The Category Posts plugin creates a sidebar widget that displays the posts in one of your post categories. So for example, if you have posts that you’ve put into a “News” category, you can create a dynamic list of your recent “News” posts in your sidebar. You can decide whether to show just the titles [...]
List Category Posts
The List Category Posts plugin lets you list post metadata (and optionally, its content) from a specified category. The content can be placed in pages or posts by using short codes, or into a sidebar by using the plugin’s widget. Using short codes to list your category content on pages and posts Use Case: You [...]
Importing and Exporting Blog Content
If you have content on another WordPress site, or on Blogger, Tumblr, or any site that has RSS feed functionality, the Commons now has four plugins that make importing possible. First, you’ll need to export your content to a file, and that process varies, depending upon the platform.
Random Headers and Showcases with the Twenty Eleven Theme
The Twenty Eleven theme is the default theme for WordPress 3.3 and builds on all the great stuff included in its younger sibling, Twenty Ten. Twenty Ten is extremely popular on the Commons, while Twenty Eleven is largely under-used and under-appreciated. Take a look at how you can customize the home page, and see what [...]
Changing Your Group Settings » What You Need to Know
There are three types of groups on the Commons, and each has differing levels of privacy. As the needs of a group change and evolve, they may want to adjust their group settings from private to public, or vice versa. There are a few things that group admins should keep in mind before they change their group settings from [...]
Embedding Video Using WordPress 3.3
The Commons is now running WordPress 3.3, and if you have created a new blog after the upgrade, you may experience some problems embedding video into your posts or a pages. Never fear – there’s a quick fix for this, described below. First, a quick review of how to embed a video in a [...]
Searching for Commons Members Just Got Easier
One of the most visible new features built into the Commons 1.3 update is the new member directory filter. In the past, a search of members was a plain text search of all attributes of members profiles. The new member search interface includes three attribute-based filters – College, Role, and Academic Interests. These filters allow [...]
Additional Sorting Options on Group Forums
One of the many new features built into the Commons 1.3 update is better forum discussion management. In the past, forum topic comments were set in descending order and spread out over multiple pages with 10 posts per page. For longer forum conversations this meant that comments could became unruly and difficult to navigate. Community [...]
Automatic Invitations – The Group for Group Admins
With Commons 1.3 we’ve begun to automatically invite all new group administrators and moderators to ‘The Group for Group for Admins.’ While joining the group is optional, we encourage you to come aboard and take part in the discussion. If you decline the invitation and decide at a later date that you would like to [...]
Text Expander Plugin Now Available
New in the Commons 1.2.5 release is the WordPress plugin “Text Expander,” a simple and handy tool that lets you toggle back and forth between showing and hiding a chunk of content on your post or page. Once you activate the plugin, you will notice a new icon (circled in red). Click the icon to [...]
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