Overview • User Interface Update
As of June 11, 2012, the PBworks Business Edition user interface was modified extensively across many common views. This not only provides a significantly more consistent user experience throughout the product, but also more screen real estate for your content, and minimizing the footprint of the PBworks interface. The security model is unchanged, and the abilities of users to access or create content has not been altered.
Activity Stream
The activity stream module that previously took up a very large portion of the right panel, is no longer available in the right panel. Click the "Activity" tab along the top of the workspace to view the recent activity of the space. Please note, the Activity listing only shows the last 100 logged events. If a file or page does not show in recent activity, then click on the "Files" tab to access the workspace's file manager to find the folders and files available to you.
PBworks Live Bar
Previously, the abilities of the PBworks Live Bar were only available in the bottom right corner of the screen. These have now been moved up to the main header bar. Instead of "Account" users click their own name to view their personal workspace, the link to their profile, and to log out. Clicking the star and task checkmark icons, show the user the starred items and tasks they own. Finally, the green plus icon in the live bar is there to assist users in creating pages and uploading files from wherever they are currently logged in.
Creating a page, uploading a file, creating a folder
Pages and folders can still be created in a workspace when viewing pages or files. Click the green "+New" button in the top right corner of the page to create a page or folder and choose the appropriate option. If you choose "File" you will be prompted to select a file from your file system for upload. The "+New" button only appears if you have the rights to create a new page or
Page Options
The Page Options menu allows users to view the most common operations of a page, including accessing the page history, renaming the page, moving the page, saving the page as a PDF, copying the page and controlling access. Of course, these options are all dependent on the logged in users access level.
Filtering options
For all views where lists of workspaces, users, or files are shown, all filter options have been moved to the left hand side. This allows users to quickly identify where filter options are, and use a consistent and familiar interface for those kinds of actions.
Workspace Creation
Creating workspaces and workspace templates is also handled by the new menu. Click the "Workspaces" tab in the header bar and then the "+New" button. Your list of workspace templates is shown, along with the ability to create a blank workspace and a new network folder.
Adding Users and Groups
Users and groups are also added through the "+New" button, when looking at the "Everyone" tab. Click "Everyone" along the top of the workspace and then click the "+New" button to add a user or group.
