There was a recent issue with the text editor in the blog showing HTML tags (e.g. <p>) and not offering the choice to switch between ‘Visual’ and ‘HTML’ views. This seems to have been resolved, but if you come across this problem please contact elearning-support@arts.ac.uk […]
There was a recent issue with access to the myblog.arts website. This was due to privacy settings being altered on the main site in error. All users’ individual blogs were unaffected. Apologies for any inconvenience. […]
A new round of updates has just been made to the myblog.arts service, including: Service updated to the most recent WordPress software. Your Dashboard will look slightly different. A full-screen edit mode is now available when creating posts and pages. Various bugfixes and improvements in the background. Service updated to the most recent Buddypress software. […]
We have some excellent new screencasts explaining how to use myblog.arts, courtesy of Lindsay Jordan. See the ‘Help’ tab or go straight to this page: http://myblog.arts.ac.uk/quick-start-videos Thanks Lindsay! […]
In my test version of myblog.arts, I have some new blog privacy options working, based on the ‘More Privacy Options’ plugin for WordPress: Site Visibility 1. I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers 2. I would like to block search engines, but allow […]
I improved the ‘Recent Posts’ section on the front page of the site. Previously, user’s blog entries were moved up the ‘Recent’ list when they edited their blogs, even if they hadn’t made a new post. Posts should now be listed in order of their original publication date. […]
After some unanticipated problems with migrating to a new server, we are up and running again. Please let us know if you come across any problems: elearning-support@arts.ac.uk In particular, please check your blog for spam comments and mark them accordingly – the spam filter was deactivated at some points over the last few days. We […]
An upgrade of this site will take place on the afternoon of Thursday 23rd of June 2011, from around 1pm. The service will be unavailable for some hours while the work takes place. Thanks for your patience! I’m pleased to say that we’re moving the myblog.arts service to a bigger and better web server. This […]
Please fill out the questionnaire about myblog.arts! We need your feedback if we are to improve the service. You can have a say in how to make it better. The surveys are just for staff and students who are already using myblog.arts. They’re quick to fill out and you might even have fun! 🙂 Student […]
We are off now for the Christmas break – enjoy yourself, and see you back here on January 4th 2011! Best wishes, The myblog.arts team […]