Feb
13
2012

Newest Ramcam shows construction of the University Learning Center »

The newest VCU Ramcam, which shows the construction of the University Learning Center, is now live at URL:  http://www.vcu.edu/ramcam/harris/.

No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Feb
1
2012

Are you ready for mobile customers? »

At the last Web Users Group, it was mentioned that mobile requirements and testing would be coming by the summer.  It is our hope that as folks begin redesigning their web sites that they think mobile-first and build their sites to work as well for their mobile customers as they do for their traditional desktop/laptop browser customers. Over the pas . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Jan
25
2012

Over 1,000 VCU podcasts are available at iTunes University »

VCU became an official member of iTunes University in 2008.   Since that time, over 1,000 podcasts have been uploaded to the site.  Today, there are 41 VCU Highlights podcasts, with 24 of them being VCU TV/HD.  There are 944 Academic podcasts.  Four areas (Medicine, Music, Arts, and Business) have over 100 podcasts each.  Finally, there are 109 Un . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Dec
7
2011

FileDrop, WordPress, A-Z unavailable due to system maint on 12/9 from 6-7am »

On December 9th, between 6am and 7am, the following systems will be unavailable due to necessary system maintenance: FileDrop, WordPress, VCU A-Z list, VCU A-Z list manager. While blog.vcu.edu will be available, the Movable Type system will not so one will not be able to update their blog. . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Nov
29
2011

Inactive Movable Type Blogs To Be Deleted »

On December 15, we will take the first steps toward removing Movable Type, the backend of blog.vcu.edu, by permanently deleting inactive personal blogs from the system and the server. Departmental and organizational blogs — as well as any WordPress blog hosted at wp.vcu.edu — will be unaffected. To learn more about the criteria we used to . . .
No Comments | Posted by VCU Webmaster in the Web Services blog.
Nov
4
2011

New version of VCU Mobile for Android devices »

The newest version of VCU Mobile for Android devices is now available at the Android Marketplace.   This version includes 4 new modules (Dining, Ask VCU, Alumni & Give Now) as well as one update module (Library). . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Nov
4
2011

Web User’s Group Oct 2011 Meeting Minutes »

About 30 folks attended the Oct Web User's Group (WUG) meeting held in Cabell Library.   Some of the meeting highlights included the upgrade plans for the Web Content Management System, Web Statistics (new version of Urchin and JetPack for WordPress), new modules for VCU Mobile and the mobile strategy for VCU. You may download a PDF version of the W . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Nov
3
2011

VCU Mobile (iOS) has 17 modules »

The newest version of  VCU Mobile for iOS devices now has 17 modules with the addition of four new modules, namely Dining, Ask VCU, Alumni, and Give Now. Dining - Get menus, Meal Exchange options, hours of operation and more for your favorite VCU Dining Services locations. AskVCU - Got a question? Simply type your question and click Ask or browse . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Oct
25
2011

Google Urchin upgraded to version 7 »

Urchin, VCU’s self-hosted webstats software, has been upgraded to version 7. The new version of this Google product includes a number of added features as well as some improved ones, including a user interface that will be familiar to users who’ve used Google Analytics. We also took the opportunity during this upgrade to change the way users can . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.
Oct
3
2011

Filedrop sets record of 176 Gb »

During the month of September 2011, VCU Filedrop (filedrop.vcu.edu) was used by VCU faculty, staff and students to transfer a record 176.05 gb worth of data.   On September 29th, the individual day record of 18.39 gb was set. For folks who are not familiar with VCU Filedrop, it is a VCU-created application that allows the VCU community to easily sh . . .
No Comments | Posted by James Yucha in the Web Services blog.

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