Go hits 2 million
What started out in January 2007 as a way for folks to have a permanent, short URL that they could publish on web sites and printed documents with the assurance that they would still be working months or years in the future has now become a staple at VCU. This past week, the go.vcu.edu keyword […]
Filedrop: Over 1 tb served
Begun in June 2010, Filedrop has now been used to send over 1 terabyte of data. Filedrop was created to address the attachment size limit when VCU moved its students from Lotus Notes, which allowed 25 mb attachment, to Gmail, which only allow 10 mb attachments. Filedrop has surely reduce email storage since […]
go.vcu.edu keywords hits #500
Like 500 Home Runs in baseball, the VCU Keyword application, http://go.vcu.edu, now has 500 keywords. The 500 keywords have been access over 1.9 million times, with the most popular keyword being ‘eidfinder’. http://go.vcu.edu/eidfinder has been accessed of 112,000 times.
Importing a Moveable Type blog is now working
We have installed and tested a WordPress plugin that successfully imports the contents of a Moveable Type blog in the VCU WordPress blog, wp.vcu.edu. One can also import the contents of one WordPress blog into another WordPress blog.
Redcap upgraded to version 4.3
On Tuesday, June 28th, the VCU Redcap installation was upgraded to version 4.3 which combines both the database component and the surveying component into a single system.
Actions to be taken
After a wonder conversation with the folks at Mary Washington, we have defined an action item plan for implement WordPress at VCU. We will be looking at the following items. Identifiy our reserve list of names (DNS and go are good places to start) Create a development site for WP Install Spam filtering Install a […]
WordPress is now operational
Thanks to the John Sullivan and Hugh Eaves we now have WordPress working in multiuser mode at VCU.
VCU Mobile for Android Now Available
VCU Mobile is now available for Android devices. The initial version of the app launched this week with the VCU Directory, Courses, Maps, News, Emergency contacts, Library, Athletics, and Blackboard Learn modules. With these modules, you can search for people, courses, and library books at VCU. You can check scores and schedules for your favorite […]
Upcoming Central Authentication Service (CAS) Redesign
The page you’re used to seeing when you log in to many VCU websites is about to change. On Tuesday, January 25, Technology Services will unveil the newly redesigned VCU Central Authentication Service. It was redesigned to better match the overall VCU look and feel. As an added benefit, this new version should be much […]
MySQL Downtime Thursday Night
The central university MySQL server will be shut down Thursday night from 8:45 – 9:30 pm in order to upgrade the network drive that it operates on. The MySQL outage will affect the following services: A-Z Index: The A-Z index will be unavailable during the downtime. The VCU combined search will continue to work, but […]