Tag Archives: umwblogs

Train wreck

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Reverend

For all of you out there who deeply question the “system” model, and the idea of hosting this stuff for an institution and making it work on a larger scale. Today I agree with you,  for we’ve had nothing but … Continue reading →

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Graffiti is Art!

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Reverend

UMW Blogs is up and rolling again this semester—with a brand new look no less, that’s all Martha Burtis, and as she polishes off the BuddyPress integration we’ll have much more to say about that—and Professor Nina Mikhalevsky has raced … Continue reading →

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An Obituary for a Plugin: Saying goodbye to an old friend

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Reverend

Update (2/25/10): Actually BDPRSS still works and we are still using it on UMW Blogs. My bad. It’s kind of funny, but I’m starting to realize that I have been so embedded within the UMW Blogs experience for the last … Continue reading →

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List of things to fix in UMW Blogs since upgrade to WPMu 2.8.1

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Reverend

Gratuitous image for Joss Winn, cause I love web fat! Image credit: “Gratuitous pussy shot” by bl1nk Issue with überadmin not being able to login into users’ blogs. The user blog still recognized me as a siteadmin and would show … Continue reading →

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Is UMW Blogs really open?

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: Tambako the Jaguar’s “Croccodile with open mouth” Something struck me this morning as I was reading the comments from Mike Caulfield, Jared Stein, and Jim Doran on Brad Efford’s The Play-List blog. Here are three people who are … Continue reading →

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The Play-List

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Reverend

Brad Efford is playing again on UMW Blogs, and I have to admit I’m greatly indebted to him because he is constantly experimenting with this space. He is unbelievably thoughtful about the medium, and what I think most deeply interests … Continue reading →

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Archiving ain’t easy: bringing old one-off WP sites into WPMu

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Reverend

Every Summer we try and both update and archive some of the old projects we have on the various Bluehost accounts we have done over the last 3 or 4 years. It is a painstaking process, and when you have … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs and BuddyPress is disco a go-go!

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Reverend

Image Credit: Alan(ator)’s “Solar System Disco Ball Mobile” That’s right, UMW Blogs now has all the BuddyPress features fully operational, take a look for yourself at the blogs directory, members directory, groups directory and profiles. This is very eciting for … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs To-Do List

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Reverend

Well, we are swinging back into full development mode at DTLT, and UMW Blogs looms large on the agenda. I’ve been playing around with BuddyPress for the last week or so, and I finally got it installed and the integration … Continue reading →

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Hacked P2: Is it a blog? A micro-blog? Or twitter?….Or all three?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Reverend

I’ve been dying to blog this, but I’ve been in beautiful Camden, NJ, piling up more work to do for Digital Whitman, a project which will shortly become the center of my life. But before that happens, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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