIPKB/refType", pvalue4 ... ... written 11/03/2006 by Colin_E 4 replies Thanks Scott, I very much appreciate the fast reply. I need to check that is not going to ... ... posted 11/06/2006 by Colin_E The call to savePage() isn't working as-is because it is indeed running afoul of the XSF ... ... posted 11/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan This is an XSF-related restriction as described in this blog post. Although seemingly simple my attempts to ... ... posted 11/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan Ok, now i'm really confused. I have been using savePage() quite successfully in scripts, but now after ... ... posted 11/05/2006 by Colin_E
Blog Customisation changes 2.5->2.7/8 Our production Wiki is still running 2.5.5. I am looking at copy that has been upgraded to 2.8 to check it is ok before we upgrade the ... ... written 11/02/2006 by Colin_E 2 replies Oh, that's a shame. The one thing it seemed to me was obviously missing in Jot Blogs ... ... posted 11/03/2006 by Colin_E If you are referring to the extension-point based blog customization described in this blog post, I'm ... ... posted 11/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan
API docs for jot:extension SSJS syntax I want to insert content at an extension point using SSJS, but can't find the docs. All routes through the documentation say there is a SSJS call (presumably jot ... ... written 10/18/2006 by Colin_e Latest 3 replies (view all 5) There is no such SSJS function. I'm very curious now -- what do you want to do that ... ... posted 11/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan I think we are maybe talking at cross-purposes. In Jotscript I can do this (taken from the ... ... posted 11/02/2006 by Colin_E That's not the way the extension mechanism works -- there are no hidden API pages. See CodeExample63 for ... ... posted 10/30/2006 by ScottMcmullan Re- RE: 1), you can mix any content in between <jot:extension> tags, not just text or JotScript ... ... posted 10/30/2006 by Colin_E
Bypass Login Page code I'm trying to write code to insert into a (non-wiki) HTML page that will allow users to bypass the JotSpot login page. The idea is that the page ... ... written 11/02/2006 by AndrewKB 1 reply > I'm merely looking for a way to prevent hundreds of staff in a > user's organisation all ... ... posted 11/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Date property from Calendar app? Hello,I'm trying to create a search which pulls a set of upcoming events from a Calendar. I can get the results to display the Event Title, but I ... ... written 11/01/2006 by rjohansson 3 replies Scott - You rock. Thanks a million! BTW - congrats on the Google acquisition!... posted 11/02/2006 by rjohansson Except there's a bug in the editor right now that inserts a slash before a $ when using ... ... posted 11/01/2006 by ScottMcmullan The form used to create an event is called `CalendarEventForm`. Among other properties, it declares: <jot:declareForm> ... \| Date ... ... posted 11/01/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Add users to group problem In my site, there is no way to pick users to add to a group!! I'm talking about the page /Group_Management/My_Group. When I edit the group ... ... written 10/30/2006 by korczowski
Include latest blog posts on another wiki page I've run across a couple of situations where it would be helpful to include a list of the most recent blog post titles with links (say 3-5) on ... ... written 10/26/2006 by rjohansson 1 reply Because a blog post is just a wiki page using a Jot form (in this case `/Blog/BlogPostForm` ... ... posted 10/30/2006 by ScottMcmullan
How Can I manage Users in ProjectManager? By Defalut Users can create freely new ' Project 's in current ProjectManager Module. However I want toLIMIT capability to create 'new project ' for only admin-selected usersSince if ... ... written 10/29/2006 by Naoki
Horizontal Rule problems? Version 2.7 viewed in IE 6.0. I like to start my pages with a Horizontal Rule but this has caused real problems with WYSIWYG editing. I now find ... ... written 10/17/2006 by AndrewKB 4 replies Diane - Thanks for confirming that it's not just me! Andrew... posted 10/21/2006 by AndrewKb You are right. I tried putting a horizontal rule in a page using IE 6. First, I put ... ... posted 10/20/2006 by dianesoini That's exactly the problem. I cleaned-up the XML on all my pages (after upgrade from 2 ... ... posted 10/18/2006 by AndrewKB I'm not sure i'm following you here. The XML editor' main requirements are: balanced tags that ... ... posted 10/17/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Using variables Hello. I am working on some code that needs to do multiple layers of validation. I want to know how to make an empty 'array' so I can test on ... ... written 10/18/2006 by briannelson Latest 3 replies (view all 5) Iterating is actually pretty easy. A pseudocode example looks like- <jot:script><![CDATA[ var errs= new Array; for ... ... posted 10/20/2006 by Colin_E So how do I iterate through a JavaScript array, or access a single element in the array? In ... ... posted 10/19/2006 by briannelson I ended up using the wrong login, and hence the wrong edit mode. Let's try again... The ... ... posted 10/18/2006 by Colin_E Yeah, the problem is then moved into displaying HTML inside the JavaScript, or splitting it all up into ... ... posted 10/18/2006 by briannelson
Compact syntax for interpolating a JavaSript expression result (or, calling javascript functions from jotscript) Jotscript interpolates property values into HTML using the `\${expression}` syntax. My question is, if I write an SSJS function that returns XHTML, what's the syntax to interpolate it into ... ... written 10/06/2006 by Colin_E 3 replies FYI, our production Wiki is still on 2.5.5.4, and i have a sneaking suspicion that ... ... posted 10/19/2006 by Colin_E You're right, I must have had a syntax error in my real example (not the simplified 1 ... ... posted 10/16/2006 by Colin_E Hmm, please check your example again. Both "Testing property" and "Testing function" lines work for me. See below ... ... posted 10/10/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Maps in Jot Is there a good way to integrate maps into Jot pages (from Google or other outside source)? I have seen a few pages on this topic on the user community ... ... written 10/12/2006 by jchristie 2 replies Hopefully one day Tracker will understand map locations outside the US :-} I believe the Project Manager may finally ... ... posted 10/18/2006 by Colin_E Here's some info for you, but it is not yet vetted/simplified and requires you to dig ... ... posted 10/17/2006 by ScottMcmullan
group directory required fields In this application some fields are customizable and some are constants. It seems that only the customizable fields can be made "required", i.e., in a point and click way ... ... written 09/16/2006 by korczowski 3 replies You're correct in that there is no way to require address fields without developer modification of the ... ... posted 10/17/2006 by ScottMcmullan I don't think this is possible, but I'll ask the developer.... posted 10/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan Anyone from Jot development? I want to make address fields required. ... posted 10/16/2006 by korczowski
Changing the Login Page I'm just learning how to control my wiki so I hope you don't mind the "newbie" question. I want to make a small change to the login page ... ... written 10/12/2006 by aerobat 1 reply Please see this thread: DevQuestion704... posted 10/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Need info on the XML (xml?) object type Most of the example Jot code uses text/numeric/date property types. I'm having some difficulty working out how to handle Wiki fields, specifically operations like- * Convert a text ... ... written 10/10/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 5) BTW, in the frustration of grappling with this problem, I realise I forgot to specifically thank Phil for ... ... posted 10/16/2006 by Colin_E I was aiming to bulk-update a bunch of pages, converting the "description" text field to a "summary ... ... posted 10/12/2006 by Colin_E This is definitely an underused, underdocumented part of our system. Phil is correct to point you down the ... ... posted 10/10/2006 by ScottMcmullan Hmm, I was just trying to what I thought was simple stuff like convert a field from text ... ... posted 10/10/2006 by Colin_E
How to define selectOptions list based on drop-down selection? Bear with me, as I'm better at writing documentation than building apps! I'm trying to build a simple registration app where the user can select the class they ... ... written 09/28/2006 by debadair 3 replies Thank you Deb (and Bob) or working through this and posting your results. We appreciate it!... posted 10/15/2006 by ScottMcmullan Bob Haugen kindly showed me how to do this. I posted a simplified example at http://developer.jot ... ... posted 10/14/2006 by debadair Okay, no one else has replied, so I'll respond to my own query. :-) Unfortunately, I haven't ... ... posted 10/02/2006 by debadair
