Year: 2015

Comments Off!

So, you’ve been creating posts and pages like crazy and suddenly realize there are comment boxes on every page.  If you are using the CampusPress suite for your club or department web page, you can turn off comments for all future pages and posts, but you still have to fix every existing page.  Here’s how….Continue Reading Comments Off!

Need a New Theme?

The theme for your blog is what drives the look and feel of your site.  On June 7, CampusPress by EduBlogs retired the previous themes that were outdated in style or coding practices, or were not mobile-friendly.  If you were using a theme that has been retired, you probably noticed a new look for your…Continue Reading Need a New Theme?

Formatting Images

In the new CampusPress environment, several of the previously available image formatting tools –like border and padding– are now part of a plug-in. If you don’t have time to become familiar with a new plugin for your first post in the new CampusPress environment, here is how to add border and padding the manual way….Continue Reading Formatting Images

Updating a Previous Rice Blog

Simply login to https://blogs.rice.edu with your NetID and password and start updating your blog. After the migration to CampusPress, your previous Rice blog will still be available, just in a new hosting environment with more features and space. The new cloud environment uses the WordPress platform and is hosted by an external provider, CampusPress by Edublogs. Previous content…Continue Reading Updating a Previous Rice Blog

Creating a New Rice Blog

Login to https://blogs.rice.edu to get started. After you’ve logged in, you will have a Dashboard. Hover over the word “Dashboard” to see the drop down menu, then select “Create a Site.” Name your site* and start blogging. Change the theme whenever you like. Add widgets and move them around. *Naming your blog Blogs.rice.edu supports blogs…Continue Reading Creating a New Rice Blog