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Chapter 3: creating wikis and blogs, About administrators, Chapter 3: creating wikis and blogs – Apple Mac OS X Server v10.6 User Manual

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Learn how to create and delete wikis and personal blogs.

Creating wikis and a personal blog is easy in wiki tools. After creating a wiki, you can
choose who can view or edit it, and customize it to suit your team’s needs.

About Administrators

People who can access a wiki or a blog fall into two categories: administrators and
users. Each wiki or blog can have different access permissions, so you might be an
administrator for a few wikis and a user for other wikis.

An administrator (also known as an admin) has privileges that users don’t. For example,
an administrator can:

Change wiki settings such as:

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Changing the wiki image (displayed at the upper left)

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Renaming the wiki

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Describing the wiki

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Setting a contact email

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Changing the wiki theme

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Change which services are available

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Enabling podcasting

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Choosing who has access to the wiki and what level of access they have

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Changing who can comment or moderate comments

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Adding a sidebar to the homepage

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Choosing which server address the wiki appears under

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Edit the tags list

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Remove other people’s comments

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Permanently delete wiki pages or blog posts

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Creating Wikis and Blogs