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<title>mblog news</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:21Z</modified>
<tagline>News about features and services from the support team</tagline>
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<copyright>Copyright (c) 2006, samarti</copyright>
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<title>New mBlog instructional documents available</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:21Z</modified>
<issued>2006-09-01T16:19:54Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.5626</id>
<created>2006-09-01T16:19:54Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Step-by-step PDF guides to some of mBlog&apos;s advanced features are now available for downloading from the Help Using mBlog page. Topics include: backing up mBlog user templates, changing your mBlog RSS settings, and basic podcasting with mBlog....</summary>
<author>
<name>samarti</name>
<url>web page</url>
<email>samarti@umich.edu</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>News</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Step-by-step PDF guides to some of mBlog's advanced features are now available for downloading from the <a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/mblog/help.html">Help Using mBlog</a> page.  Topics include: backing up mBlog user templates, changing your mBlog RSS settings, and basic podcasting with mBlog.<br />
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<entry>
<title>mBlog now offers a directory of blogs</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:27Z</modified>
<issued>2006-07-05T15:35:11Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.4703</id>
<created>2006-07-05T15:35:11Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Each night, an alphabetical directory is created listing all blogs hosts on mBlog. This will allow users and search engines to easily explore blog content. Blogs without a title are not listed....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>News</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Each night, an alphabetical <a href="http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/directory.html">directory</a> is created listing all blogs hosts on mBlog.  This will allow users and search engines to easily explore blog content.  Blogs without a title are not listed.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog service update June 27</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:32Z</modified>
<issued>2006-06-21T17:47:49Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.4524</id>
<created>2006-06-21T17:47:49Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">On the morning of June 27, mBlog will be updated to only allow current faculty, staff and students create/modify blogs. Access to viewing and commenting on published blogs will remain the same. For more details, see the ITCS status report....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>service update</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>On the morning of June 27, mBlog will be updated to only allow current faculty, staff and students create/modify blogs.  Access to viewing and commenting on published blogs will remain the same.  For more details, see the ITCS <a href="http://status.itcs.umich.edu/outage.php?id=10707">status report</a>.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog User Survey</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:39Z</modified>
<issued>2006-03-13T15:46:24Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.2379</id>
<created>2006-03-13T15:46:24Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Take the mBlog user survey! The mBlog team needs your input as we make plans for further development of mBlog....</summary>
<author>
<name>shollar</name>
<url>web page</url>
<email>shollar@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p><A HREF="https://lessons.ummu.umich.edu/2k/mblog_survey1/survey_001">Take the mBlog user survey!</A> The mBlog team needs your input as we make plans for further development of mBlog.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog Workshop Handout Available</title>
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<modified>2006-10-04T14:28:50Z</modified>
<issued>2006-02-22T17:00:56Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.1789</id>
<created>2006-02-22T17:00:56Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Step-by-step instructions from the workshop Creating a Blog with mBlog is now available in PDF format....</summary>
<author>
<name>shollar</name>
<url>web page</url>
<email>shollar@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p>Step-by-step instructions from the workshop <a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/exploratory/pdfs/mblog.pdf">Creating a Blog with mBlog </a> is now available in PDF format.  </p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog hosted blog on slashdot</title>
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<modified>2006-02-13T17:43:31Z</modified>
<issued>2006-02-13T17:38:54Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.1223</id>
<created>2006-02-13T17:38:54Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Vic Divecha&apos;s post on multi-touch screens is the first known mBlog entry to be linked from slashdot....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>News</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Vic Divecha's <a href="http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~rdivecha/archives/2006/02/the_world_of_sm.html">post on multi-touch screens</a> is the first known mBlog entry to be <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/13/1610250">linked</a> from <a href="http://slashdot.org">slashdot</a>.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>Chronicle of Higher Education Blog</title>
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<modified>2006-02-14T22:22:04Z</modified>
<issued>2006-02-10T17:02:34Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.1144</id>
<created>2006-02-10T17:02:34Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> The Chronicle of Higher Education&apos;s Wired Blog has noted the mBlog service....</summary>
<author>
<name>deromedi</name>
<url>web page</url>
<email>deromedi@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p><A HREF="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1002/u-of-michigan-to-host-its-own-blogs"><br />
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Blog has noted the mBlog service. </A> <br />
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<entry>
<title>mBlog Press Release</title>
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<modified>2006-02-10T15:54:21Z</modified>
<issued>2006-02-10T15:49:20Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.1136</id>
<created>2006-02-10T15:49:20Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Read the University press release on mBlog...</summary>
<author>
<name>shollar</name>
<url>web page</url>
<email>shollar@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p><A HREF="http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2006/Feb06/r020906a">Read the University press release on mBlog</A> </p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog in the Daily</title>
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<modified>2006-01-31T12:36:05Z</modified>
<issued>2006-01-31T12:34:53Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.741</id>
<created>2006-01-31T12:34:53Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The Michigan Daily covers mBlog....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.michigandaily.com">Michigan Daily</a> <a href="http://www.michigandaily.com/media/paper851/news/2006/01/31/News/Blogging.Revolution.Reaches.University-1545230.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.michigandaily.com">covers</a> mBlog.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>Multiple Author Permission Fix</title>
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<modified>2006-01-17T14:19:44Z</modified>
<issued>2006-01-17T14:15:52Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.353</id>
<created>2006-01-17T14:15:52Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">We&apos;ve fixed a bug where users with permission to edit multiple blogs would lose their ability to create new blogs themselves. If you continue to have this, or any other problems, please contact mblog-help@umich.edu....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>service update</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>We've fixed a bug where users with permission to edit multiple blogs would lose their ability to create new blogs themselves. If you continue to have this, or any other problems, please contact <a href="mailto:mblog-help@umich.edu">mblog-help@umich.edu</a>. </p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>First Day Stats</title>
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<modified>2006-01-17T15:25:10Z</modified>
<issued>2006-01-17T13:49:25Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.351</id>
<created>2006-01-17T13:49:25Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">In the first day, 110 people have created a mBlog account and there are now 183 blogs. As word of the service gets out, we expect these numbers to continue going up....</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p>In the first day, 110 people have created a mBlog account and there are now 183 blogs.  As word of the service gets <a href="http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1813">out</a>, we expect these numbers to continue going up.</p>]]>

