Author Archives: Jonathan Cox

WordPress Downtime: Saturday, March 9, 6 – 10 a.m.

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Jonathan Cox

VCU’s instance of WordPress on wp.vcu.edu will be unavailable on the morning of Saturday, March 9, as the University Computer Center upgrades its database server. During this time, published content and administrative functionality will be inaccessible. The upgrade is scheduled … Continue reading →

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More Ham, Less Spam With Akismet

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

Akismet, a web service offered by the creators of WordPress.com to help control spam, is now in full effect across every site on wp.vcu.edu. That means you should see a significant decrease in the amount of spam comments requiring your moderation. … Continue reading →

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Unused Personal Blogs to be Deleted on June 15

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

As part of routine maintenance on VCU’s WordPress installation, a number of unused personal blogs will be deleted on Friday, June 15. The following criteria were used to identify the blogs that will be deleted: the blog’s path (the first … Continue reading →

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New Procedure for Creating Personal Blogs

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

We recently changed the way that personal blogs are created. Before this week, a user’s personal blog would automatically be created the first time the user logged in; the new blog’s URL would be created by appending the user’s VCU … Continue reading →

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New Plugin: VCU Dates

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

There’s a new plugin available for activation on your blog — it’s called VCU Dates, and it lets you easily create and publish content that you wanted sorted by a date other than the date of publication. It’s ideal for … Continue reading →

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Embedding Video in Posts

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

There are two options for including videos and other media inside a post or page. The first option requires you to enable auto-embeds on the Media Settings page as described in our Basic Blog Set-Up » Advanced Settings overview. With … Continue reading →

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WordPress Downtime: Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30 – 7 a.m.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jonathan Cox

VCU Technology Services has scheduled maintenance for the WordPress-based VCU Blog platform beginning at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. This work is expected to be completed by 7 a.m. During this work all websites maintained through VCU’s WordPress … Continue reading →

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WordPress Downtime: Friday, Dec. 9, 6-7 a.m.

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Jonathan Cox

At 6 a.m. on Friday, December 9, the University Computer Center will be performing maintenance that will require WordPress (wp.vcu.edu) to be unavailable for about an hour. During this time, users will not be able to view blog entries or … Continue reading →

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40 New Themes Added

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Jonathan Cox

4o new themes from WooThemes, a premier provider of themes for WordPress and other platforms, have been added to the VCU Blog. Users now can now customize the look and feel of their blogs to an even greater extent, pretty … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the VCU Blog

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jonathan Cox

If you are a member of the VCU Community, sign in with your eID to create or edit your blog.

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