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 […]
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ALERT: WordPress 2.8 Upgrade
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 […]
Help Now Helpful
You may have noticed the Help menu pull-down on the top of your administrative dashboard. Previously, this was filled with non-specific content that applied to all WordPress users and systems. The Help pull-down now contains solutions and help files relevent to onMason along with some more general content. Hopefully this will better serve onMason users.
Anti-Spam Powers Increased
Users may have noticed the significant increase in spam comments on onMason blogs over the past few days. This issue has been brought to our attention and we have taken steps to solve the solution. As of today, non-users and users alike will face a significant barrier to spam comments or trackbacks. onMason now has […]
Email Notifications
The onMason administrative team can now send out e-mails to users. Any user who has opted out of receiving email from onMason will not receive admin emails.
Assign Your Own Password
New sign-ups for onMason will now be able to assign their own password when they create their account.
Friends System Online
We’ve initiated a Friends social networking system for onMason. As of this week you will be able to friend other bloggers, be friended by other bloggers and assign an avatar to both your username and each of your blogs. There are now two associated widgets that are available on all blogs. The friends widget allows […]
Global Tags now Initiated
You can now find global tags for all onMason blogs through our global posts area. The color scheme is not final. The global tag page was built using a combination of plugins and displayed through the Tagnetic Poetry plugin. It will be interesting to see how the page does under a heavier load. Please comment […]
New onMason Features and ScholarPress
The following new features have been added to onMason via plugins: Use aggr to embed RSS feeds in your posts. Create footnotes.[1.Using the FD Footnotes plugin, like this] Private WP allows you to lock down your blog to make it invisible. Publish2 is a link journalism tool. It has been auto-activated over all blogs as […]
Posted by Aram Zucker-Scharff at September 2nd, 2009 & Filed under Activated, Functionality, plugins | Tags: aggr, app, assignments, audio, bibliography, center for history and new media, CHNM, comments, course information, email, Facebook, Flickr, footnotes, Polls, Private, Publish2, Riffly, RSS, schedule, scholarpress, subscribe, Trackback, Twitter, Up, users, video, video gallery, VodPod No Comments »