{"id":2706,"date":"2013-02-14T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:19:06","slug":"world-of-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/2013\/02\/14\/world-of-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"World of WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven’t yet heard of WordPress<\/a>, it’s an open-source blogging and content management system that’s starting to dominate<\/a> the world of web development. Three items of WordPress-related news from TAG today —<\/p>\n

1) sites.scranton.edu\/tag<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We’ve migrated TAG’s website from uofstechadvisory.wordpress.com to the University’s new, local WordPress instance — you can find us at sites.scranton.edu\/tag<\/strong><\/a>. For right now, the site is publicly accessible, but like the old site it asks search engines not to index the content (so it’s not easily Googleable).<\/p>\n

Moving to a local instance doesn’t just give us a scranton.edu URL – it also allows us to integrate with the University’s existing Active Directory authentication system, which means (among other things) that you don’t have to set up a separate WordPress account to log in. University community members can just log in with their R number and my.scranton password<\/a> rather than creating a separate wordpress.com account.<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to Phil Erb in IR for migrating our old content and for helping us set up the new site!<\/p>\n

2) WordPress on Campus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So… did we mention that there’s a WordPress instance on campus now? We’ve already heard from a few faculty members who’d like to use WordPress pages for class projects, travel courses, and\/or department news. Blog sites have already been set up for Admissions<\/a>, the Library<\/a>, and now TAG<\/a>. Next up is possibly a site for the History Department, which would feed news stories onto their existing department website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s not yet totally clear what level of access\/service faculty will be able to get related to WordPress, but we’re excited about the possibilities. If you might be interested in using WordPress on campus, give TAG a heads-up<\/a> so we’ll have a better grasp of faculty interest and needs.<\/p>\n

3) WordPress off Campus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In their off hours, IR staff members and WordPress enthusiasts Phil Erb<\/a> and Joe Casabona<\/a> are organizing meetups for local WordPress users. The first one is scheduled for next Tuesday, February 19 from 7 to 8pm at the Vintage Theater<\/a> on Spruce Street.\u00a0 Any users in Northeastern Pennsylvania, at any level of experience, are welcome (the meetup isn’t a University-affiliated event).\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested, sign up at their Meetup.com page<\/a> and\/or follow the NEPA WordPress Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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