Search all fields in a form I am working on a KnowledgeBase application that is similar to the Jot standard KB app, but with a lot more fields in the data form. Jot's standard page ... ... written 10/03/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 15) Very nifty example Deb. This relates directly to Jason's request, but I think it might also help ... ... posted 10/14/2006 by Colin_E >> How I'd like it to work >> Select a State from the drop down list. Without hitting search ... ... posted 10/14/2006 by debadair Now you're skirting perilously closely to a particular area of interest of mine ;-) Take a look at ... ... posted 10/10/2006 by Colin_E How this code works now Select a State from a drop down list. Hit Search. Once the page ... ... posted 10/10/2006 by JasonKangas
EventCalendar Hyperlink Issue Hi,I am using the event calendar, and although my hyperlinks are appearing correctly (previous month and next month), when you click on them, they just return the user to ... ... written 10/02/2006 by hjs1685 Latest 3 replies (view all 12) Thanks Scott, Do you know if there are any plans for this in the future?... posted 10/11/2006 by hjs1685 Sorry no, the new calendar app that came with the 2.7 upgrade isn't customizable right now... posted 10/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan Since this post we've upgraded our Wiki to version 7. Is there away to personalise the form ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by hjs1685 I am doing the edit to this in XML not markup. ... posted 10/11/2006 by hjs1685
Setting properties when a form is applied to a page Hopefully a simple question. I have a "Meeting Manager" app that can now be added to a page by applying a form, more robust than using jot:include. In use ... ... written 10/06/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 7) Glad i'm not completely crazy. Thanks for the tip- For your purposes, you should be able to ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by Colin_E Actually you weren't crazy (or tired) :) There were a couple of doc pages that actually used the ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan Aargh, how did I miss that 8-{ Too many late nights. Thanks Scott. I guess I was subconciously ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by Colin_E The property you want to set isn't `sys/childForm`, it's `sys/child_form`.... posted 10/10/2006 by ScottMcmullan
showLog() causes "cannot find default value for object" error I tried to use the showlog function exactly as described in the Admin.getLogEventsRef page. Code (SSJS): var errors= jot.lib.admin.showLog(); jot.out.write("Log: " + errors); However this ... ... written 10/08/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 5) The next rev of the forum, release date TBD, includes a trash can to allow commenters to delete ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan Sorry for the repeat, developer.jot has been timing-out on me this evening and I must have ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by Colin_E Hmm you're right, I wasn't verbatim enough. I keep running into things in Jot Javascript that ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by Colin_E Hmm you're right, I wasn't verbatim enough. I keep running into things in Jot Javascript that ... ... posted 10/11/2006 by Colin_E
Sure is NOT easy to create a profile here on dev.jot.com! I noticed that whenever my name shows up in the "recent changes" on this wiki, it's the red dashed underscore, indicating that there's a profile page for me ... ... written 10/05/2006 by TCatNG 2 replies I had the same problem when I joined. I still don't see an edit option on my ... ... posted 10/06/2006 by Colin_E Ouch, sorry about that! I'll check this out. There was a period of time when new JDC ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Correct syntax for specifying filters in SSJS search I have a jotlib search call that works- <jot:search forChildren="${page/path}" filter="it/ISIPKB/kbName= '${args/kbName}'" /> However if I translate this verbatim into SSJS- var kbPages= jot ... ... written 10/05/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 9) Yes, I did see CodeExample819 thanks. It confirmed that the forContent option didn't do substring matches, and ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by Colin_E More importantly, did you see in CodeExample819 where I mentioned, "Note the search looks in all properties in ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan Have you tried to debug using the Admin.logRef function I mentioned earlier?... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan This lack of output from the filter function is weird. This filter prints no output to the page ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by Colin_E
Controlling Read Access to Admin Pages I am trying to set up a Wiki such that most users cannot read administrative pages. I have controlled write/owner permissions successfully but my users can still READ pages ... ... written 10/04/2006 by aerobat 2 replies In general, I would want to be able to control access to any administration or system oriented pages ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by aerobat The only way to remove those links (e.g. Account Dashboard) is to create a custom theme and ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Doing development locally - the missing stuff? So I've really wanted to do local development using ant or whatever (I like the simplicity of Thom's new tool). But there are some missing links in the ... ... written 10/04/2006 by dianesoini 1 reply You can do a backup/export of your wiki and then simply trim (aka delete from the zip ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan
ForumV2 app: letting everybody create new forums I would like to make the forum creation option available to all users of the forum (not only the admin), is it possible? In the `DefaultForumDashboardFooter` code, there's this ... ... written 10/02/2006 by ibere 1 reply You can change this code, but please note this is not an upgrade-safe operation and your changes ... ... posted 10/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Simple single script insertion. Failure: script seem to be "overriden" I am trying to add ASCIIMathML to my jotspot wiki (see http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathdemo.html). Only a single script called "ASCIIMathML.js" is required to render ... ... written 10/01/2006 by vermorel 2 replies Thank you for your answer. I have tried your suggestion. Actually, it seems that the "bodyStart" does not ... ... posted 10/01/2006 by vermorel There is a bug in JotSpot 2.7 in the `beforeContent` (and I think `afterContent`) extensionn points that ... ... posted 10/01/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Insufficient privileges adding child I have an email handler that was working on v2.3.3. I have two problems now.1. The email is no longer being sent. I've logged the data ... ... written 09/28/2006 by swood 2 replies Thanks Scott, 1. About an hour after I posted the question, I started getting all of the emails ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by swood RE: 1, we have had some outbound email queueing issues today, so perhaps it's just slow, and ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan
am I using jot.lib.util.eval right??? This is probably a dumb post - but I'm stumped...need more coffee... I have a form that dynamically builds checkbox fields based on an array. This works fine and ... ... written 09/28/2006 by kathleen 2 replies ok so I don't have an XPath expression to eval in javascript (no concat)... so I rewrote ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by kathleen eval() evaluatess Xpath expressions, not arbitrary server-side Javscript code. See DevQuestion399 and 2005-7-13-EvalFunction for ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan
username I want to add a group of 500+ users. The problem is that I when they sign in their username is set on the emailadress at which they have been ... ... written 09/28/2006 by Esther 1 reply There is currently no bulk user import feature. However one of our solution partners, Phil Kast, has created ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Filtering and searching on a single page I’m trying to develop a simple knowledge base that can be searched using filters. Here is an example: Search page has a few drop down lists with pre-set ... ... written 09/26/2006 by JasonKangas 1 reply Please see FilteredSearchTutorial, particularly the "Filtering on Two or More Properties" section at the bottom.... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan
change home page I'm new here and need a little clue!how can i change it so that when a visitor comes to my home page, they don't get the registration ... ... written 08/08/2006 by fortressgame Latest 3 replies (view all 18) To redirect users to custom landing pages upon login, please see this new FAQ: Can different users be ... ... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan Hello. I'd like more information about this. For instance, if I changed Kathleen's suggested code to ... ... posted 09/26/2006 by BocAdmin ... posted 09/26/2006 by BocAdmin ... posted 09/26/2006 by BocAdmin
