Open Attribute plugin now available.
The Open Attribute plugin has now been added to UBC Blogs. The plugin allows a user to add licensing and attribution information into a blog post / or entire site. Advanced options such as the ability to opt out posts from licensing, add multiple licenses and tweak the look of the license output. Top enable […]
New Theme: Manifest
The Manifest theme is all about the content. No widgets and sidebars just 500px of single column content space nice and clean. The wordy types will appreciate very “McSweeny’ish” .
New Theme: Oulipo
If you like clean minimal styling this theme for you. Oulipo puts the focus on your content with a grid-based design and elegant typography, it makes a perfect theme for e-portfolio, journal or photo blog. Features: Three Columns Threaded Comments Right Sidebar Fixed Width Custom Background Custom Header Custom Menu Theme Options Sticky Post
Remote Publishing is now working.
A long standing bug has been fixed that was preventing users from using the xml-rpc remote publishing features on UBC Blogs. For those unaware of the feature you can use this to post / edit content using native iPhone/iPad, Android or BlackBerry apps. To get this going on your blog follow these three steps: 1) […]
UBC Blogs now running WordPress version 3.0.5
Today we have performed a security patch for UBC Blogs. WordPress is now running the version 3.0.5 (changelog)
New Plugin: FD Feedburner
We’ve added a new plugin: FD Feedburner Plugin Redirects the main feed and optionally the comments feed seamlessly and transparently to Feedburner.com. If you are already using Feedburner.com, it’s very easy to add an email subscription box to your blog. Check out my blog post.
New Plugin: Feed Cache Duration
Plugin Description: Control the amount of time that the feed cache is stored for. (this time is important if you want to updates external feeds more reguraly)
Profile Page Update
This update changes the available options under the Profile page. The options are Public, Edit Profile, Change Avatar, Privacy Settings and UBC Info.
New theme added Coraline
Because we only have one theme (Twenty Ten) that supports the new WordPress menu manager and for those who like Cutline we now have Coraline: A squeaky-clean theme featuring a custom menu, header, background, and layout. Coraline supports 7 widget areas (up to 3 in the sidebar, four in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails […]
Change username fixed
For existing user there’s a prompt in your user profile to change your username. If you already changed your username and still seeing a warning message in your profile page please ignore it. Please note that this only applies to user who logged in this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience.