Archive for the 'Issue' Category

On Downtime and a New Podcasting Plugin

February 22nd, 2010

Hello all,
First of all, I’d like to apologize for the recent downtime. The issue was not with onMason but with an impossible-to-anticipate server hardware fault.
The problem was within the server’s RAID, which is a set of redundant hard drives designed to automatically duplicate file systems and spread out data to minimize loss. That set of HDDs is governed by their own set of hardware [...]


onMason Downtime Update

November 5th, 2009

Hello onMason users,
As you are aware, the onMason system has been experiencing some unexpected downtime over the last few days. We’ve been able to track the problem down to issues with our server’s firewall, which have proved temporarily resolvable.
The team at the Office of Student Media has been working hard to find the cause of [...]


ALERT: Wordpress 2.8 Upgrade

September 30th, 2009

The onMason platform has been upgraded to WPMU2.8+. At this time we are seeing some plugin issues which are undergoing repair. We anticipate full functionality returning to the site by the end of the week.
If you experience any problems, it appears our Support plugin is currently malfunctioning. Please leave a comment on this post and we will [...]


Themes Repaired, Duplicates Deleted

August 18th, 2009

As you may have noticed there were a number of duplicate themes in our theme directory, as well as templates that were not working or previewing correctly. Some of these duplicate themes were being maintained for testing purposes, while others were there in error.
However, theme issues should now be resolved. There should no longer [...]


Uploads Now Working

August 11th, 2009

All media uploads should once again be working as normal.


Media Uploads Not Working, How to Upload Anyway

July 16th, 2009

Due to onMason’s switch to a new server, our file upload system is not working. If you are intrested in posting a video or audio file, you can upload them to Drop.io and use the embed functionality to place code in your post that will display your media.
Here’s how to get your media online during [...]