Is there any way to customize the login page? I'm using the self-registration app in my wiki, but I would still like to make my wiki accessible only to registered users. Is there any way to customize ... ... written 09/13/2006 by ibere Latest 3 replies (view all 5) To redirect users to custom landing pages upon login, please see this new FAQ: Can different users be ... ... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan Similar question as customizing the wiki home page. How would I tell either the login page or the ... ... posted 09/26/2006 by BocAdmin Thanks for the help! I'll try it and let you know when I need to re-apply ... ... posted 09/25/2006 by ibere This is a command and totally reasonable request. However as Kathleen correctly points out, there are no extension ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
How do you calculate the Recently Active Members display in the JDC sidebar? Hi All, I saw recently Active Member list on the left sidebar bottom of Developer Forum but i couldn't understand that this list show a number for every member ... ... written 09/20/2006 by triplepointjotcom 2 replies My implementation of the "Recently Changed" sidebar plugin looks at the last 200 edits and then provides a ... ... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan My guess is it is the number of posts you have made in some period of time. But ... ... posted 09/25/2006 by dianesoini
newbie question on linking hi all,I've just created my first knowledgebase and want to add a link to it on my homepage. Can't be difficult, but I can't find any ... ... written 09/20/2006 by mcol 3 replies Just to summarize, a knowedgebase is just a wiki page like everything else. You can use any of ... ... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan hi, thanks for that, I was just missing knowledgebasehome from the url Mick... posted 09/20/2006 by mcol Hi MICK, do one thing edit Home page in XML mode and write a HTML coding for print ... ... posted 09/20/2006 by triplepointjotcom
permissions & delete forum reply? I want to set permissions, but it doesn't work properly. When I set Read to Public, it works, but when I want to set Write to Public and then ... ... written 09/27/2006 by esther
Why can I add and delete forums? On Developer.jot.com? This does not makes sense?... written 08/25/2006 by Jay007 3 replies Is there already an update?... posted 09/27/2006 by esther Umm, yes. The way the forum app creates its pages, it does not auto-set write permissions on ... ... posted 08/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan I can even delete Replies? All this as a normal user? This really does no make sense? I ... ... posted 08/25/2006 by Jay007
Is there default content in the spreadsheet app? This is a really weird question. I was checking out the new spreadsheet app on my very old wiki that was recently updated. Does the spreadsheet app come with a ... ... written 09/19/2006 by dianesoini 3 replies Hmm, I went to go remove the app and I get this message: Do you really want to ... ... posted 09/20/2006 by dianesoini It was a 2.5 wiki forever which I've more-or-less ignored, and sometime in the ... ... posted 09/20/2006 by dianesoini Odd -- no default content I know of. Is your page a publicly viewable/editable page?... posted 09/19/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Can we change login page ? How can we change login logo on login page ? how can we change background color of login page ? can we change look & feel of login page ? ... written 08/24/2006 by triplepointjotcom 2 replies check out trenitalia.jot.com, it's pretty easy, just use the visibility: hidden css thingamabobber to hide ... ... posted 09/20/2006 by trenitaliaproj Please see this thread: DevQuestion704. Also note that if you are using a custom theme, the login page ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
How to change the IssueTrackSearchGenerator.. Hi, I'm trying to use the Bug Tracker application for something slightly left of what it was originally intended for.. tracking jobs through a QA process. I've managed ... ... written 09/19/2006 by HJS1685 2 replies Thanks Scott. In that case I won't try... I'll stick some notes on the page instead ... ... posted 09/19/2006 by HJS1685 No, that combo box doesn't have easily customizable fields. The only way to do this would be ... ... posted 09/19/2006 by ScottMcmullan
bulk upload user pages Just to make sure before I do this -- Can I bulk upload user pages <.../_Admin/Users/TomK> created in wiki A to wiki B? Does it matter that the users ... ... written 09/19/2006 by korczowski 2 replies Yep, I did it and no problem. ... posted 09/19/2006 by korczowski My understanding is this should work fine. /_Admin user pages exported from one wiki should import fine in ... ... posted 09/19/2006 by ScottMcmullan
insert image using new editor this just doesn't work well for me using FF 1.5 for Mac. What does "show only your images" mean? Even with a relative handful of images in the ... ... written 09/19/2006 by korczowski 1 reply Agreed, the image picker has scalability issues. There's a feature request filed already against this. This needs ... ... posted 09/19/2006 by ScottMcmullan
About spredsheet App Hi, i am trying to use spredsheet app but i am getting some problems to use this frequently. i tried to import an excel sheet with spredsheet app but whenever ... ... written 09/18/2006 by triplepointjotcom
group directory portraits won't load Maybe this has to do with the upgrade that happened today? The group directory won't load the thumbnail portraits that appear in the first column of the list view... written 09/14/2006 by korczowski Latest 3 replies (view all 5) > Do you mean that applications that use one of the 4 page types will get automatically upgraded? Yes ... ... posted 09/17/2006 by ScottMcmullan I had applied a few changes to GroupDirectory, including, changing the "portrait" field to "logo". It was working ... ... posted 09/16/2006 by korczowski BTW, what was your fix?... posted 09/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan There are 4 page types that ship with the 2.7 upgrade: spreadsheet, photo gallery, file cabinet, and ... ... posted 09/15/2006 by ScottMcmullan
select fields question I have a list of values that I search for and turn into a list of select values with <jot:input name="empresa" selectOptions="${empresaList}" value="Seleccionar"/> empresaList is a ... ... written 09/07/2006 by korczowski Latest 3 replies (view all 7) No worries -- I'm lost and found on a daily basis ;)... posted 09/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan No, I was lost. But now I'm found. I had what gets stored and displayed backwards. These ... ... posted 09/15/2006 by korczowski I'm a bit lost -- what string exactly is being listed in selectOptons now? Is it: <jot:input ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan <jot:search forChildren="/Directories/EmpresasComunitarias" showHidden="true" set="empresaList"/> <jot:script> <![CDATA[ var valStor=" "; var valDisp=" "; var separator ... ... posted 09/08/2006 by korczowski
Adding users in bulk? Just wondering if there's an alternative to adding a bunch of users one at a time? Saw a question posted back in January--is there anything new on this ... ... written 09/15/2006 by debadair 1 reply Phil Kast, one of Jot's Solution Partners, has developed a simple solution to this that bulk-loads ... ... posted 09/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan
What is an "element" field type?, and how do I extract the URL? I recently used the importer tool (which looks very useful) to import data from an Excel spreadsheet. One column in the sheet held web addresses (links), this column was imported ... ... written 09/10/2006 by Colin_E Latest 3 replies (view all 6) I wasn't happy with this, because while it may work, in my view it seems clunky and ... ... posted 09/15/2006 by Colin_E I actually recommended using include, not showXML. Please see the example on that page -- it's exactly what ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan OK if i extract the "Web" field from my data page with: var p = jot.lib.search({forFormName ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by Colin_E You are correct, there is no mention of that in the docs. It should be added as an ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Can I make my RSS feeds guest accessible? Hi,I have an RSS feed set up at the following URL:http://edge.intra.bt.com/Web20/AllPodcasts?format=rss-2.0&jotExportId=TableTag0&jotPage=%2FWeb20%2FAllPodcastsWhen my ... ... written 09/14/2006 by jonathanlisterbtcom 1 reply One option is to make the AllPodcasts page public (e.g. guest readable). However since permissions can't ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
About Data Cabinet Hi all, Data cabinet is a really appreciable but i have a problem with this, i have created a hierarchy of pages and i want to creat a Data Cabinet ... ... written 09/14/2006 by triplepointjotcom 1 reply You can continue to create your page hierarchy as described, you just need to use add `sub-page` ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
How to count the number of times around a loop? In jstl the forEach tag has a varStatus property that you can use to determine the count in the loop. You can use the varStatus to determine even/odd rows ... ... written 09/12/2006 by dianesoini 2 replies Thanks. I thought maybe I was wasting space by doing it that way and that perhaps there was ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by dianesoini I've used the following Jotscript contstruct before to count iterations through a loop: <jot:var name="count ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by ScottMcmullan
