We shifted some of our default comment settings in rampages. This is an attempt to give students better insight into what setting options they have and why they might make certain choices. DISCUSSIONS IN WORDPRESS Commenting is one feature of WordPress that you can control so that it behaves in ways that match your personal […]
Month: August 2018
Mother Blog – Troubleshooting Guides
I realize I have many, many things. It’s not clear if those things will be of use to other humans but, at worst, here is something you can ignore. At best, take some hard-won experience and avoid the hassle. These five things solve 98% of our mother blog syndication issues for students. On the professor […]
Photography is Magic
I’m co-teaching a class this semester on digital photography with John Freyer. It’s aimed at undergraduate non-art majors and it’s blended. There will be lots of field trips and a chunk of online work. There is no particular camera required. Many of the students will be using phones but some have DSLRs. I’m building the […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-19
Could ‘explorable explanations’ help tell a new kind of story? – Columbia Journalism Review “I’m a bee,” says Case. “I cross-pollinate fields.” […]
Google Sheets Meets Digital Humanities
Jeff and I are doing a THAT Camp workshop that’s trying to talk about the scale/scope/potential of Google Sheets in the big box of Digital Humanities related options. Depending on how the workshop goes, I’ll revise this post to be more useful. Getting Data In There are quite a few ways to pull data into […]
Change New Site Comments Settings in Multisite
This little function in a network activated plugin on WordPress multisite will require comment users to be a member of the multisite to comment. The setting can be changed by the blog admin but it makes the default setting a bit more restrictive. It’s changing the value in Dashboard>Settings>Discussion. […]
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Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-12
We took a tour of the abandoned college campuses of Second LifeColleges were among those that bought the hype of the Linden Lab-developed virtual world. Many universities set up their own private islands to engage students; some even held classes within Second Life. Most of these virtual universities are gone –– it costs almost $300 per month to host your own […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-08-05
When You Hear _______, Pay Attention – Hacker Noon… you’re about to fall into a trap and need to pay attention): Might as well do [some extra thing] while we [do the original thing] Fallout 76’s Downright Exciting Plan to Deal With Griefing and Trolls :: Games :: Features :: Fallout 76 :: PasteHoward says […]
Update Group Fields ACF
In this case, I was trying to create a post and update the fields in an ACF group via WordPress’s wp_insert_post and the documentation on the ACF site ended up being incomplete on this. […]
Weekly Web Harvest for 2018-07-29
Fostering focus for small screens – Dropbox Design – MediumA nice before/after redesign post with a focus on mobile and simplicity. Hack The Box :: Penetration Testing Labsinteractive learning media […]