Category Archives: UMW Blogs

RSS Feed for Tags in YouTube

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Reverend

Here is a cool thing I discovered recently, and please forgive me if it is already common knowledge. There is a little hack for getting RSS feeds for tags on YouTube, and it goes like this: http://youtube.com/rss/tag/randomtag.rss (where randomtag is … Continue reading →

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Doing Things with Tags in WPMu 1.3

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Reverend

I discovered two cool things today that have to do with WPMu and tags. First, that WPMu 1.3 (and WP 2.3 for that matter) comes with a stock widget for a tag cloud that doesn’t require a plugin or anything. … Continue reading →

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More on Upgrading to WPMu 1.3

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

As I already noted previously here, we have upgraded UMW Blogs to WPMu 1.3. Everything went smoothly on the surface, save for one rogue widget plugin I mentioned in the previous post. Well, as time goes on, other issues have … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs Upgraded to WPMu 1.3

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Reverend

Well, it took long enough, but UMW Blogs is now running WordPress Multi-User version 1.3. We had to be a bit more careful with this upgrade because we are now supporting close to 800 blogs, so I actually took a … Continue reading →

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Mary Washington Centennial on flickr

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Reverend

UMW’s centennial is on the Flickr bus! As 2007 comes to a close, the University of Mary Washington’s centennial year is set to begin. There has been much preparation for the centennial festivities, and the occasion has in many ways … Continue reading →

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Am I a Community-Based Learning Network Specialist?

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Reverend

I find myself coming back to this question a lot as the semester has come to a speedy close. Having a bit of time to reflect on some of the work we accomplished at UMW this semester, I keep on … Continue reading →

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Eighteenth-Century Audio: A WordPress Social Site?

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Reverend

A site that I have been working on with professor Marie McAllister in the English, Linguistics, and Speech department here at UMW has me extremely excited these days. And I decided to blog it early so that my co-workers don’t … Continue reading →

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Studio Art at UMW

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Reverend

I had the privilege and the pleasure to be a panelist at the 5th annual Professional Practices in Studio Art Presentation on Monday evening. The work Carol Garmon’s students are doing is nothing short of amazing. I have to admit … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs & Middlesell Sittin’ In a Tree…

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Reverend

…R-S-S-I-N-G. I happened upon Middlesell early this morning (this site is an independent homepage for UMW students established by the inimitable Bobby Durette) only to discover that posts from around UMW Blogs are being fed into this space. How fascinating! … Continue reading →

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Simple Forums Plugin for WPMu

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Reverend

Once again, I must thank Dr. Mike for pointing me to the Simple Forums plugin at Yellow Swordfish. This is an amazing plugin that basically allows you to include a pretty powerful forum right into a blog on WPMu. You … Continue reading →

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