cant parse xml for jot.write.out i found this basic code in the docs and i am getting unable to parse XML <jot:script> jot.out.write("<ul>");</jot:script> but i have no idea why ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame Latest 3 replies (view all 6) To get your script to show up right in these posts, 1) click preferences (upper right) after logging ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by ScottMcmullan i have no idea why my response isn't showing right :( ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame you are right... i have isolated the problem. <jot:SCRIPT> var setOfAllLinkedPages = jot.lib.search({forLink: 'WikiHome'}); jot ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame Sorry. The first one arrived to me in email as you see in my reply, with a bunch ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by bhaugen
pictures in Forum app? the Forum application doesn't have an option for attaching pictures, unlike the wiki app. I wonder if there's any easy way to allow attachments or inline images or ... ... written 09/09/2006 by fortressgame 4 replies Thx Bob, that's right. SysUiForm is just a for I whipped up for this purpose -- it isn ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by ScottMcmullan I don't think SysUiForm exists by default in a wiki. You can find it here: SysUiForm Copy ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by bhaugen i tried adding ?form=SysUiForm to my various posts and topics and all I get is 'form not ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame Hmm, forum posts should have the attachment UI, but they doen't. That's a bug. Note I ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan
don't understand search results - where are my blogs? when i do this<jot:script> var setOfAllChildren = jot.lib.search({forAll: '1' });</jot:script><table><jot:loop over="setOfAllChildren" set="node"><tr><td>[jot:${node/path}][${node/name}][${node ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame 3 replies Try forFormName: 'blogpost' And see DevHowTo3 "When do I use the name of the form, and when do ... ... posted 09/12/2006 by bhaugen that helps get all the pages. i wonder why this returns nothing though, should it not get all ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame Try adding showHidden="true"... posted 09/11/2006 by bhaugen
removing all the welcome popups can someone direct me to where i can learn how to get rid of all the popups that come up when a new user first enters the wiki? ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame 1 reply > can someone direct me to where i can learn how to get rid of all the popups > that ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by bhaugen
listing count of pages sorted by owner of page grouped by time i'm trying to figure out a search to show me a count of the number of pages any particular person has created over any given time frame. like joe ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame 3 replies i'm confused why i can't get it to show blog posts. i changed this one line ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame thanks so much, hits the spot! ... posted 09/11/2006 by fortressgame It's not the prettiest code, but MemberDashboard does some of this. Here's the code (XML edit ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan
search collect parameter problem <jot:search forFormName="Mercadopost" showHidden="true" set="empresaList" order="Mercadopost/empresa" collect="it/MercadoPost/empresa"/> The above line works as expected without the collect clause. But when I add collect ... ... written 09/11/2006 by korczowski 2 replies The typo was a mistake I made here only and not the cause of the problem! My error ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by korczowski You've got `Mercadopost` vs. `MercadoPost` ;)... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Checking if a page exists! Is it possible to check if a page currently exists in code? If it previously existed but has since been deleted I require it to say that it doesn't ... ... written 09/07/2006 by eburkebt 1 reply In server-side Javascript, I would uses jot.pages and say something like: var myPage = jot.pages["/WikiHome ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan
An Eiser way to add content Hi, Ive just started work at a company for a few weeks, upgrading their intranet pages from media space, to Jotspot. Not knowing anything about Jotspot, I've managed to ... ... written 08/10/2006 by adamswbrown01 3 replies My experience at Bocada when the xml import didn't work:Grab the source HTML code from your ... ... posted 09/08/2006 by lbothell The company has swiched to Jot from Media Surface, I admint I have never heard of them, its ... ... posted 08/11/2006 by adamswbrown01 In general, we don't have any automated import features that will automatically take content from one source ... ... posted 08/10/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Passing a parameter to a form I have a simple little "meeting manager" app that is currently inserted into a page with an <include> tag. This is proving fragile. If a user edits the page in ... ... written 09/06/2006 by Colin_E 2 replies Ok, good, as that's essentially the conclusion I had come to ;-) The only wrinkle Is that I ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by Colin_E You can add a property to your form and then have the code in the form key of ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan
SavePage: "&" in pvalue causes error I am using SavePage to create a page using RESTful. The pvalue field content of the page I am trying to create contains an ext href link. The href contains ... ... written 09/07/2006 by dweekes 2 replies Uh, that would be "ampersand hash 38 semicolon" if the escaping is unclear... posted 09/07/2006 by philohyeahmorewikisbaby Needs to be escaped to a numeric entity for use in a URL, it's `&#38;` I ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by philohyeahmorewikisbaby
XML external data not working... I recently asked about how to pull XML form a MS Sql 2005 server, and was provided the Hoover example as a basis.Accordingly, I have used it as a ... ... written 07/25/2006 by CRJ Latest 3 replies (view all 5) Here is my second attempt, I apologize for the the delay, vut other development concerns had to be ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by CRJ ... posted 07/27/2006 by clozach Ok that makes sense. I see the misformatting... See HowDoIEnterCode for more info (and I'd recommend changing ... ... posted 07/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan Scott, thanks for your reply: Now, the error you pointed out is not in my original code, it ... ... posted 07/27/2006 by CRJ
createTime problem This column <jot:column prop="createTime" header="Fecha" sort="true" /> acts differently depending on whether the user is logged-in or a guest. If guest, it only shows hh:mm ... ... written 08/20/2006 by korczowski 1 reply Sorry to hear this. I have filed this tracking bug internally: Issue4944.... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Comment spam Are you guys doing anything about comment spam? On my Wordpress blog I have used Akismet (it catches a lot of spam) and bad-behavior (it doesn't even let ... ... written 08/30/2006 by dianesoini 1 reply It's a work in progress. We've got the pieces in place (e.g. HashCash but have ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan
How do you create a plugin in 2.7 wiki? How do you do this now? All I get is an option to create a page and I have to pick a page type. I don't see how to ... ... written 09/04/2006 by dianesoini 2 replies Yes, Bob references the 2.7-specific instructions I added to: JotPluginQuickstart. The confusion around create page vs ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan It's a bug. Workaround from Scott: 1) Assume you want to create a plugin called "TestPlugin" 2 ... ... posted 09/04/2006 by bhaugen
How do I access the version history of a Wiki spreadsheet? I see that JotSpot keeps track of version history, but there is no link to access versions. Is there an easy way to access? Thanks.... written 09/06/2006 by ndailey 1 reply I don't think the spreadsheet app presents an interface into earlier revisions yet. If you can't ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Is there a way to delete old versions in the version history? My company is using a Jot wiki to set up a client collaboration site, but we would like to wipe the version history of all the initial tests we conducted ... ... written 09/06/2006 by ndailey 1 reply There is no way to remove older revisions through the user interface. Not even as admin. That said ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan
SavePage xml I am trying to use the SavePage RESTful command to create and save a page that contains the page information below which is my navigation tabs. However, when I specify ... ... written 09/06/2006 by dweekes 3 replies Nice going! I didn't know about the ptypeX parameter myself :) I've updated SavePageRef. I was going ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan Try using saveform instead and specify defaultForm, which tells it that main/text is element.... posted 09/06/2006 by philohyeahmorewikisbaby To answer my own question... add the argument: ptype1=element ... posted 09/06/2006 by dweekes
