Author: Steph

  • Embedding Videos – The Easy Way!

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    Do you ever use your blog to share videos you find on sites like Youtube or Vimeo? There’s a really easy way to embed videos from some of the more popular video hosting sites – just paste the URL of the video. Until recently, we had to copy and paste the embed code from a…

  • Dealing with Blog Spam

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    We recently updated our article on “Dealing with Spam“, offering some tips and tricks to limiting spam on your blog. Blogging can be a time consuming process – and our time should be spent working on great content and a nice interface. Instead, we find ourselves taking time to check a never-ending list of what…

  • Friday, February 15, 2013 – blog.ryerson.ca Upgrades to WordPress 3.5.1

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.5.1 on Friday, February 15, 2012 between 7:00am and 8:00am. This is upgrade rolls together features from the 3.5 and 3.5.1 releases. 3.5 “Elvin” Release Details 3.5.1 Release Details Notable updates include: A new Media Library interface from inside a post or page, for uploading media and creating galleries.…

  • Friday, September 28, 2012 – blog.ryerson.ca upgrades to WordPress 3.4.2

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.4.2 on Friday, September 28, 2012 between 7:00am and 8:00am. This is upgrade includes mostly security fixes and performance updates. Details can be found here. Please report any problems you may experience post-upgrade via the form linked on our Contact Us page.

  • Friday, June 29, 2012 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.4.1, ‘Green’

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.4.1 on Friday, June 29, 2012 between 7:00am and 8:00am. This is upgrade includes some feature changes, security fixes and performance updates. Details can be found here. Please report any problems you may experience post-upgrade via the form linked on our Contact Us page. What’s New in “Green”? Twitter…

  • Friday, April 27, 2012 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.3.2

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.3.2 on Friday, April 27, 2012 between 7:00am and 8:00am. This is primarily a security update, with no visible feature changes. Details can be found here. Please report any problems you may experience post-upgrade via the form linked on our Contact Us page.

  • Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.3.1

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.3.1 on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 between 8:00am and 10:00am. WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” details here: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/sonny/ Many additions and changes are introduced with this update, some of which include: Drag-and-drop functionality added to the file uploader Improved admin toolbar Improved Dashboard interface, including helpful pointer tips Improved touch support…

  • Thursday, August 4 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.2.1

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.2.1 on Thursday, August 04 between 10:00am and 12:00pm. WordPress 3.2 “Gershwin” details here: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/ Many additions and changes are introduced with this update, some of which include: A new default theme, Twenty Eleven , that features a clean interface and takes advantage of many new features available in…

  • Friday, May 6 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.1.2

    An update to our message from earlier this week… blog.ryerson.ca will now be upgraded to WordPress 3.1.2 on Friday, May 6 between 6:00 and 8:00am, instead of the original date Friday, April 29. This upgrade will implement changes from releases 3.1.1 and 3.1.2. WordPress 3.1.1  details WordPress 3.1.2  details This is a maintenance and security…

  • Friday, April 29 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.1.1

    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.1.1 on Friday, April 29 between 6:00 and 8:00am. WordPress 3.1.1  details here: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/ This is a maintenance and security update and does not include any major changes. Please report any problems you may experience post-upgrade via the form linked on our Contact Us page.