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Migrating from WP to WPMU

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Tom Woodward

I spent some time the other day helping our ITRTs figure out how to install WPMU and then get their single user WordPress blogs imported into WPMU. I’ll probably make a video sooner or later as this is probably murder without images. So here’s my shot at best practice advice in case you have to […]

Comic WordPress Theme (and kind of a theme hacking lesson)

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Tom Woodward

So here’s the proof of concept page for those who just want the idea and know how to change things already. It’s a great way to let students quickly and easily build an interactive online comic book story or display their art work. I really like the potential. I’m documenting some process here in hopes […]

Publishing Google Docs to WPMU

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Tom Woodward

I was looking to have some people in my class publish lesson plans to their WPMU blogs via Google Docs. So I consulting the dean of WPMU, The Right Reverend Jim Groom, and he made it look so easy. Yet, I failed. Feeling stupid I started drinking looked at the differences in our set up. […]

Google Forms Meets the Spaghetti Syndication Monster

Posted on February 12, 2009 (February 13, 2009) by Tom Woodward

Or – how I do things since I can’t program – but isn’t the first title much more fun?1 First off, thanks to Jim Groom for letting me bounce ideas off him, giving some technical assistance and for testing services rendered. Now to business. Here’s what I wanted- a web accessible form that would display […]

Why use WPMU in K12?

Posted on February 6, 2009 (February 8, 2009) by Tom Woodward

I’ve been slowly migrating all of our individual WP installs into WPMU over the last few days. It’s going to really make life a lot easier around here while adding some real advantages. You’ve seen Jim showing a million reasons to use WPMU in the college environment and while most (maybe all) can be transferred […]

WPMU Easter Egg

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Tom Woodward

So I’ve installed WPMU on one of our externally hosted servers and with Jim’s patient assistance have been trying to get it in shape. One of the things I needed was the theme editor. So I was going through the steps to get it installed and things are looking good when . . . I […]

WordCamp ED in DC!

Posted on October 12, 2008 (October 13, 2008) by Tom Woodward

WordCamp Ed is a WordCamp focused entirely on educational uses of WordPress — in schools and universities. The inaugural WordCamp Ed will be held at George Mason University on Saturday, November 22nd featuring a morning of pre-planned speakers, and a barcamp-style afternoon breaking into smaller discussions and sessions. SIGN UP NOW! I’ll be there and […]

Creating a Safe Space: Hacking WP

Posted on April 17, 2008 (April 18, 2008) by Jim Coe

60% of my teachers have been in our county for less than 3 years (and, most of these newcomers, have never worked with a 1 to 1 initiative). More than 40% of my teachers have put less than 3 years into this vocation. With this in mind, I have created a space, online, for teachers […]

WordPress Tutorial

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Tom Woodward

This WordPress tutorial is aimed at teachers (or anyone else) who is just starting out with some server space and Fantastico support. It covers a lot of the basic installation questions and gets into how to add themes and plugins to the blog. Most everything is done in video format. I made it for our […]