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• Sean Simper

  

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  June 13, 2011 11:43:23 PM PDT

  Our institution uses a Mac OS Server for a range of things, with plans for more, with one of the functions used being the Wiki/Blog server. I was hoping to use this also for a collaboration space to support our iPad trial project. 

  It wasn't until after I set up a page and then later access it from an iPad and looked to edit it, that I remembered that I had previously heard that editing in an Apple Server Wiki page appears not to be possible on an iOS device. Bummer!

  Do you know of any 'work-around' to make this possible?

  There's just got to be a way of getting this to work… or maybe I'm kidding myself? It will be a big shame if we need to use a 'third-party' collaboration space instead…

  Anyone out there have any suggestions?

  Maybe Lion 'Server' and/or iOS 5 will address this?
• Chris Brewer

  

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  September 8, 2011 9:53:22 AM PDT

  Hi Sean, when you say "editing" a wiki page, do you mean adding wiki content, administering the wiki, or actually editing the template?
• Sean Simper

  

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  September 10, 2011 12:51:03 AM PDT

  Hi Chris,
  By editing, I mean editing Wiki content, via an iPad...
• Chris Brewer

  

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  September 10, 2011 9:20:58 AM PDT

  Hi Sean, I'm not able to edit on my 10.6.8 system from an iOS device. Surprising, for sure!
  
  Derek Sibelle wrote a couple of apps to do what you'd expect to be able to do without an app: http://members.shaw.ca/wikidtools/
  
  I'm sorry, but I've not yet played with Lion server to know if it supports such a thing.
• Sean Simper

  

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  September 11, 2011 9:54:57 PM PDT

  Chris,
  Thanks again.
  I have already heard of these, as well of some other 'work-arounds'.
  At this stage, I'm still holding out hope that the one or the combination of Lion Server/ iOS 5 will see a resolution to this issue and enable our needs to be conducted via Safari on the iPad.
  Once they are both available and when I'm able to test them, if not, I'll look to these other options.
  Sean
• Chris Brewer

  

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  September 15, 2011 3:07:38 PM PDT

  Good deal Sean. Can you post back your findings here?
• Dave Belson

  

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  February 4, 2012 4:13:02 PM PST

  Lion Wiki's are editable from an iPad running iOS 5 or higher, once the Lion server has been updated to 10.7.3. It does't offer the same as a normal web client (e.g. you can't insert an image or upload a file yet), but you can create and edit pages, manipulate tables etc. It's a step in the right direction and helpful for us with some students at our school starting a one-to-one program this year.
• Sean Simper

  

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  February 5, 2012 3:40:27 AM PST

  Thanks, Dave.
  I had heard that there was an improvement to editability, but had since heard that file/image uploads are still not possible.

  Yes, it's great to see that work has been done in this area and that there is a positive improvement...

  I look forward to an upcoming Server update for further advancements.