The process so far has been pretty simple. Load up your widget, point it at a feed, and you’re good to go. But now . . . → Read More: The End Of Twitter]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/05/the-end-of-twitter/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/04/sidebar-login-is-back/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/04/sidebar-login-is-back/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:19:16 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=737 . . . → Read More: Sidebar Login Is Back!]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/04/sidebar-login-is-back/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/new-themes-2/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/new-themes-2/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:38:25 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=716 We’ve added two new themes for you to work with.

Clean Retina is “a Simple, Clean and Responsive Retina Ready WordPress Theme which adapts automatically to your tablets and mobile devices.”

It has lots of theme options so you can customize, including nine home page layouts, five post layouts, a featured slider, social icons, . . . → Read More: New Themes]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/new-themes-2/feed/ 2 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/happy-new-year/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/happy-new-year/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:15:52 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=711 To help celebrate, we’ve upgraded the blog system to WordPress 3.5. The biggest change is the new media manager. It’s easier to use — all you have to do is drag-and-drop your media files onto the popup. It’s especially speedy when you’re making a gallery.

It should also produce better results for you on . . . → Read More: Happy New Year]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2013/01/happy-new-year/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/12/twenty-twelve/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/12/twenty-twelve/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:19:00 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=685 WordPress 3.5 is scheduled to be released tomorrow, and while we won’t be updating it immediately — we usually wait until a 3.5.1 release to be sure the kinks are worked out — we have picked up this year’s new default theme, twentytwelve.

To see twentytwelve in action, visit the Badges blog. But one . . . → Read More: Twenty-Twelve]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/12/twenty-twelve/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/10/featured-image-bug/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/10/featured-image-bug/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:24:58 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=671 If you’re using the Arras theme, or another one that’s dependent on featured images, Drag and drop the image you want from your desktop into the “Featured Image” box in the right-hand column. You won’t be able to do it from within the Media popup screen until a future update.

What’s it for? Suppose you’re managing a group of students available to work on specific projects in specific time slots. You can build a calendar, and assign tasks and people to times. Confirmation and reminder e-mails happen automatically, and you can even pipe it into a Google calendar.

…we’ve identified and fixed a number of nagging bugs, including:

Live Theme Previews

Gone are the days of rushing to update your header, background, and the like as soon as you activate a new theme. . . . → Read More: Announcing WordPress 3.4.1]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/06/announcing-wordpress-3-4-1/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/share-your-posts/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/share-your-posts/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:43:54 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=576
. . . → Read More: Share Your Posts]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/share-your-posts/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/new-in-featured-blogs/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/new-in-featured-blogs/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:56:03 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=593 Global Health Governance (http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/)
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. . . → Read More: New in “Featured Blogs”]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/04/new-in-featured-blogs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/new-plugins-for-site-managers/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/new-plugins-for-site-managers/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:54:31 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=563 Here’s few new items to make your site management time a little easier.

The Custom Login Screen lets you work with the images, background colors, borders, shadows and gradients of your log-in screen. Here’s an example, which we’ve applied already to the busiest sites:

If you want to customize yours further, you’ll . . . → Read More: New Plugins for Site Managers]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/new-plugins-for-site-managers/feed/ 0 http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/four-new-themes/ http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/four-new-themes/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:42:29 +0000 Tom McGee http://blogs.shu.edu/?p=550 Really customize it? Four freshly installed themes give you more control than you ever dreamed of. They all offer menus, custom layouts and/or colors, widgets, multi-columns, color schemes; and each has its own special tweaks – icons, sliders, fonts, mobile versions. The possibilities to make your blog unique will grow exponentially. Some details on what they offer... . . . → Read More: Four New Themes]]> http://blogs.shu.edu/blog/2012/03/four-new-themes/feed/ 0