Group Directory app form question I want to use the Group Directory app basically for what it's intended; but I also want to "include" or "show" the contact info for a selected entry on ... ... written 08/28/2006 by korczowski Latest 3 replies (view all 7) In order to help you folks need to see what code you're trying that's not working ... ... posted 09/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan I'm still trying to get "include" or "show" of contacts created in the Group Directory app to ... ... posted 09/02/2006 by korczowski Again, if that's not the view you want, then please create a form to display what you ... ... posted 08/29/2006 by ScottMcmullan I have the exact line you have above. (Except it's Contact0.) This gives me the first and ... ... posted 08/29/2006 by korczowski
add a bunch of pages how can i import a bunch of data to act as records for my search? i have a list of doctors with various fields, flat file. what format do i ... ... written 08/30/2006 by fortressgame 3 replies > is there a way to import pages using manage packages? i could output xm1 > pages as easily as ... ... posted 09/03/2006 by bhaugen is there a way to import pages using manage packages? i could output xm1 pages as easily as ... ... posted 09/03/2006 by fortressgame You'll want to get your data into CSV (comma separated value) format, then use parseRows() to get ... ... posted 08/30/2006 by ScottMcmullan
wysiwyg image inserting into forms i have a form element that's wysiwyg. i insert an image into the form, upload it to the server, and when i view the html it says<img src ... ... written 08/29/2006 by fortressgame 1 reply > Do I have to do something special to make uploaded images work in wysiwyg? In my experience, the ... ... posted 08/29/2006 by bhaugen
defaulting blog post images to align=right in order for my bloggers to enter right aligned images, they have to go to HTML mode, put align="right" in the image, and then <br clear=all> at the ... ... written 08/28/2006 by fortressgame 2 replies You can use CSS to do this. Go to the BlogCSS page and edit in XML mode. Add ... ... posted 08/29/2006 by dianesoini There's no way to configure the editor to right-align all images. We need to enhance the ... ... posted 08/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Form Field Permissions Is there a way to set the permissions of a field in a form so that it is not editable? ... written 08/24/2006 by dweekes 1 reply By default, Jot doesn't support field-level permissions in a form. Permissions are at the page level ... ... posted 08/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan
SavePage HTTP POST from C# program I am trying to POST a savePage request via HTTP using a C#/.NET program. I am able to connect and get authorization but get an html return error from ... ... written 08/15/2006 by dweekes 4 replies To use saveForm instead of savePage, you must specify the path to the form page along with your ... ... posted 08/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan ... posted 08/16/2006 by dweekes The GET works if I change the string to https://jcsgwiki.jot.com/_/cmd/savePage?path=/SomePage&pname1 ... ... posted 08/16/2006 by dweekes Try GET instead of POST. This creates SomePage correctly when I paste into my browser window while logged ... ... posted 08/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan
HTML image maps I think I got an html image map to work in an older wiki but I can't get it working now in 2.6. I generated the image map ... ... written 08/03/2006 by korczowski 4 replies Yes, as Tom pointed out on 8/6, you need to make sure your HTML is XHTML, meaning ... ... posted 08/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan I am also trying to load an image map and not getting it to work. Can anyone see ... ... posted 08/18/2006 by chrisp Thanks for the pointers I got via email. It was simply a matter of carefully closing all the ... ... posted 08/06/2006 by korczowski Forgot the wiki system doesn't like email frin the Web version of Outlook. Is this still an ... ... posted 08/04/2006 by mwong
removing a page with a weird name: \Lifestyle Pharma\CNS i have a page that got named \Lifestyle Pharma\CNS i can't seem to delete it. i can't visit it, actually, it says the node was deleted. But ... ... written 08/24/2006 by fortressgame 1 reply it has BACKslashes in it, doesn't show up in the message i posted. ... posted 08/24/2006 by fortressgame
how to access user prefs? Added a field to /System/Forms/UserForm so i could include another field: google_ad_channel. I'm using it to track how much ad revenue a blogger generates from ... ... written 08/24/2006 by fortressgame 1 reply > how to access user prefs? You need to get a handle on the user's page. In jotscript ... ... posted 08/24/2006 by bhaugen
Tab Menus & Forums I have installed the Forum Application, and created a forum at /Forum/LEF. I have also created a page with a menu containing 4 tabs. I am trying to get ... ... written 08/11/2006 by eburkebt Latest 3 replies (view all 6) I have done it via a plugin and it worked well. I never considered wrapping it in the ... ... posted 08/24/2006 by eburkebt Mel is right. To recap, in order to get the tab set to display on a given page ... ... posted 08/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan Conceptually, it's a matter of including that page (jot:include) that provides the tab menu onto the ... ... posted 08/11/2006 by mwong Thanks. Never thought of that. The tab now takes me to the forum as desired, so this leads ... ... posted 08/11/2006 by eburkebt
how to move a page i am wondering how i can change the type of a page something is from Blog to Wiki. Also how i can change its folder, not just its name. If ... ... written 08/23/2006 by fortressgame 4 replies > wait a second. > http://augmentme.jot.com/WikiHome/Plastic%20Surgery/Procedure%20Database/Botox > and > http://augmentme.jot.com ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by bhaugen wait a second. http://augmentme.jot.com/WikiHome/Plastic%20Surgery/Procedure%20Database/Botox and http://augmentme.jot.com ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by fortressgame reparenting doesn't seem to work for me. for having entered this full path: /WikiHome/Plastic Surgery/Procedure ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by fortressgame > how to move a page http://developer.jot.com/WikiHome/2005-10-24-HowToMoveAPageAkaReParenting > i am wondering how ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by bhaugen
TypeError Typeof/altering EmailPageChangePlugin to handle Blogs properly i've altered EmailPageChangePlugin to behave differently with Blogs but its not working. if i write a blog post, this code works. if i write a wiki page, i get ... ... written 08/23/2006 by fortressgame 1 reply Bob Haugen solved this for me. You can tell I'm a real noob. sourcePage.sys doesn't ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by fortressgame
update to 2.7 please ... written 08/15/2006 by diggo 4 replies From: dantila@tlm-group.com [mailto:dantila@tlm-group.com] Sean, One option to get at the new ... ... posted 08/22/2006 by diggo Sean, One option to get at the new version is to provision a new jdc wiki (currently provisioning ... ... posted 08/22/2006 by dantila From: sean@valuationpartners.com.au [mailto:sean@valuationpartners.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2006 2:03 PM ... ... posted 08/16/2006 by diggo weird..when creating topic I wasnt given form to enter quesion. Oh well, here it is now: can ... ... posted 08/15/2006 by diggo
Import documents on KB Hi, I hide More Action links (on footer) by using CSS style sheet and i created a knowledgebase, now i want to create button on the Every article page by ... ... written 08/11/2006 by triplepointjotcom 1 reply When you say, "by which i can import document directly on that page", do you mean you want ... ... posted 08/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
Backlinks plugin doesn't search my blog Hi I installed the Backlinks plugin example but I discovered it does not search for links created in my blog application. Can I make any changes to allow it to ... ... written 08/11/2006 by Johnners 1 reply RE: "it does not search for links created in my blog application", can you expand with details on ... ... posted 08/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan
fixing registered users names etc i invited a user using the Invite User option. I entered his email address. Now he is referred to by the email address, which means his email is public and ... ... written 08/09/2006 by fortressgame 2 replies There's no way to rename a user. You will need to delete the user and create them ... ... posted 08/10/2006 by ScottMcmullan no one has a clue about this?... posted 08/10/2006 by fortressgame
REST API: delete, rename, move? Can the REST API currently delete a page? Can the REST API rename a page or move which parent node/page it set at? Can data calls be filtered by ... ... written 08/03/2006 by andyit 4 replies RE: What environment are you envisioning this running from that requires calling rename() RESTful

