I added the option when signing up to myblog.arts to just create an account without a blog. This should be useful for tutors and external contributors – people who might want to post to a group blog for example, but don’t need their own blog in the system. […]
Category: Site updates
Recent pics
Recent pictures now appear on the front page as well as extracts from recent text. Looking good on the Mac – haven’t tested it on PC yet. Let me know if it’s not displaying properly! […]
Embed Videos
There’s now an easy option to embed videos when making a post or a page. Click on one of the icons in the text editor to embed a YouTube, Google Video or Vimeo video in your post. Paste in the URL of the video’s webpage, and you’re home and dry. […]
Themes update
I removed the ‘Imbalance’ and ‘Paragrams’ themes, as they required specialised plugins. I’m trying to keep the blog dashboard as simple to use as possible, so I would like to avoid unnecessary plugins where possible. I’ll look for some other image-centric themes instead. […]
New themes, fixed comments
The comments weren’t working – they should be OK now. I added a couple of themes, Imbalance and Paragrams. (Thanks Paul for the tip-off.) They’re intended for image-based blogs. To have a post image feature on the front page of the blog, you will have to select a ‘featured image’ when making a new post. […]
New welcome page
The welcome page for new bloggers now has information about how to access your blog via the admin bar at the top of the page. Link to welcome page […]
Updated WordPress to 3.0.1
WordPress is up-to-date again. No new features, just a few fixes here and there. […]
Making some progress
Fixed some bugs — next step is to redesign the welcome page. […]
Web Profanity Filter
When you sign up for a blog, the title and url of the blog will now be checked with a profanity filter. If your title or URL is not actually profane but doesn’t get through the filter, you can contact the administrator (me!) for assistance. […]