Tag Archives: wpmued

Moving from Multi-DB to SharDB on WPMu

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Reverend

In the early morning hours yesterday we moved UMW Blogs from multi-db (which is a multi-database setup provided through WPMuDev Premium at a cost) to the ever so free SharDB multi-db setup, and I’m happy to say it worked. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Care to share?

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Reverend

Image credit: Ryancr’s “Sharing” This semester has been a whirlwind, and while it has been great in many respects regarding the work we are doing at DTLT—more faculty and students than ever experimenting with UMW Blogs, some larger recognition, as … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs Traffic Stats—do they mean anything?

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Reverend

I have been playing around with Google Analytics for UMW Blogs, and I took a snapshot of the traffic thus far this semester. Since August, 24th until today, UMW Blogs has had half a million page views by 211,000 visitors, … Continue reading →

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A WordPress Plugin App Store: Commodify and die!

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Reverend

Well, James Farmer and company are at it again, and the latest business venture is a WordPress Plugin App store a la iPhone apps. Another pay to play solution that is asserts that “the future of WordPress is premium plugins.” … Continue reading →

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Twitter on Campus

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Reverend

North Carolina State University has really made an impressive case for using Twitter more extensively on campus.  A wide range of departments, organizations, and clubs at NCSU are using Twitter to get announcements, events, and relevant links out to the … Continue reading →

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Create your own LibGuides with WordPress

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Reverend

The librarians here at UMW’s Stafford Campus have been experimenting with UMW Blogs to create their own version of LibGuides. Jami Bryan and Paul Boger came to me almost a year ago and showed me LibGuides (a subscription CMS for … Continue reading →

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FAQ for Universities Interested in WPMu

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Reverend

This morning I had a fun conversation with David Grogan, Ilene Chen, Stephen McDonald, and Hannah Reeves from the academic technology group at Tufts University. They had some questions about running a large scale WPMu installation at Tufts University, and … Continue reading →

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The Future of WPMu

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Reverend

There has been a lot of discussion about the future of WPMu with the coming merge of WPMu and WP, and I understand there are concerns and issues all around. I’m not in the business of selling WPMu, so my … Continue reading →

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Then there is BuddyPress on UMW Blogs

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Reverend

…and oh what a beautiful thing it is.  We made no special announcement, and we have kept the profile data to a bare minimum, and Martha just pulled the whole thing together with the awesome new theme (and who’s work … Continue reading →

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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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