September 28, 2009

Downtime: Sept 29 - 6-7am

The VCU Blogs will be unavailable on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 from 6:00am - 7:00am. We are planning to upgrade the available RAM and patch the system to provide a more secure and stable experience.

Update - 9/29/09 - 7:15am: The upgrades have been applied and the VCU Blogs are now available. Thank you for your patience.

Posted by Stephen Grainer at 11:04 AM |

March 19, 2009

Screencast: Movable Type Basics

We've just added a new screencast explaining some of the basic things you can do with the new version of Movable Type. If you've never used the system before and want to know how it works, this should help you get started. If you're already a power blogger, stay tuned for some of our upcoming screencasts.

Play Screencast: MT Basics

Posted by Stephen Grainer at 11:47 AM |

March 16, 2009

Comment Problems

We've received several Help Desk tickets and emails about users being unable to comment on some blogs. While we cannot fix this issue from the user end, here's a quick fix for blog owners to enable comments for their blog. To enable comments for your blog from any user, click on Preferences > Registration from the top navigation bar. Then click the checkbox next to "Anonymous Comments" to enable anyone to leave a comment on your blog. You may also want to require an email address for approval. See the screenshot below:


How to fix comments
Once this is enabled, comments will automatically be queued for moderation. Blog owners will need to manually approve comments by going to Manage > Comments from the navigation bar. (This prevents spam comments from being automatically approved and published.)

Posted by Stephen Grainer at 10:24 AM |

March 10, 2009

VCU Blogs Have Been Upgraded

As you read this, we have completed the upgrade of the VCU Blogs to Movable Type 4. If you have used the VCU Blogs before, you will notice a much-improved blog administration interface. We will be covering some of the new functionality of the blogs over the course of this week - check back often to learn more about how to use some of the new features!

If you have any problems or questions about your blog, please email us.

Posted by Stephen Grainer at 10:36 AM |

February 13, 2009

Test Our Upcoming Upgrade

Updated March 10, 2009

Because the VCU Blogs have been fully upgraded, the test is no longer necessary. We appreciate those of you who took the time to test the upgrade and provide feedback. We have worked on implementing many of your suggestions and will continue to improve the blogs with additional features.

Posted by Stephen Grainer at 8:36 AM |

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