Making your site more accessible
From the WordPress Codes on Accessibility Accessibility in web design means creating web pages that everyone can use. Those who cannot see or use a mouse. Deaf users whose first language is sign...
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Our new look
You may have noticed that Sites@UCI has a new look. We have just launched our new site using a responsive theme. Responsive themes work well on most devices, even mobile. Some New Features Featured...
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Subscribe By Email
Want to stay up to date with the latest news about Sites@UCI? We’ve just started an email subscription list. Whenever we create a new post about a new feature, a new theme, or general site update, you...
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Private Sites Now Available
We often get asked if we offer private websites or blogs. While it has always been possible to mark individual posts or pages as private, we haven’t been able to offer entire private sites until now....
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Responsive Themes
Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is an approach to web design in which a site is crafted to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing,...
View ArticleScheduled Downtime, December 7, 2012
Sites@UCI will have a short downtime on Friday, December 7th in the evening between 10 – 11 pm to add more storage. We apologize for any inconvenience, but need to address a disk space issue.
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Happy Holidays!
The UC Irvine campus will be closed from Monday, December 24, 2012 through Tuesday, January 1, 2013. If there is an urgent problem with Sites@UCI, you may contact the OIT Help Desk at (949) 824-2222....
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WordPress 3.5
We have updated Sites@UCI to the latest version of WordPress – 3.5. The biggest change is the new media manager. This makes uploading and managing photos and other media much easier. New Media Manager...
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Custom CSS
Have you ever wanted to customize the look of theme you are using on Sites@UCI? Some of the themes have this capability built in, but not all do. On Sites@UCI we share the same themes for all of the...
View ArticleWordPress Student Web Developer Wanted
The Web Content Consulting Team in the Office of Information Technology is currently recruiting for a student web developer, who will work migrating web sites and supporting both our Sites@UCI and...
View ArticleNew Image Widget
Adding an image to a widget area just got easier. In the past, you had to use a Text Widget and add the HTML code to insert an image. Now, you can simply drag the Image Widget to the desired widget...
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New Slideshow Plugin
Notice anything different when editing a Post or Page? Right next to the Add Media button is a new button called Insert Slideshow. This new tool makes it easy to create multiple slideshows that can be...
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Our new look
You may have noticed that Sites@UCI has a new look. We have just launched our new site using a responsive theme. Responsive themes work well on most devices, even mobile. Some New Features Featured...
View ArticlePrivate Sites Update
We recently discovered and fixed a bug with Private Sites. Although unlikely, it was possible for Subscribers to read private websites. To do so, they would have needed to know the private address,...
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Prose Theme
We have just launched a new highly customizable theme called Prose. It is built upon the Genesis Framework and includes the following features. Responsive Design – allows your content to be displayed...
View ArticleShort Downtime – May 7, 2013
We will have a short downtime from 10 – 10:15 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. We need to do an update to our Domain Mapping plugin for WordPress. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
View ArticleOIT Service Outage – Sunday, May 26
We experienced a major service interruption that started early Sunday morning that impacted Mail services, Exchange, Webfiles, Sites@UCI, and many of the virtual servers. Some time after 1am, one of...
View ArticleShort Downtime – June 12, 2013
We will have a short downtime from 10 – 10:15 pm on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 for system maintenance. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
View ArticleSites@UCI will be down on Saturday, June 22 from 6am – noon.
The Office of Information Technology will be performing systems maintenance that will impact a number of campus systems, including Sites@UCI on Saturday, June 22nd. Due to this maintenance, Sites@UCI...
View ArticleShort Downtime for Update
Sites@UCI will be down from 6:45 am – 7 am on Wednesday, June 26th. We will be updating WordPress to the latest version.
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