http://blogs.elsweb.org @UMW Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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! http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/08/25/trying-to-get-an-els-blog/ Even if I must say so myself. Ok, so Gardner Campbell is at it again with ELS Blogs and the results are nothing short of amazing -did you expect any less from him? I try and keep up with the the student blogs as much as possible, but such ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/07/14/els-blogs-rock/ Recently I have been corresponding with Mario A. Nunez Molina, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, who has been also working on integrating a WPMu blogging solution (RUM Edublogs) for the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also blogging the process, so ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/07/07/divshare-plugin-for-wordpress-and-wpmu/ So, it’s just about time to ckeck-in on the work that has been happening on the WordPress Multi-User front. First and foremost, Gardner Campbell is my Godhead. He is running two classes thi Summer session and they are already abuzz with all sorts of amazing blog action. ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/07/05/wpmu-smackdown-rss-autoblogs-aggregators-o-matics-and-more%e2%80%a6/ Download 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/06/27/%e2%80%9cwe-aint-one-at-a-timin%e2%80%99-here-we%e2%80%99re-mass-communicatin%e2%80%99%e2%80%9d/ 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/06/26/6-months-later-37-new-themes/ ELS 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/04/23/widgets-are-now-available-on-els-blogs/ 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/04/23/you-can-take-it-with-you/ 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/04/15/the-anarchy-media-player-for-wpmu/ 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 ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/blog/2007/03/29/annotating-online-videos-with-mojiti/