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  • Friday, August 23, 2013 – blog.ryerson.ca to upgrade to WordPress 3.6, ‘Oscar’

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    blog.ryerson.ca will be upgraded to WordPress 3.6 on Friday, August 23, 2013 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”? Here…

  • Twitter Plugins UPDATED – Please Read

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    This summer, the Twitter plugins on blog.ryerson.ca blogs (WordTwit and Tweet Blender) stopped functioning, as they had not been updated by their developers to work with a new Twitter API. We first reported this problem back in June, and have been working to resolve the issue since then. We are happy to report that both…

  • Twitter Plugins Not Functioning – UPDATE JUNE 25

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    You may have noticed that the Twitter plugins on blog.ryerson.ca blogs (WordTwit and Tweet Blender) are no longer functioning. This is due to a change that Twitter implemented yesterday, retiring their old API (v.1) in favour of a new API (v1.1). Unfortunately, most of the WordPress Twitter plugins still utilize API v.1, and have not…

  • Twitterfy Your Blog

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    Did you know that your blog and your Twitter account can work together? Adding some Twitter elements to your blog can pool together the audience for your blog with the audience for your Twitter account. Not only is it a way to promote on both platforms, but a way to generate interesting comments, and broaden…

  • 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

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    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

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    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’

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    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

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    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.