MemoWiki can be run as

• an anonymous Wiki – any client can connect to the server, and the user is not identified in any way. This is the default setup (when MemoWiki is first installed), and is ideal for a Wiki which is only going to be accessed on a local laptop or desktop, etc.

• a user-login Wiki – anyone who uses the Wiki must first ‘login’ with a user name and password. It is strongly recommended that any MemoWiki on the Internet requires user-login.

An anonymous Wiki is converted to a user-login Wiki simply by adding a first user (using the Add User selection from the more... page – remember to make a note of the password). Once the first user is created then from then on access to the Wiki will require login. Any user local to (on the same machine as) the MemoWiki server can add new users.

Login requires browser cookies to be enabled » and persists for the browser session or (if ‘remember me’ is selected on login) will be saved on the user’s machine indefinitely.

User Names

User names must start with an alphabetic character. A user can change his or her user name at any time to a different name (as long as it is not already in use, of course).

Passwords

When a user is first created a password is generated by MemoWiki and must be used for the initial login. Once logged-in you can change your password from the more... page.

User preferences

Some aspects of MemoWiki operation can be changed on a per-user basis; choose User preferences on the more... page.

User pages

Optionally, MemoWiki users can have a ‘User page’ which can be edited as required. User pages are held in a topic called Users; an initial user page for a user can be created automatically when the user is added (this will create the Users topic, too, if necessary).

Edit conflicts

If two users edit a page at the same time (or one users edit a page in two different windows) then when the second save of the page takes place MemoWiki will detect the conflict and warn the second user that he or she has overridden some change(s) (the first user could be long gone). The second user is automatically shown the History page, with an appropriate message.

The History page flags any overridden version (and these have to be deleted deliberately – they will not be automatically cleaned).

User privileges

• All users can see and edit all pages in topics to which they have access

• Administrators can also:
  • Carry out all actions (edit, publish, etc.) on read-only topics
  • Add new Topics
  • Publish a topic to its web server
  • Rename topics to which they have access (via renaming the home page).
  • Add new Users and edit user settings (permissions)
  • See (but not apply changes to) server maintenance pages (GoServe statistics, etc.)
  • Clear all caches on a server

• Locals (users on the same machine as the server) can also:
  • Use the server maintenance pages and controls and change settings and limits
  • Use More... Explore to directly access server files and data (on Windows only).