Author Archives: Persa Zula

About Persa Zula

Former Assistant Director of Web Communication at The College of Wooster.

WordPress 2.9.2 and plugins

Persa Zula March 5, 2010

We’ve upgraded ScotBlogs to WordPress 2.9.2! Along with some of the other new features available, one that we are most excited about is the ‘Trash’ feature, which now shows its status for posts, pages, and comments (and includes restore and … Continue reading →

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Advanced Grammar/Spelling Checker Now Available

Persa Zula November 17, 2009

Every day, our ScotBlogs users publish over 100 posts, yet many do not use the spell checker. It may be that at this wonderful institution, our users are all wonderful spellers. Or it may be that they just forget to … Continue reading →

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Take a bite out of spam on your ScotBlog!

Persa Zula September 21, 2009

We have gotten many requests for a spam-blocking system on ScotBlogs and would like our users to get familiar with Akismet, a spam-blocking plugin that is now activated site-wide on all of the blogs on the server. I’ll begin with … Continue reading →

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Not sure if you should use ScotBlogs?

Persa Zula September 10, 2009

If you’re not sure whether hosting your blog on ScotBlogs is the best thing for you, check out our new page, “When to Use ScotBlogs“. Also, if you’re wondering if you need a Blog or a Wiki, look no further … Continue reading →

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Introducing Gravatar

Persa Zula August 27, 2009

The screencast below gives an overview of Gravatar, which provides a quick and easy way to get a globally recognized avatar that will work with ScotBlogs and beyond.

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Quick Overview of WordPress Now Available

Persa Zula August 26, 2009

There is now a quick overview of WordPress MU available for new ScotBlogs users. You can find this on the page “Beginners Guide to ScotBlogs“.

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ScotBlogs Launched!

Persa Zula February 10, 2009

Our blogging server is up and running with a new version of WordPressMU and new features for our Official Blogs! Get ready for a complete listing of blogs available through our new blogging site.

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