May
12
Video Hosting Services Expand
May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Announcing a new video hosting service, MIDDMedia. This service allows for the streaming and downloading of mp4 and flv video, and mp3 audio files for people with Middlebury and Monterey accounts.
In addition, we have integrated this service with our web platforms- the college CMS, Segue, WordPress and Mediawiki. Log into your site, blog or wiki and manage your media, allowing you to add the media to a page.
Is there ONE place that I can go to to see videos created by people at Middlebury? In answer to this question, we have been working with Communications, and are now beta-launching MIDDTube, a place where we can pull together video from many places, whether the video is hosted by MIDDMedia, YouTube, or any other service.
Nov
4
Who Sees My Blog?
November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The WordPress.com Stats service is listed on the PLUGINS page, down towards the bottom. Once you have activated it, you will have access to a SETTINGS page with directions on how to set up the service.
This plugin uses the stats software from WordPress.com, so you will need to make an account with their service for each of your blogs. Once this is done, you can log in to the stats from your DASHBOARD and see how many hits, when, and where from.
Nov
3
Default Category
November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
If you do not change your settings, “Uncategorized” remains your default category. The following are instructions on how to change the default category. BEWARE, this may give the impression to people that you really are more organized than you really are…
- Click on SETTINGS
- Click the WRITING tab
- Choose the category from the “Default Post Category” dropdown menu
- Click the SAVE button
Sep
16
Under Development
September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Recently, three more plugins have been added. Thank you to Brett Wilhelm for setting up a space where we can test them!
- Private Only allows the owner of a blog to require a login for anyone to view their blog.
- WP-Stats will allow a blog owner to view user activity on their blog.
- Ian McBride recommended and tested cForms, a plugin that allows a blog owner to create and embed forms in their blog, and have the submissions sent to the owner via email.
A plugin must be activated so that it can be used on your Middlebury blog. To do this, got to the PLUGINS page (the link is in the upper right-hand side) and click on the Activate link.
If you would like your blog listed on MiddBlogs, please email Joe at jantonio@middlebury.edu.
Aug
28
MIIS Email confusion
August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
Email addresses from the Monterey Institute of International Studies can have one of the following three formats:
- jantonio@miis.edu
- Joseph.Antonioli@miis.edu
- jantonio@exchange.miis.edu
With regards to MIDDBlogs, any of the email addresses can be used to register for a blog. The catch is that you have to remember which one you used. If you registered and created your own blog, you will need to use the same email address when someone adds you to their blog.