WPMU for higher ed CMS

I’m working on 2 simultaneous project using WPMU. One is a BuddyPress implementation for the “university community” project. The other is using WPMU as CMS for an entire institution. This is what I’m going to briefly address here… I’ll also be documenting the process along the way. Where we were: When I took over 4 [...]

Lightening round…

HighEdWeb 2008 was amazing. I’m glad it’s been podcast or I’d be in trouble since I was running around like a crazy person pretty much the whole time. Met some really wonderful people…shout out to my peeps. WP update I just updated to WP 2.6.2. Been using it at work since release, but I tend [...]

Upgrading to WP 2.3.1

Though I successfully upgraded several other sites, my experience on this site hasn’t been pleasant. Issues I’ve faced (with varying levels of success): Upgrade flat out didn’t work, I had to import my exported blog entries (I tried to use a db backup and just had the same problems over again). Lost all category assignments [...]

Facebook Pages continued

Well after hours of poking and prodding at Facebook, here’s what I’ve got to show for it. To setup your page, click “Businesses” in the Facebook footer. At the Business Services page, choose “Facebook Pages”. Then you create your page: You’ll be asked to establish what type of page (Education) and the name of the [...]

Facebook Pages

Facebook just announced the addition of a feature they’re calling “Facebook Pages”, which adds an interesting twist to the recent (and not so recent) ongoing discussions among higher ed pros about the uses of Facebook for recruiting, retention, and general communication with our various student audiences. The Facebook Blog entry really only focused on use [...]