ELS Blogs are now being incorporated into a university-wide blogging initiative. Head over to UMW Blogs and create a blog there, only difference is that it’s just a little bit larger stage!
Author Archive for Jim Groom
“We aint one-at-a-timin’ here, we’re mass communicatin”
Published by June 27th, 2007 in Development blog. 0 CommentsDownload link
Well, if you don’ know the quote from O Brother, Where art thou? it is worth a listen for it speaks to what exactly we’re doing over at ELS Blogs -this project ain’t no one off -this is the whole kit and kaboodle in one simply complex install!
We are getting ready to build a [...]
There are now 67, count ‘em sixty seven, themes available at ELS Blogs, too many to create a list here. So, just dive right into your new blog by clicking on the presentation tab and presto, just about as many themes as a young and inspired English, Linguistics and Speech major could ever dream [...]
Widgets are now available on ELS Blogs
Published by April 23rd, 2007 in Development blog. 0 CommentsELS Blogs is the blogging service that just keeps on giving! You all now have the options of widgetizing your sidebar -which basically means you can customize how your sidebar looks by adding “Widgets” with customized text, html code, flickr images, YouTube videos, del.icio.us bookmarks, etc. You can also list all the blogs in [...]
If anyone who has been utilizing the ELS Blogs and would like to take their work with them -it is as easy as 1-2 (no 3).
Here’s how:
Within the Manage tab in the backend there is a subtab titled export. Click on this subtab and you will get a screen that looks like the following
Next [...]
WordPress Multi-User now has an all-in-one multi-media player thanks to the Anarchy Media Plugin. To make it purr, look for the little yellow “A” (for Anarchy) on your Editor toolbar and click on it. Then just copy the url that points to your media in the appropriate field and you can include sound, [...]
Update: Mojiti is deader than a doornail. Long live Mojiti!
Mojiti is an online service that allows you to add comments within a video. You can then quickly and easily embed this video into your blog and open it up so others can also annotate it. More specifically, anyone who has a [...]
Having problems commenting on other blogs?
Published by February 22nd, 2007 in Development blog. 2 CommentsThere have been some reports of comments showing up in strange places for certain folks. If this pertains to you, do us a favor and give a brief description of the issue in the comments below (if you can!), or send an e-mail to jimgroom_at_gmail.com. Rest assured that the elves in the WordPress shop are [...]
The little shop of ELS blogs is now serving up class feeds. The “Class feeds” tab in the header now links to a still growing directory of courses that are utilizing ELS blogs. When you click on respective links you will have access to the latest blog posts for that class. Moreover, [...]
Embedding YouTube videos in your blog
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Development blog. 0 CommentsI noticed some folks have been adding links to YouTube videos (or even embedding them!) in their posts. This is a great way to bring the film text into your discussion. If you are interested in embedding a youtube video into your post it is quite easy. Follow the steps below:
Find a video in [...]
