Wikitox was created by Andrew Dawson in an effort to set up a teaching resource for the management of acute poisoning, a major health problem in the developing world. After a colleague mentioned that he did not have time to create teaching material for his course, Andrew decided to take on this project and chose […]
We’re often asked about what’s “under the hood” of Wikispaces, the infrastructure the site runs on. Do we use dedicated servers? Are wiki pages and files backed up, and how often? If the site breaks, does someone get notified? How much bandwidth do you have?
To help answer these questions and more, […]
Posted in Company, Wikispaces on July 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Hello all, I’m the most recent addition to the Wikispaces
Software Engineering team, and I’m enjoying myself thoroughly. There’s
some great technology here, and I look forward to making it even
better. I grew up in the Seattle area, and I’m a University of
Washington alumnus. More recently, I worked at Google for a couple
years and then took some […]
Robin Phares and Kathy Korty, of the Edgewood City Schools, were introduced to Wikispaces in a class on technology in the classroom. After recognizing the potential of using wikis in the classroom, they set up a training session for every teacher in their district, and began using wikis to facilitate communication between students, parents, and […]
NECC 2008, the 29th Annual National Educational Computing Conference, is coming up on June 29-July 2 in San Antonio.
Vicki Davis, of the Flat Classroom Wiki Project, and Adam Frey of Wikispaces will be presenting on how wikis can be used in education. The talk will be geared to all levels, starting out with wiki […]
We’re proud to support an effort that’s just launched today in the wiki world, the Universal Edit Button. The Universal Edit Button is a way for your browser to tell you when a page is editable, similar in spirit to the icon browsers show when an RSS feed is available for a page. […]
Posted in Wikispaces on June 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
We have just implemented a new coupon system and to kick things off, we are giving out a 10% discount for any new subscription or upgrade to all users. This coupon is valid for any Wikispaces plan, for monthly or yearly subscriptions, and can be shared with anyone. Use it while it lasts!
To […]
Posted in Features, Wikispaces on June 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
Click on the “Help” link on any Wikispaces page and you might notice some major differences.
First, the visual layout has changed. All of the help content now lives in a pop-up format so you don’t have to leave your Wikispace in order to get the help you need. As you move through […]
One of our primary goals here at Wikispaces is to make the services we offer easy to understand and adopt. We can’t do that without making the prices of our services simple and transparent. We tell you exactly what our plans cost on our pricing page, linked from the front page of Wikispaces.com […]
We’re excited to announce our newest and most powerful wiki hosting plan yet, Wikispaces Private Label Premium. Like our existing Private Label service, you can create and administer an unlimited number of wikis and users on your own wiki environment. And now, for organizations that want more support, integration, and room to grow, […]