No page/parentId property?

The users of my site have major problems understanding the new 2.8 "create page" and "create child page" buttons, especially as the latter comes and goes depending on the ... ... written 12/01/2006 by Colin_E

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I've just realised there may be a simple way to deal with this. I can access the ... ... posted 02/19/2007 by Colin_E
i think Jot will resolve the correct ids for you, if you set the standard page/parent property ... ... posted 02/16/2007 by kathleen
What do you mean by parentId? Or, what are you trying to accomplish? Will page/parent work? Gets ... ... posted 02/16/2007 by bhaugen
Any ideas on this or am I a voice in the wilderness?... posted 02/16/2007 by Colin_E

List User Details

Hi, Is there a simple way to list the details of all the users on a wiki. I'd like to collect everyone's email address, but the only way ... ... written 02/08/2007 by hamptor

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Forum Permissions

A forum on our site has Read, Write, Create Sub-Pages and Add Attachments set to a list of users, and in that list is a Group. When logged in ... ... written 01/27/2007 by rcomeau

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The problem is that ForumTopicForm and ForumReplyForm set write permissions to the pages to the original author. Setting ... ... posted 01/28/2007 by bhaugen

How to change a page's property's value from another page?

I want to change the value of a hidden property of a page (A) from another page (B)? Is it possible? How to do that? Is it possible that the ... ... written 12/04/2006 by abulhaaris

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Yes this is very straightforward, with one nasty caveat in 2.8. The straightforward bit The following is ... ... posted 12/08/2006 by Colin_E

Merging multiple forms on the same page

This is a question that's been in the back of my mind for a while. Now I have a real example. I have one page form that adds a ... ... written 11/28/2006 by Colin_E

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Finding Orphans- "Evaluation exceeded threshold"

As usage of our hosted site goes up, the results of new users experimenting is a lot of detritus like empty and orphaned pages. I found Scott's very useful ... ... written 11/24/2006 by Colin_E

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How to XMLHttpRequest foreign URLs?

I want to dynamically query another website, read the JSON data that it returns, display the result on the page and save this into the wiki. My problem is that ... ... written 11/08/2006 by mjambon

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hiding #jot-search

I want to hide #jot-search for a particular page. I am writing the following lines but they do nothing#jot-search { display:none;}However, when i insert dislay:none ... ... written 11/18/2006 by abulhaaris

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Hi Sohail i am not sure whether this idea usefull for you or not but it was working ... ... posted 11/19/2006 by triplepointjotcom

Argh- Moving pages in 2.8?

Hmm. I just went to use the page-moving trick in our recently upgraded 2.8 site. I.e. change the page name to a full WikiHome-based path, including ... ... written 11/14/2006 by Colin_E

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RESTfully post new issue in BugReporter

Going in circles now trying to figure this out. Here's one approach that doesn't work. Am I on the right track? http://mywiki.jot.com/_/cmd/saveForm?form ... ... written 11/15/2006 by irobot

How to log in the Jotspot server Beta?

After installed VMware and ran the Jotspot server beta edition, I saw as below Jotspot1 login: How can I log in the local jotspot server? I could not find possible ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki

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How to acess to cvs for Forum app and ProjectManager app?

I would like to custermize Forum application and ProjectManager application. As far as I look at the jot website, I could not find entry point to access source code for ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki

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How to avoid 'The name "xmlns" is not legal ' error

When I create 'KbSearchBox', one of the form of KnowledgeBaseSource here http://developer.jot.com/WikiHome/WikiZone/KnowledgeBaseSourceCode An error called 'The name "xmlns" is not legal ' error occured. What ... ... written 11/09/2006 by Naoki

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Progamatically accessing Spreadsheet data?

Are there any examples/documentation on the new Spreadsheet page type available in 2.7/2.8? I'm currently a big forms user and would like to use Spreadsheets ... ... written 11/08/2006 by billschuller

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While all spreadsheet data is indeed in the wiki, the mapping from rows/columns to wiki page properties ... ... posted 11/08/2006 by ScottMcmullan

cannot call method: savePage

The following code: try { jot.lib.savePage({ path: pg.path, pname1: "ISIPKB/publisher", pvalue1: pub, pname2: "ISIPKB/pubDate", pvalue2: "", ptype2: "date", pname3: "ISIPKB/stakeholderType", pvalue3: null, pname4: "ISIPKB/refType", pvalue4 ... ... written 11/03/2006 by Colin_E

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Blog Customisation changes 2.5->2.7/8

Our production Wiki is still running 2.5.5. I am looking at copy that has been upgraded to 2.8 to check it is ok before we upgrade the ... ... written 11/02/2006 by Colin_E

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API docs for jot:extension SSJS syntax

I want to insert content at an extension point using SSJS, but can't find the docs. All routes through the documentation say there is a SSJS call (presumably jot ... ... written 10/18/2006 by Colin_e

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Bypass Login Page code

I'm trying to write code to insert into a (non-wiki) HTML page that will allow users to bypass the JotSpot login page. The idea is that the page ... ... written 11/02/2006 by AndrewKB

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> I'm merely looking for a way to prevent hundreds of staff in a > user's organisation all ... ... posted 11/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Date property from Calendar app?

Hello,I'm trying to create a search which pulls a set of upcoming events from a Calendar. I can get the results to display the Event Title, but I ... ... written 11/01/2006 by rjohansson

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Add users to group problem

In my site, there is no way to pick users to add to a group!! I'm talking about the page /Group_Management/My_Group. When I edit the group ... ... written 10/30/2006 by korczowski

Include latest blog posts on another wiki page

I've run across a couple of situations where it would be helpful to include a list of the most recent blog post titles with links (say 3-5) on ... ... written 10/26/2006 by rjohansson

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Because a blog post is just a wiki page using a Jot form (in this case /Blog/BlogPostForm ... ... posted 10/30/2006 by ScottMcmullan

How Can I manage Users in ProjectManager?

By Defalut Users can create freely new ' Project 's in current ProjectManager Module. However I want toLIMIT capability to create 'new project ' for only admin-selected usersSince if ... ... written 10/29/2006 by Naoki

Horizontal Rule problems?

Version 2.7 viewed in IE 6.0. I like to start my pages with a Horizontal Rule but this has caused real problems with WYSIWYG editing. I now find ... ... written 10/17/2006 by AndrewKB

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Using variables

Hello. I am working on some code that needs to do multiple layers of validation. I want to know how to make an empty 'array' so I can test on ... ... written 10/18/2006 by briannelson

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Compact syntax for interpolating a JavaSript expression result (or, calling javascript functions from jotscript)

Jotscript interpolates property values into HTML using the \${expression} syntax. My question is, if I write an SSJS function that returns XHTML, what's the syntax to interpolate it into ... ... written 10/06/2006 by Colin_E

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Maps in Jot

Is there a good way to integrate maps into Jot pages (from Google or other outside source)? I have seen a few pages on this topic on the user community ... ... written 10/12/2006 by jchristie

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group directory required fields

In this application some fields are customizable and some are constants. It seems that only the customizable fields can be made "required", i.e., in a point and click way ... ... written 09/16/2006 by korczowski

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Changing the Login Page

I'm just learning how to control my wiki so I hope you don't mind the "newbie" question. I want to make a small change to the login page ... ... written 10/12/2006 by aerobat

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Please see this thread: DevQuestion704... posted 10/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Need info on the XML (xml?) object type

Most of the example Jot code uses text/numeric/date property types. I'm having some difficulty working out how to handle Wiki fields, specifically operations like- * Convert a text ... ... written 10/10/2006 by Colin_E

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How to define selectOptions list based on drop-down selection?

Bear with me, as I'm better at writing documentation than building apps! I'm trying to build a simple registration app where the user can select the class they ... ... written 09/28/2006 by debadair

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Search all fields in a form

I am working on a KnowledgeBase application that is similar to the Jot standard KB app, but with a lot more fields in the data form. Jot's standard page ... ... written 10/03/2006 by Colin_E

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EventCalendar Hyperlink Issue

Hi,I am using the event calendar, and although my hyperlinks are appearing correctly (previous month and next month), when you click on them, they just return the user to ... ... written 10/02/2006 by hjs1685

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Setting properties when a form is applied to a page

Hopefully a simple question. I have a "Meeting Manager" app that can now be added to a page by applying a form, more robust than using jot:include. In use ... ... written 10/06/2006 by Colin_E

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showLog() causes "cannot find default value for object" error

I tried to use the showlog function exactly as described in the Admin.getLogEventsRef page. Code (SSJS): var errors= jot.lib.admin.showLog(); jot.out.write("Log: " + errors); However this ... ... written 10/08/2006 by Colin_E

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Sure is NOT easy to create a profile here on dev.jot.com!

