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Updates to the Cardiff University blogs theme

Updates to the Cardiff University blogs theme

Posted on 10 August 2021 by

In the coming weeks, your blog will be automatically updated to the latest Cardiff University theme. You will see a number of minor layout and presentation changes, but the underlying […]

Updates to blogs, sites and mapped sites

Posted on 6 June 2019 by

This morning, we updated a number of plugins, themes and the core Wordpress files on the following services: blogs.cardiff.ac.uksites.cardiff.ac.ukmappedsites.cardiff.ac.uk You should hopefully not notice any changes, as all the updates […]

A new YAMMER group

Posted on 26 April 2019 by

We have set up a Yammer group for all Wordpress users. If you have a question, particular one that you think might be frequently asked, please join this group and […]

New WYSIWYG editor

Posted on 31 January 2019 by

In the most recent update to Wordpress, a new WYSIWYG editor was introduced, called Gutenberg. This is intended to allow a lot more flexibility for users to customise the look […]

Add your details and change your default layout

Posted on 14 June 2017 by

With our latest update, we've fixed a bug that meant you couldn't give us any details and added some options to allow you to customise your blogs a bit more. […]

Blogs Service Upgraded

Posted on 17 October 2016 by

The blogs service was moved to a new server today, and the majority of blogs have been migrated to use a new Cardiff Theme. The service should now be faster […]

Emergency security update to the Jetpack plugin – 06 October

Posted on 6 October 2015 by

Due to a security vulnerability in the Jetpack plugin, we will be updating it this morning. Should you experience any issues following the update, please contact insrvConnect@Cardiff.ac.uk  

WordPress 4.3.1 Update

Posted on 17 September 2015 by

We have just updated Wordpress to the latest version, 4.3.1, on sites.cardiff.ac.uk. If you are using Chrome, you may notice a bug after you login to wp-admin. The left navigation […]

We’re making changes!

Posted on 4 September 2015 by

It's been two years or so since we launched the centrally supported wordpress services (Blogs and Sites), and we think now is a good time to time to take stock […]

New Anti-Spam Service

Posted on 9 June 2014 by

We've implemented a new anti-spam service on sites.cardiff.ac.uk & blogs.cardiff.ac.uk that now utilises Akismet. What is Akismet? Akismet is a hosted web service by Automattic.com, the people who make WordPress.com, […]