myblog.arts was updated on 14th July 2015 to use the latest version of WordPress. Here are a couple of short videos giving an overview of some of the new features since version 4: You should now be able to preview videos and image slideshows directly in the post and page editor, […]
myblog.arts will be offline on 14th July 2015 at 11am, for approximately one hour, while an update is applied to the WordPress software. This update brings the latest WordPress features and some important security fixes to the platform. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused. […]
There continue to be network issues at UAL which affect myblog.arts. We are waiting to hear about progress on this from the IT department. In the meantime some parts of the myblog.arts home page have been temporarily disabled. Individual blogs on the site are unlikely to be affected. […]
There are ongoing issues with UAL’s network which are causing problems with some pages here at myblog.arts. Most individual blogs are working, but in some cases pages may load slowly. The home page of myblog.arts is affected and may load slowly. Recent post summaries have been temporarily disabled. The IT department are working on fixing […]
I updated the Terms and Conditions page today to clarify the situation with the long-term availability of blogs created on myblog.arts. See the section title ‘Blog and User Lifecycles’. Unfortunately we have to prune old content in order to keep the system at a manageable size. However, there is the facility to export your blog […]
Myblog.arts will be offline for approximately 30 minutes from 9pm this evening, Monday 9th March 2015. This is to allow for essential maintenance work on the web server to take place. Please notify colleagues if you think they will be affected. Thanks for your understanding. — myblog.arts team […]
The issue with the university network connecting to Google-hosted services now seems to be resolved. This was a JANET-wide issue (JANET is the internet service for UK universities). This was affecting some myblog.arts sites – the pages were taking a long time to load, as they tried unsuccessfully to download fonts from Google, or connect […]
There may be a brief period today (28th Jan 2015) between 2-5pm in which myblog.arts is offline. This is due to a requirement for an update to the web server hosting the service. The outage is likely to last between 5 and 10 minutes. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience. […]
There is a UAL-wide issue with connecting to Google-related web services at the moment. This is causing some blog pages to load slowly, as they try to access fonts or scripts from Google sites. We will post any updates on this as they become available. […]
The Pingback feature was disabled for all myblog.arts blogs, due to security concerns. This feature can be used by external users to co-opt WordPress blogs in attacks on other websites. There may be an update to WordPress in the future which will enable us to reactivate Pingbacks. What is a Pingback? Here’s a brief explanation […]