Our blogging server now offers over one hundred themes. They’re slick, fully accessible, entirely standards based and we’re adding to them all the time. As a blogger, you can customize every sidebar using the Widget system, insert your own headers into many themes and even select the look and feel for those with alternative CSS displays. Have Fun.
~Geoffrey O’Brien~
I have completed the Blog Server upgrade, but there may be some stuff that may not function as before. If you notice something that is not the way it should be, please contact me and let me know. Thanks in advance.
~Geoffrey O’Brien~
I have added the ability to include www.5min.com videos into your blogs.How to use: each 5min video has a unique id number which part of the video URL (the last part of it).Use the following code in your post: 
##### is the video id number. [5min:15607375]
I have planned to due an upgrade to the back-end, opening up a ton of new features such as:Hosting your own forum, photo galleries, media manager, student logins, a bunch of new widgets and a few cool new themes.I plan to have this done on the 23rd, but plan to have a second day for any run over. ~Geoff
I have added a new iPhone enabled interface to blog with. You will see a check box to use the new mobile interface on the login page when accessing it with an iPhone.
Here is a list of new themes that I added in this morning. You will see them under your Presentation tab. Have fun!
mistylook
ocadia
oceanmist
oceanwide-10
pressrow
reaching-darkness
redoable
seashore
solipsus
suhweet10
sumenep-10
terrafirma
thoughts-20
trevilian-way
twenty-eight
visteredlittle
benevolence
bluegreen
blue-moon-10
borderlinechaos
citrus islandwp
cleantidy
commentpress
connections
contempt
72class
ambiru
anubis-10
bluebird
I would like to open up a discussion for people to comment on features or changes they’d like to see on the Blogging server. Please feel free to add a comment!
Tonight I finalized the blog server’s planned software upgrades. These upgrades not only gave us a newer version of the blogging engine, but I have also updated the php version to 5.2.4 and added some anti-spam add-ons called “Captchas.” The use of Captchas will require you to take an additional step when logging into the server, and to post comments, This is the only real way to determine if you are a valid user, and not an automated spam-bot.
I have decided to take the time during Christmas Break to do a major upgrade on the blog server. This is a sync of WordPress 2.3.1 which includes native tagging support as well as many bug and security fixes. I will also be including the ability to choose your primary blog in your profile for users that have more than one blog. Another network card wlll be enabled to improve throughput for users while using the blogging server from within the district. I will be posting the exact dates and time for the scheduled maintenance as we get closer to the Christmas Break.
~Geoffrey O’Brien
I have added the ability to view your site in French and Spanish. This does not translate your site into these languages, but changes all the interface wording, into the language of your choice. I will be adding other languages as time goes on, but have fun with these for now. You can see how to change to French or Spanish by viewing the image below.
