News & Updates
UBC Insiders was started by Tim Louman-Gardiner and Gina Eom in January 2007 as part of the Voter Funded Media contest. Why did they start it? Boredom, a sincere belief in the relevance of the AMS to the lives of UBC students, and the philosophy and funding behind VFM. Shortly after the 2007 AMS elections, […]
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On September the 8th blogs.ubc.ca experienced down time due to a UBC network failure. Thanks to all those who let us know. For future reference please check the IT Services Bulletin for campus network statuses. http://bulletins.it.ubc.ca/
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Lately our support team are getting a lot of question on how to add an user to a blog. So here’s what you need to do. Please note that steps 1 to 3 are critical. Check with the person you are adding to your blog and see if he/she is already a registered member of […]
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Thinking about running routines or organic foods? Wondering what to make for a healthy snack? Health Promotions want to help you find your motivation and support through conversation and shared experiences on the Healthy UBC blog. The blog is about building health at UBC, using personal stories to highlight a variety of health issues and […]
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For those with multi author blogs who would like to change which of the authors on your blog is given attribution for a post, this video will show you how.
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Many blog to interact with their readers but do not know how to set their discussion settings properly. This video talks you through the options available. *Note: The video refers to WordPress.com just replace that with blogs.ubc.ca.
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This video gives a 5 minute introductory walk through to new users and is an invaluable way to get people started. Video Source: WPMU Premium
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Widgets let you customize the content that appears in the sidebar(s) of your blog. This video walks you through the basics of adding widgets.
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This is an often overlooked feature of WordPress the ability to post to a future date. A very useful feature for course blogs. Check out this video for the how-to:
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Just got a couple requests asking how to upload docs in WordPress 2.7. Watch this video an note the part when the “File URL” is selected. Uploading and displaying a link to a pdf in wordpress 2.7 from Georgian Web Team on Vimeo.
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