Blogging at Middlebury » Blogging http://blogs.middlebury.edu/middblogs Middlebury College's installation of WordPress Tue, 12 May 2009 17:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Video Hosting Services Expand http://blogs.middlebury.edu/middblogs/2009/05/12/video-hosting-services-expand/ http://blogs.middlebury.edu/middblogs/2009/05/12/video-hosting-services-expand/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 17:31:48 +0000 Joseph Antonioli http://blogs.middlebury.edu/middblogs/?p=20 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.

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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.

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  1. Click on SETTINGS
  2. Click the WRITING tab
  3. Choose the category from the “Default Post Category” dropdown menu
  4. Click the SAVE button
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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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There are 3 new themes added to the gallery, as well as one for the CommentPress plugin. Again, if you find themes and plugins that you like and believe would be useful, please send a link to Joe and we will upload it after a code review.

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A. Click on the PRESENTATION tab near the top of the Dashboard
B. Choose the THEME sub-tab
C. Click on the Theme that appeals to you

Manage Widgets

SideBarWidgetA. Click on the PRESENTATION tab near the top of the Dashboard
B. Choose the WIDGET sub-tab
C. Drag selected widgets to the Sidebar/s (number depends on theme chosen).
D. Create Category, Text and RSS feed widgets as necessary.
E. Click the SAVE CHANGES button

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These “Plain English” videos come from The Common Craft Show.

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  1. From the WordPress Dashboard.
  2. click on the MANAGE tab.
  3. Click on the IMPORT tab.
  4. Choose Blogger at the top of the list.
  5. Click the AUTHORIZE button.
  6. Click the GRANT ACCESS button (you may have to log into your Blogger account first).
  7. This will bring you back to WordPress.
  8. Click on the IMPORT button to the right of the name of the blog you want to import.
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To embed videos from other sources, go to http://www.daburna.de/dokuwiki/doku.php/instruction

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