Embed Content From Other Web Sites In Your Blog
In this screencast we look at how to embed content from Youtube in your blog. This video uses Youtube as an example, but you can use this same method for many other media sharing sites such as flickr,...
View ArticleSave that Post
So you've just spent hours crafting the perfect post and you click the Save button and your post is gone. The session timed out, the page isn't responding, or some other variant of the blogging...
View ArticleProtected Blogging Now Available
The Blogs at Penn State has helped students, faculty, and staff publish content to their Penn State Personal Web space. Today's update to the blogs system enables creation of blogs in Penn State...
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Quickpost, Add Multiple Users And Other New Features
This morning, the software that powers Blogs At Penn State was upgraded. This upgrade will provide better stability and performance going forward and should result in less downtime. Other changes to...
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Gearing up for Fall
The Blogs At Penn State is getting ready for a new semester. Over the next two days the team will be upgrading the servers to allow for more capacity and roll out some new features. Blogs will be down...
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New Blog Features
Here are some of the changes to Blogs at Penn State that went live this morning. New blogs will be getting these features automatically. Comment Notifications This feature is currently live for some of...
View Article(Fixed) Unable To Leave Comments With Internet Explorer
Update: This problem is now fixed. Any new blog posts made going forward will work with Internet Explorer. Some blog posts made between August 18th and September 10th may still have this issue....
View ArticleUpgrade to The Blogs at Penn State Service Scheduled for November 4
On Thursday November 4, 2010, during the regularly scheduled maintenance window (5:00-7:00 a.m.), Information Technology Services (ITS) will perform an upgrade to the technology that powers The Blogs...
View Article(Update: Fixed) Blogs at Penn State Mobile Interface Currently Disabled
This afternoon the Blogs at Penn State team discovered some system instability that was being caused by the mobile interface that is presented when visiting the blogs dashboard from various mobile...
View ArticleScience Class Embraces Blogs
Albert Einstein, one of the most prominent scientific minds this world has encountered stated "If you are out to describe the truth, leave the elegance to the tailor." His message was clear: with...
View Article(Resolved) Problem with tags that contain spaces
Update: This problem was resolved at 8:30am on March 22nd, 2010.A bug was found with a recent update to the Blogs at Penn State system. Tagswith spaces are no longer behaving as expected. For example,...
View ArticleEthical Blogs
Marcus Lee, a student in his junior year at Penn State, started blogging for the university this semester. His passion for writing has pushed him to investigate how technology is affecting the way...
View ArticlePreparing For The Future
Marcus Lee, a student in his junior year at Penn State, started blogging for the university this semester. His passion for writing has pushed him to investigate how technology is affecting the way...
View ArticleCommunication Makeover
Marcus Lee, a student in his junior year at Penn State, started blogging for the university this semester. His passion for writing has pushed him to investigate how technology is affecting the way...
View ArticleBlogs At Penn State Maintenance On May 17th
Update: Maintenance is completed. On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, during the regularly scheduled maintenance window (5:00-7:00 a.m.), Information Technology Services (ITS) will perform maintenance to The...
View ArticleSites at Penn State Replacing Blogs at Penn State
Sites at Penn State is replacing blogs.psu.edu as the University's service for blogging and websites. It is available now for you to create your site. Blogs at Penn State (blogs.psu.edu) will be shut...
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