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, […]
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myblog.arts maintenance – 14th July 2015
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. […]
Pingbacks disabled
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 […]
Anti-spam measures
I’ve noticed quite a few spam comments coming through, in spite of the Captchas in comment forms (Captchas are the ones with a picture of some numbers or some text, which you have to type into a box to prove you’re a human). I have now enabled Captchas for logged-in users just to see whether […]
Intermittent access to myblog.arts
The myblog.arts service has been unavailable intermittently over the last few days. We are looking to introduce updates to the service’s hosting infrastructure soon, to address this issue. In the meantime we apologise for any inconvenience caused. myblog.arts team […]
myblog.arts updated
myblog.arts was updated to the most recent version of WordPress, 3.9.1, this morning. Changes and new features are summarised on this page: http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/smith/ Here’s a short video overview of the new features: Please report any issues you’re experiencing after the upgrade to elearning-support@arts.ac.uk […]
myblog.arts update
The myblog service will be offline for approximately 1 hour from 11am on Tuesday 27th May 2014, while we update WordPress to the latest version. This helps keep our blogs secure and gives us the benefits of the latest features and improvements to the software. Thanks for your understanding. – myblog.arts team […]
myblog.arts update, Jan 30th 2014
Myblog.arts was updated this morning to the latest version of WordPress. The interface will look slightly different but the functionality is mostly identical to before, with some improvements. You will see some changes when browsing themes or your media library. Blog forums Every blog can now have its own discussion forum. (Previously only groups had […]
Thursday 30th Jan, 10am – myblog.arts site update
myblog.arts will be offline for approximately one hour from 10am on Thursday 30th January, while the latest WordPress updates are applied to the site. Apologies for any inconvenience. Please notify colleagues if you think they may be affected. – myblog.arts team […]
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myblog.arts maintenance – update
Updates were made to the web server hosting myblog.arts on Tuesday 14th January 2014. Thanks for your patience while the service has been offline. Please report any issues to elearning-support@arts.ac.uk – myblog.arts team […]