I noticed that whenever my name shows up in the "recent changes" on this wiki, it's the red dashed underscore, indicating that there's a profile page for me ... ... written 10/05/2006 by TCatNG

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Correct syntax for specifying filters in SSJS search

I have a jotlib search call that works- <jot:search forChildren="${page/path}" filter="it/ISIPKB/kbName= '${args/kbName}'" /> However if I translate this verbatim into SSJS- var kbPages= jot ... ... written 10/05/2006 by Colin_E

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Controlling Read Access to Admin Pages

I am trying to set up a Wiki such that most users cannot read administrative pages. I have controlled write/owner permissions successfully but my users can still READ pages ... ... written 10/04/2006 by aerobat

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Doing development locally - the missing stuff?

So I've really wanted to do local development using ant or whatever (I like the simplicity of Thom's new tool). But there are some missing links in the ... ... written 10/04/2006 by dianesoini

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You can do a backup/export of your wiki and then simply trim (aka delete from the zip ... ... posted 10/05/2006 by ScottMcmullan

ForumV2 app: letting everybody create new forums

I would like to make the forum creation option available to all users of the forum (not only the admin), is it possible? In the DefaultForumDashboardFooter code, there's this ... ... written 10/02/2006 by ibere

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You can change this code, but please note this is not an upgrade-safe operation and your changes ... ... posted 10/03/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Simple single script insertion. Failure: script seem to be "overriden"

I am trying to add ASCIIMathML to my jotspot wiki (see http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathdemo.html). Only a single script called "ASCIIMathML.js" is required to render ... ... written 10/01/2006 by vermorel

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Insufficient privileges adding child

I have an email handler that was working on v2.3.3. I have two problems now.1. The email is no longer being sent. I've logged the data ... ... written 09/28/2006 by swood

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am I using jot.lib.util.eval right???

This is probably a dumb post - but I'm stumped...need more coffee... I have a form that dynamically builds checkbox fields based on an array. This works fine and ... ... written 09/28/2006 by kathleen

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username

I want to add a group of 500+ users. The problem is that I when they sign in their username is set on the emailadress at which they have been ... ... written 09/28/2006 by Esther

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There is currently no bulk user import feature. However one of our solution partners, Phil Kast, has created ... ... posted 09/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Filtering and searching on a single page

I’m trying to develop a simple knowledge base that can be searched using filters. Here is an example: Search page has a few drop down lists with pre-set ... ... written 09/26/2006 by JasonKangas

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Please see FilteredSearchTutorial, particularly the "Filtering on Two or More Properties" section at the bottom.... posted 09/27/2006 by ScottMcmullan

change home page

I'm new here and need a little clue!how can i change it so that when a visitor comes to my home page, they don't get the registration ... ... written 08/08/2006 by fortressgame

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Is there any way to customize the login page?

I'm using the self-registration app in my wiki, but I would still like to make my wiki accessible only to registered users. Is there any way to customize ... ... written 09/13/2006 by ibere

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How do you calculate the Recently Active Members display in the JDC sidebar?

Hi All, I saw recently Active Member list on the left sidebar bottom of Developer Forum but i couldn't understand that this list show a number for every member ... ... written 09/20/2006 by triplepointjotcom

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newbie question on linking

hi all,I've just created my first knowledgebase and want to add a link to it on my homepage. Can't be difficult, but I can't find any ... ... written 09/20/2006 by mcol

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permissions & delete forum reply?

I want to set permissions, but it doesn't work properly. When I set Read to Public, it works, but when I want to set Write to Public and then ... ... written 09/27/2006 by esther

Why can I add and delete forums? On Developer.jot.com?

This does not makes sense?... written 08/25/2006 by Jay007

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Is there default content in the spreadsheet app?

This is a really weird question. I was checking out the new spreadsheet app on my very old wiki that was recently updated. Does the spreadsheet app come with a ... ... written 09/19/2006 by dianesoini

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Can we change login page ?

How can we change login logo on login page ? how can we change background color of login page ? can we change look & feel of login page ? ... written 08/24/2006 by triplepointjotcom

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How to change the IssueTrackSearchGenerator..

Hi, I'm trying to use the Bug Tracker application for something slightly left of what it was originally intended for.. tracking jobs through a QA process. I've managed ... ... written 09/19/2006 by HJS1685

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bulk upload user pages

Just to make sure before I do this -- Can I bulk upload user pages <.../_Admin/Users/TomK> created in wiki A to wiki B? Does it matter that the users ... ... written 09/19/2006 by korczowski

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insert image using new editor

this just doesn't work well for me using FF 1.5 for Mac. What does "show only your images" mean? Even with a relative handful of images in the ... ... written 09/19/2006 by korczowski

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Agreed, the image picker has scalability issues. There's a feature request filed already against this. This needs ... ... posted 09/19/2006 by ScottMcmullan

About spredsheet App

Hi, i am trying to use spredsheet app but i am getting some problems to use this frequently. i tried to import an excel sheet with spredsheet app but whenever ... ... written 09/18/2006 by triplepointjotcom

group directory portraits won't load

Maybe this has to do with the upgrade that happened today? The group directory won't load the thumbnail portraits that appear in the first column of the list view... written 09/14/2006 by korczowski

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select fields question

I have a list of values that I search for and turn into a list of select values with <jot:input name="empresa" selectOptions="${empresaList}" value="Seleccionar"/> empresaList is a ... ... written 09/07/2006 by korczowski

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Adding users in bulk?

Just wondering if there's an alternative to adding a bunch of users one at a time? Saw a question posted back in January--is there anything new on this ... ... written 09/15/2006 by debadair

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Phil Kast, one of Jot's Solution Partners, has developed a simple solution to this that bulk-loads ... ... posted 09/16/2006 by ScottMcmullan

What is an "element" field type?, and how do I extract the URL?

I recently used the importer tool (which looks very useful) to import data from an Excel spreadsheet. One column in the sheet held web addresses (links), this column was imported ... ... written 09/10/2006 by Colin_E

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Can I make my RSS feeds guest accessible?

Hi,I have an RSS feed set up at the following URL:http://edge.intra.bt.com/Web20/AllPodcasts?format=rss-2.0&jotExportId=TableTag0&jotPage=%2FWeb20%2FAllPodcastsWhen my ... ... written 09/14/2006 by jonathanlisterbtcom

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One option is to make the AllPodcasts page public (e.g. guest readable). However since permissions can't ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan

About Data Cabinet

Hi all, Data cabinet is a really appreciable but i have a problem with this, i have created a hierarchy of pages and i want to creat a Data Cabinet ... ... written 09/14/2006 by triplepointjotcom

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You can continue to create your page hierarchy as described, you just need to use add sub-page ... ... posted 09/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan

How to count the number of times around a loop?

