Category Archives: howto
Using Flickr Photos
If you’ve got a Flickr account, it’s now really simple to use your photos from Flickr and embed them in posts and pages on your UCalgaryBlogs.ca site. I’ve just enabled a plugin that adds a Flickr media button above the … Continue reading
Blogging in other languages
I just installed a few language packs for WordPress, which provide native versions of the administrative interface in various languages. To select the language to use while administering a blog, go to the admin page, and hit “Settings” – scroll … Continue reading
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Using WordPress as a CMS
This article is currently on the WordPress admin dashboard, so people who obsessively check their WordPress admin page will have seen it already. But, it’s worth pointing to the article again as it outlines some things to consider when using … Continue reading
Posting from iPhone or iPod Touch
Now that I’ve updated this site to WordPress MultiUser 2.6, the cool new native iPhone and iPod Touch blogging app will work. Just point it to your blog, give it your ucalgaryblogs.ca username and password, and you’re off and running! … Continue reading
Recipe for building a Drupal-powered blogging community website
I worked with our Faculty of Education to build a community blogging website for use by after-degree student teachers as part of their personal/professional development, reflection, and collaboration process, as well as to collect materials for use in ePortfolios. They had a set of pretty simple constraints. Because the student teachers would be writing about [...]
Continue readingPodcasting with UCalgaryBlogs.ca
The UCalgaryBlogs.ca service offers built-in podcast hosting features, so it’s really easy to start publishing your own podcasts. Assuming you already have the podcast ready in .mp3 format, all you have to do is use the “Upload” utility below the … Continue reading
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