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:

  • Changing the wiki image (displayed at the upper left)

  • Renaming the wiki

  • Describing the wiki

  • Setting a contact email

  • Changing the wiki theme

  • Change which services are available

  • Enabling podcasting

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

  • Changing who can comment or moderate comments

  • Adding a sidebar to the homepage

  • Choosing which server address the wiki appears under

• Edit the tags list

• Remove other people's comments

• Permanently delete wiki pages or blog posts

There are two types of administrators: server administrator and individual wiki or blog administrator. A server administrator has administrative privileges for all wikis and blogs on the server. An individual wiki or blog administrator has administrative privileges for a specific wiki or blog.