If you would like to make particular blog post private so that only you or a group of people you select can view them, there are some steps that you will need to follow. To make a particular post private, follow these steps when you are editing your post: Navigate to the Publish module on […]
To connect a blog with a group, go to you group home page and click “Admin” (yes, you need to be an administrator of the group to do this): Red circle highlights admin button on group interface (available only to group admins). Click for larger view. Click on group blog link: Click on the Group […]
Before you read how to adjust the front page display of your WordPress blog I first wanted to explain the difference between posts and pages… A post is a chronological, journal style entry that has a date and time. A page is a more static type of entry and has the feel of a traditional […]
Blogs created on the Commons are automatically visible to everyone. To adjust the privacy settings on your individual/group blog please follow these 5 easy steps: Go to the Dashboard of your individual or group blog Scroll down the left navigation bar and select the ’Settings’ tab Select the ‘Privacy’ link from the drop down menu Select one of the […]
If you’re on Twitter you have probably selected a link similar to http://tiny.cc/xphnk which redirects you to the much longer URL http://apicciano.cunyac.reclaimhosting.dev/2010/07/20/e-books-outselling-hardcover-books-at-amazon-com/. You may ask yourself – how is this done? Well look no further! There are many free web services that will take your lengthy URLs and shorten them for you. This not only allows frees up more characters for your Twitter post, but generally makes […]
Want to add a user to your blog? No problem, just follow these 5 steps… 1. Log into the Dashboard of your blog. 2. Navigate to the Users tab located in the left navigation bar of your Dashboard and select ‘Add New’. (The Users tab is located between the Plugins and Tools tabs). 3. Enter […]
So you signed up for the CUNY Academic Commons with your full name and required CUNY email, but you would prefer to be called Susie instead of Suse ( <–insert funny Seinfeld quote here–> )… or you would prefer to display your yahoo email address for members to contact you. This video from Screen Toaster will guide you through the easy steps […]
Creating Your Group Select ‘My Groups’ from the top of the main page. From the ‘Groups’ page select ‘Create New Group.’ This will direct you to a 5 step process for creating your group. Step 1: Create a group name, group description, and write (optional) some news about your new group. When you’re all set […]
Ed. Note: This post is part of an ongoing series that highlights features of the CUNY Academic Commons. In the coming weeks, we’ll feature new plugins, extensions, themes, and functionalities that members can use in various parts of the site. The email notification plugin that Commons Lead Developer Boone Gorges created for the Commons allows […]
You can upload documents to your blog on the Commons from a file on your computer, a URL, or your Media Library. Please see the instructions below to learn how to insert an accepted file type into a post or page: FROM YOUR COMPUTER Go to Posts -> Add New or Pages -> Add New. […]
Environment: Reclaim Dev
Branch: 2.5.x