In jstl the forEach tag has a varStatus property that you can use to determine the count in the loop. You can use the varStatus to determine even/odd rows ... ... written 09/12/2006 by dianesoini

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cant parse xml for jot.write.out

i found this basic code in the docs and i am getting unable to parse XML <jot:script> jot.out.write("<ul>");</jot:script> but i have no idea why ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame

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pictures in Forum app?

the Forum application doesn't have an option for attaching pictures, unlike the wiki app. I wonder if there's any easy way to allow attachments or inline images or ... ... written 09/09/2006 by fortressgame

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don't understand search results - where are my blogs?

when i do this<jot:script> var setOfAllChildren = jot.lib.search({forAll: '1' });</jot:script><table><jot:loop over="setOfAllChildren" set="node"><tr><td>[jot:${node/path}][${node/name}][${node ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame

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removing all the welcome popups

can someone direct me to where i can learn how to get rid of all the popups that come up when a new user first enters the wiki? ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame

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> can someone direct me to where i can learn how to get rid of all the popups > that ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by bhaugen

listing count of pages sorted by owner of page grouped by time

i'm trying to figure out a search to show me a count of the number of pages any particular person has created over any given time frame. like joe ... ... written 09/11/2006 by fortressgame

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search collect parameter problem

<jot:search forFormName="Mercadopost" showHidden="true" set="empresaList" order="Mercadopost/empresa" collect="it/MercadoPost/empresa"/> The above line works as expected without the collect clause. But when I add collect ... ... written 09/11/2006 by korczowski

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Checking if a page exists!

Is it possible to check if a page currently exists in code? If it previously existed but has since been deleted I require it to say that it doesn't ... ... written 09/07/2006 by eburkebt

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In server-side Javascript, I would uses jot.pages and say something like: var myPage = jot.pages["/WikiHome ... ... posted 09/11/2006 by ScottMcmullan

An Eiser way to add content

Hi, Ive just started work at a company for a few weeks, upgrading their intranet pages from media space, to Jotspot. Not knowing anything about Jotspot, I've managed to ... ... written 08/10/2006 by adamswbrown01

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Passing a parameter to a form

I have a simple little "meeting manager" app that is currently inserted into a page with an <include> tag. This is proving fragile. If a user edits the page in ... ... written 09/06/2006 by Colin_E

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SavePage: "&" in pvalue causes error

I am using SavePage to create a page using RESTful. The pvalue field content of the page I am trying to create contains an ext href link. The href contains ... ... written 09/07/2006 by dweekes

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XML external data not working...

I recently asked about how to pull XML form a MS Sql 2005 server, and was provided the Hoover example as a basis.Accordingly, I have used it as a ... ... written 07/25/2006 by CRJ

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createTime problem

This column <jot:column prop="createTime" header="Fecha" sort="true" /> acts differently depending on whether the user is logged-in or a guest. If guest, it only shows hh:mm ... ... written 08/20/2006 by korczowski

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Sorry to hear this. I have filed this tracking bug internally: Issue4944.... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Comment spam

Are you guys doing anything about comment spam? On my Wordpress blog I have used Akismet (it catches a lot of spam) and bad-behavior (it doesn't even let ... ... written 08/30/2006 by dianesoini

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It's a work in progress. We've got the pieces in place (e.g. HashCash but have ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan

How do you create a plugin in 2.7 wiki?

How do you do this now? All I get is an option to create a page and I have to pick a page type. I don't see how to ... ... written 09/04/2006 by dianesoini

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How do I access the version history of a Wiki spreadsheet?

I see that JotSpot keeps track of version history, but there is no link to access versions. Is there an easy way to access? Thanks.... written 09/06/2006 by ndailey

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I don't think the spreadsheet app presents an interface into earlier revisions yet. If you can't ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Is there a way to delete old versions in the version history?

My company is using a Jot wiki to set up a client collaboration site, but we would like to wipe the version history of all the initial tests we conducted ... ... written 09/06/2006 by ndailey

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There is no way to remove older revisions through the user interface. Not even as admin. That said ... ... posted 09/07/2006 by ScottMcmullan

SavePage xml

I am trying to use the SavePage RESTful command to create and save a page that contains the page information below which is my navigation tabs. However, when I specify ... ... written 09/06/2006 by dweekes

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Group Directory app form question

I want to use the Group Directory app basically for what it's intended; but I also want to "include" or "show" the contact info for a selected entry on ... ... written 08/28/2006 by korczowski

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add a bunch of pages

how can i import a bunch of data to act as records for my search? i have a list of doctors with various fields, flat file. what format do i ... ... written 08/30/2006 by fortressgame

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wysiwyg image inserting into forms

i have a form element that's wysiwyg. i insert an image into the form, upload it to the server, and when i view the html it says<img src ... ... written 08/29/2006 by fortressgame

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> Do I have to do something special to make uploaded images work in wysiwyg? In my experience, the ... ... posted 08/29/2006 by bhaugen

defaulting blog post images to align=right

in order for my bloggers to enter right aligned images, they have to go to HTML mode, put align="right" in the image, and then <br clear=all> at the ... ... written 08/28/2006 by fortressgame

2 replies

Form Field Permissions

Is there a way to set the permissions of a field in a form so that it is not editable? ... written 08/24/2006 by dweekes

1 reply

By default, Jot doesn't support field-level permissions in a form. Permissions are at the page level ... ... posted 08/28/2006 by ScottMcmullan

SavePage HTTP POST from C# program

I am trying to POST a savePage request via HTTP using a C#/.NET program. I am able to connect and get authorization but get an html return error from ... ... written 08/15/2006 by dweekes

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HTML image maps

I think I got an html image map to work in an older wiki but I can't get it working now in 2.6. I generated the image map ... ... written 08/03/2006 by korczowski

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removing a page with a weird name: \Lifestyle Pharma\CNS

i have a page that got named \Lifestyle Pharma\CNS i can't seem to delete it. i can't visit it, actually, it says the node was deleted. But ... ... written 08/24/2006 by fortressgame

1 reply

it has BACKslashes in it, doesn't show up in the message i posted. ... posted 08/24/2006 by fortressgame

how to access user prefs?

Added a field to /System/Forms/UserForm so i could include another field: google_ad_channel. I'm using it to track how much ad revenue a blogger generates from ... ... written 08/24/2006 by fortressgame

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> how to access user prefs? You need to get a handle on the user's page. In jotscript ... ... posted 08/24/2006 by bhaugen

Tab Menus & Forums

I have installed the Forum Application, and created a forum at /Forum/LEF. I have also created a page with a menu containing 4 tabs. I am trying to get ... ... written 08/11/2006 by eburkebt

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how to move a page

i am wondering how i can change the type of a page something is from Blog to Wiki. Also how i can change its folder, not just its name. If ... ... written 08/23/2006 by fortressgame

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TypeError Typeof/altering EmailPageChangePlugin to handle Blogs properly

i've altered EmailPageChangePlugin to behave differently with Blogs but its not working. if i write a blog post, this code works. if i write a wiki page, i get ... ... written 08/23/2006 by fortressgame

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Bob Haugen solved this for me. You can tell I'm a real noob. sourcePage.sys doesn't ... ... posted 08/23/2006 by fortressgame

update to 2.7 please

... written 08/15/2006 by diggo

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Import documents on KB

Hi, I hide More Action links (on footer) by using CSS style sheet and i created a knowledgebase, now i want to create button on the Every article page by ... ... written 08/11/2006 by triplepointjotcom

1 reply

When you say, "by which i can import document directly on that page", do you mean you want ... ... posted 08/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan

Backlinks plugin doesn't search my blog

Hi I installed the Backlinks plugin example but I discovered it does not search for links created in my blog application. Can I make any changes to allow it to ... ... written 08/11/2006 by Johnners

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RE: "it does not search for links created in my blog application", can you expand with details on ... ... posted 08/14/2006 by ScottMcmullan

fixing registered users names etc

i invited a user using the Invite User option. I entered his email address. Now he is referred to by the email address, which means his email is public and ... ... written 08/09/2006 by fortressgame

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REST API: delete, rename, move?

Can the REST API currently delete a page? Can the REST API rename a page or move which parent node/page it set at? Can data calls be filtered by ... ... written 08/03/2006 by andyit

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RE: What environment are you envisioning this running from that requires calling rename() RESTful

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