Author: Stephanie

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.8 October 15, 2021.

    On Friday, October 15 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” This upgrade, “Tatum“, introduces block widgets for aiding in page design, duotone filters for colourizing images, a new “Query Loop Block”…

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.7 June 11, 2021.

    On Friday, June 11 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza” This upgrade, “Esperanza“, introduces more improvements to the block editor, including full-height alignment, new button layouts and automatic saving of reusable…

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.6 February 05, 2021.

    On Friday, February 05 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.6 “Simone” This upgrade enhances the block editing experience with new block patterns and layout flexibility. This release also comes with a new…

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.5 October 16, 2020.

    On Friday, October 16 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” This upgrade introduces lazy image loading, and improvements to the block editor, including accessibility enhancements and new block patterns. How will…

  • MAINTENANCE WINDOW August 27, 2020

    On Thursday, August 27 10 p.m. to Friday, August 28 2 a.m., blog.ryerson.ca will undergo maintenance. There may be a brief interruption of service during this time. How will my blog be impacted? Your blog should not be impacted by the maintenance being performed, and we do not expect a significant interruption of service during…

  • blog.ryerson.ca mentioned in Ryerson Today

    blog.ryerson.ca mentioned in Ryerson Today

    An article featured in Ryerson Today highlights class blog use by Professor Lydia Chen, who used blog.ryerson.ca to deliver activities in CHY 102, General Chemistry, in Winter 2020. The article provides some insight into the reason for selecting the blog tool for these activities, as well as some of the results. Anyone considering using a…

  • Maintenance Window July 20, 2020

    On Monday, July 20 from 8 to 9 a.m., blog.ryerson.ca will undergo maintenance. There should be no interruption of service during this time. How will my blog be impacted? Your blog should not be impacted by the maintenance being performed, and we do not expect any interruption of service during this maintenance period. If your…

  • Maintenance window June 19, 2020

    On Friday, June 19 from 7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m., blog.ryerson.ca will undergo maintenance. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. How will my blog be impacted? Your blog should not be impacted by the maintenance being performed. We do not expect any major service impact to occur as part…

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.4 May 29, 2020.

    On Friday, May 29 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” This upgrade includes improvements to the block editor, including accessibility enhancements and two new blocks for adding social icons and buttons.…

  • Upgrade to WordPress 5.3 January 31, 2020.

    On Friday, January 31 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., we will be upgrading blog.ryerson.ca to a new version. During this time, blog creators and visitors may experience a brief outage. WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” This upgrade includes improvements to the block editor, including accessibility enhancements and a new “group” block for combining blocks into their own unit.…