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New Audio Recording Tool for WordPress: SoundCloud!

Looking for an easy way to embed audio (or for students to embed audio) directly into your WordPress blog?

SoundCloud is an online free application that will allow you to do this easily. Audio can be recorded from an online source, or with your own voice or music directly into your computer. This is done via [...]

Blogs upgraded to 3.3.2

You may have noticed a slightly new “look and feel” to our WordPress site. That’s because the blogs have been upgraded to WordPress version 3.3.2! You can now easily access all of your blogs through the black bar across the top of the page.

If you have any questions, please contact Aisha Gabriel (agabriel@smith.edu) or [...]

Spam blocking tool installed

I’ve installed a spam-blocking tool called Bad Behavior on the blogs. It uses sophisticated logic to catch spam comments before they can be posted. To see your blog’s spam comments that have been caught by Bad Behavior, go to your blog dashboard and click Tools > Bad Behavior.

Blogs upgraded to 3.1.3

The blogs have been upgraded to version 3.1.3! You’ll notice some changes to the dashboard interface, including the new admin bar across the top of the page, which gives users quick access to all of their blogs and the most common blog tasks they need to do.

One major change is the new custom menu [...]

Blogs Upgraded to 2.8.2

Our blog software has been updated from 2.6.5 to 2.8.2.  You will notice the completely redesigned (and completely customizable) Dashboard when you log in. (For more information and a tutorial on how to use the new Dashboard, see my previous post.)

I’ve also added some handy new plugins:

The Flickr widget allows you to show [...]