Recent Posts

Images not displaying properly

To all our WP users, we are aware of the issue that many of you are experiencing regarding images not displaying properly on your site. We are working on a resolution and will implement the fix as soon as we can. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

Reminder about eligibility for the WP service

The Web Publishing service is available to current faculty, students and staff. Users lose access to the service shortly after graduation or once they’ve left the university and their respective sites get deleted. If you are graduating in the Spring, please be sure to export your site at the end of the semester, so that […]

Important Theme update

We would like to bring to your attention that the following themes will no longer be available for use as of Friday, October 9th, 2015: Fruitful Omega Berlin VCard These themes are facing compatibility issues with our service. What you need to do If you currently have a site that uses one of these themes, you should […]

New Features in our latest upgrade

Our latest upgrade to WordPress 4.3 has brought us lots of new, awesome features to facilitate the process of writing and posting content, easily set up a site and customize it, protect our data and enjoy working with the platform. Highlights of the upgrade include: 1. Customizer for Menus 2. Formatting Shortcuts and Editor Enhancements 3. […]

Update regarding NextGen Gallery Plugin

Due to security reasons, the creators of NextGen will soon be phasing out the Flash feature from the Basic Slideshow display type in NextGEN Gallery. What Happens To My Flash Slideshows? No action is needed! For those still using the Flash option in the Basic Slideshow display type, please know that it has been designed to change […]

Need some help with your WP site?

Please utilize the following resources to help manage your WP sites. Web Publishing Knowledge base articles One-One consultations which can be requested through the Digital Studio WordPress tutorials & walkthroughs from Lynda.com Sidekick (the Help Me button located in the dashboard of every Web Publishing site) Video Tutorials available within the site dashboard

Embedding videos just got easier

With the new oEmbed features enabled in the Web Publishing service, all you need to do to embed a YouTube or Vimeo video into a post or page is to post the URL to it into your content area. Make sure that the URL is on its own line and not hyperlinked (clickable when viewing the post). Web […]

Upgrade Coming Friday 10/17 from 10-11pm

The upgrade is scheduled for Friday, October 17th and will enable great new enhancements that will make creating websites, sharing content, and distributing information much easier. The service will not be accessible from 10pm to 11pm during the upgrade. Highlights include: Manage your media with style Explore your uploads in a beautiful, endless grid. A new details […]

Change in Upgrade Dates

Due to some last minute findings, we’ve decided to push back the upgrade to a later date. Stay tuned as we’ll be posting more information regarding the update and some feature enhancements in the near future.

Upgrade Coming Friday 10/10 from 10-11pm

The upgrade is scheduled for Friday, October 10th and will enable great new enhancements that will make creating websites, sharing content, and distributing information much easier. The service will not be accessible from 10pm to 11pm during the upgrade. Highlights include: Manage your media with style Explore your uploads in a beautiful, endless grid. A […]