Today, we've made quite a few updates to the plugins used on the UMW website. Following is a list of the plugins that were updated today. If you notice any new issues on the site, or you come across any questions about the updated plugins, please let us know. BackupBuddy CMS Tree Page View Collapsible Widget Container GravityForms iframe Jetpack by WordPress.com Linkable Title Html and Php Widget by PepLamb MCE Table Buttons Post Expirator Regenerate Thumbnails Smart YouTube PRO Social Media Widget Types - Complete Solution for Custom Fields and Types Viper's Video QuickTags Widget Settings Import/Export Widget Logic WPSocializer (will be phasing out this plugin soon) WPTouch Pro We also removed a few unused plugins from the site. Following is a list of the plugins that were pulled out. If any of these are plugins that you needed on your site, please let us know so we can work on reinstalling them, or offering alternatives. Also, over the next … [Read more...]
Update Your Faculty Profile Photo
Late last year, we announced a new method of displaying and managing faculty bios and profiles. Now, we are happy to announce that we've added some new features to those profiles. In addition to being able to manage all of the data you could in the previous version, you can now manage your own photograph, and you have more control over your video widget. If you would like to add a photo (or replace your existing photo), you can do so by following these instructions: If you have permission to upload photos somewhere on the UMW website (or UMWBlogs): Login to the website using your Banner/Email credentials Edit your profile In another window or tab, login to your site or blog. Then, go to Media -> Add New and upload your photograph. Once it's uploaded, you may need to click "Show" or "Edit" in order to view the details of the photo. While viewing the details, select the "File URL" and press Ctrl+C (or Cmd+C on a Mac) on your keyboard to copy that address. Go back to your … [Read more...]
Hey! Where’d The Resources Link Go?
Some of you may have noticed that the link to "Students/Faculty/Staff" disappeared from the header of the UMW website. Never fear! All of the information that was available on the Resources page (the page you ended up on if you clicked that link) is still available on the UMW website. In fact, it's been at your fingertips all along. If you click the "Helpful Links" banner at the top-right of any page on the website, it will reveal a box with the exact same information found on the Resources page. The list under "Helpful Links" is built from the same source that builds the Resources page. Hopefully you'll find this tip useful. … [Read more...]
Update Your New Online Faculty Bio
Teaching Faculty at UMW may now take control of their online biography posted on the UMW Website. Using the WordPress profiles, faculty can add their blog feeds, Twitter feeds, YouTube videos, and a host of other content. In addition, any news releases written about that faculty member will automatically aggregate to their bio. All data is taken from Banner web services, so faculty course listings, department affiliations, contact info is all automatically rendered to the page! Are you a department web administrator? You can now generate an automatic listing of current teaching faculty in your department. Here is how > We invite all teaching faculty at UMW to login to http://www.umw.edu/faculty/wp-admin/profile.php and customize your faculty personal page today. This is a great way to create an online aggregation of your scholarly work, and your day-to-day commentary within the online space. It's a great showcase for you, and for UMW. Individual faculty data managed … [Read more...]
Building Top Bar Navigation For Your Site
Did you know you are not locked into using only the side links on your site? Lots of folks have been learning how to add a navigation bar to the top. We have put together a tutorial to enable you to do this on your own. Just know that a top navigation bar requires that you be more thoughtful about the length of your links and the number of links. Top bar navigation has to fit within the page, unlike a sidebar that can scroll down for a long time. If you think you'd like to explore using top bar navigation, either in conjunction with a sidebar or in addition to it, this is the tutorial for you! … [Read more...]
Website Logins Disabled for Maintenance, July 13-14, 2012
Due to systems maintenance, the UMW Website Wordpress logins (NOT UMW Blogs) will be disabled on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14. The website will remain live during this time. Information Technologies will be performing network maintenance. The UMW Web team will be upgrading to the latest WordPress version and updating plugins. We will notify you of the changes once they are complete, and let you know when you can login again. Meanwhile, if you anticipate having to make changes to your site, please complete them by 8:00 am on Friday, July 13. … [Read more...]
Need Site Statistics? Now, it’s In There!
Now you can collect statistics on your site visitors using the Jetpack stats plugin. We've had the plugin activated on UMW.EDU for some time, monitoring it on selected sites to make sure it would work within our multi-network environment. We are proud now to roll this out to ALL sites on the UMW.EDU WordPress domain. Jetpack Site Stats allows you to view visitors on your sites and track your most popular content. With Jetpack Site Stats, you can get an at-a-glance view of basic information on the number of visits, the search terms/referrers that brought them to your site, the top pages or posts, and the number of clicks off your site and where they went to. Jetpack Site Stats began accumulating once it was installed for your site. If you are in need of statistics that precede the date when Jetpack was installed on your site, please contact the UMW Web Team and make a request for a Google Analytics report, including the site URL and the date range (earliest date is 10/7/2011, … [Read more...]
Making Professional-Looking Email Newsletters
If you've ever wanted a reliable way to send out professional html newsletters, instead of attaching a PDF file, here is your chance. UMW.EDU websites are equipped with plugins to help you create great looking html emails, to allow folks to subscribe/unsubscribe, and to manage your mailing lists all in one location. Using the Gravity Forms plugin, and a FREE online service called MailChimp, you can say goodbye to the PDF newsletter and hello to a better way. LEARN HOW> … [Read more...]
What We Did Today: WordPress Updates
As you know, logins were disabled this morning to allow us to perform updates to Wordpress. These were tested in our staging environment, but please let us know if you perceive any weirdness in your sites. Here is what we updated: Updated WordPress from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 Updated Plugins Akismet – from 2.5.5 to 2.5.6 Business Hours – from 1.2 to 1.3.2 BWP Google XML Sitemaps – from 1.1.6 to 1.2.1 CMS Tree Page View – from 0.8.4 to 0.8.11 Feedburner Email Widget – from 1.1.5 to 1.1.6 Genesis Nav Menu Amplified – from 1.0 to 1.0.1 Gravity Forms – from 1.6.2 to 1.6.3.3.4 Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types – from 3 to 3.0.1 Image Widget – from 3.2.11 to 3.3.3 Jetpack by WordPress.com – from 1.2.2 to 1.3 MCE Table Buttons – from 1.0.4 to 1.5 Network Privacy – from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2 Page Links To – from 2.6 to 2.7.1 Post Expirator – from 1.5.1 to 1.5.3 TubePress – from 2.2.9 to 2.4.2 Types – Complete Solution for Custom Fields and Types – from 0.9.4.2 to … [Read more...]
Gravity Forms Not Submitting? Check your “Spam” List
We just heard from a department that was not receiving emails through its Gravity Forms, and a particular user was not getting a confirmation. It was then discovered that they wound up in the "spam" listing of their forms. If you are concerned about receiving ALL of the entries from your Gravity Forms, be sure to check the spam folder. Here's a tutorial > … [Read more...]