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<entry>
<title>mBlog Pilot Announced</title>
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<modified>2006-01-16T17:04:53Z</modified>
<issued>2006-01-16T16:58:10Z</issued>
<id>tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2006:/mblog/298.294</id>
<created>2006-01-16T16:58:10Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The University Library, in partnership with ITCS and the Bentley Historical Library, is now offering the pilot mBlog service. Current faculty, staff, and students can create blogs using the Moveable Type platform, customized for the UM computing environment. The pilot...</summary>
<author>
<name>mcneal</name>
<url>http://www.umich.edu/~mcneal</url>
<email>mcneal@umich.edu</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/">University Library</a>, in partnership with <a href="http://www.itcs.umich.edu/">ITCS</a> and the <a href="http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/">Bentley Historical Library</a>, is now offering the pilot <a href="http://mblog.lib.umich.edu">mBlog</a> service.  Current faculty, staff, and students can create blogs using the Moveable Type platform, customized for the UM computing environment.  The pilot will run through Spring term 2006, during which the campus will have opportunities to evaluate and offer comments on the service.</p>

<p>Send any questions or comments to <a href="mailto:mblog-help@umich.edu">mblog-help@umich.edu</a>, or leave a comment here.  Comments are open to anyone with a uniqname or friend account.  If you don't have a friend account, you can <a href="https://friend.weblogin.umich.edu/friend/">create</a> one for free.</p>]]>

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