Watching Pages

Do you remember the User Watches feature that you enabled when configuring Tiki features? This allows you to "watch" (or monitor) a part of your site (such as a wiki page). Then, if that item changes (such as another user edits the page), you will receive an email, informing you of the change.

1. Log in as the registered user you created earlier.
2. From the Home Page, select Page Actions > Monitor page
   
3. Tiki saves your selection and reloads the page.
   

    Tip

   Notice that the icon changes to Stop monitoring page. This option can be toggled on and off. If you click the icon again, you will stop monitoring the page.
4. Now log off, and re-log in as the admin.
5. Edit the Home Page (add some text, create a link, or upload a new picture — you already know how!).

In a few moments, you should receive an email (to the address of the registered user) that looks like this:

 Tip

You can also watch a page by enabling the Monitor this page option when editing a page:

Users can watch nearly any Tiki object (such as blogs and forums) — not just wiki pages. Watches are a great way for users to automatically receive notification each time you update the site.

Minor Edits

Do you remember seeing the minor option when you were editing a wiki page?

The Minor option on the Edit page.

If you indicate that an edit is a "minor" edit, Tiki will not send notices to other users who are "watching" the page.

You should consider using the minor option when making small changes (such as correcting typographical errors) to avoid sending too many notifications to page watchers.