mblog news http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/ News about features and services from the support team en Copyright 2008 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:19:54 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New mBlog instructional documents available Step-by-step PDF guides to some of mBlog'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.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/09/new_mblog_instr.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/09/new_mblog_instr.html News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:19:54 -0500 mBlog now offers a directory of blogs 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.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/07/mblog_now_offer.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/07/mblog_now_offer.html News Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:35:11 -0500 mBlog service update June 27 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.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/06/mblog_service_u.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/06/mblog_service_u.html service update Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:47:49 -0500 mBlog User Survey Take the mBlog user survey! The mBlog team needs your input as we make plans for further development of mBlog.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/03/mblog_user_surv.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/03/mblog_user_surv.html Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:46:24 -0500 mBlog Workshop Handout Available Step-by-step instructions from the workshop Creating a Blog with mBlog is now available in PDF format.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_workshop.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_workshop.html Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:00:56 -0500 mBlog hosted blog on slashdot Vic Divecha's post on multi-touch screens is the first known mBlog entry to be linked from slashdot.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_hosted_bl.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_hosted_bl.html News Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:38:54 -0500 Chronicle of Higher Education Blog
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Blog has noted the mBlog service.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/chronicle_of_hi.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/chronicle_of_hi.html Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:34 -0500 mBlog Press Release Read the University press release on mBlog

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_press_rel.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/02/mblog_press_rel.html Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:49:20 -0500 mBlog in the Daily The Michigan Daily covers mBlog.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/mblog_in_the_da.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/mblog_in_the_da.html Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:34:53 -0500 Multiple Author Permission Fix 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 mblog-help@umich.edu.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/multiple_author.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/multiple_author.html service update Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:15:52 -0500 First Day Stats 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.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/first_day_stats.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/mblog/archives/2006/01/first_day_stats.html Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:49:25 -0500 mBlog Pilot Announced 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 will run through Spring term 2006, during which the campus will have opportunities to evaluate and offer comments on the service.

Send any questions or comments to mblog-help@umich.edu, 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 create one for free.

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