blog@USF is a weblog ("blog" for short) hosting system for users with email accounts on mail.usf.edu. It's easy to setup and easy to use. Just click on "Create a blog" to get started!
blog@USF features:
- Based on WordPress.
- Includes a digital photo album manager based on Gallery
- Includes FeedReader -- a web-based RSS/Atom news aggregator
- Uses your USF NetID and password. One username and password to access your blog, Email, and MyUSF
- Integration with the del.icio.us online bookmarks manager. Store your bookmarks in del.icio.us and display them on your blog!
- Integration with Flickr, an online digital photo management system. You can use your blog as a photo album or set it up to use Flickr.
- Comment Spam filtering with Spam Karma 2
- Easy HTML markup using Texturize and/or Markdown
blog@USF makes it simple to:
- Publish content on the web.
- Distribute a Podcast and list it in the iTunes Podcast Directory.
- Store and share digital pictures.
- Maintain lists of links to your favorite sites, documents you intend to read or find interesting, pictures of your friends/family, etc.
- Read all the latest news from your favorite websites.
- Write reviews of movies, books, CDs and more using Structured Blogging templates.
- Syndicate your content to be read with "News Aggregator" software such as Bloglines or NewsMonster.
- Change the look and feel of your site. Personalize it any way you want!
- Create "shared categories" with colleagues/friends.
- Engage in cross-blog conversations with comments and/or "TrackBacks."
- Use your blog as the centerpiece to your online identity.
Thu 30 Jun 2005
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blog@USF and myweb.usf.edu have been moved from a Sun Enterprise 220R to a dual-Xeon box running RHEL 4. This should improve performance considerably. If you have any C code in your myweb.usf.edu account, it will need to be recompiled for Linux. PHP and PERL code should work without any modifications. If you have any problems with the new setup, please post a comment or email us at usg@mailman.acomp.usf.edu.
Wed 15 Jun 2005
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The upgrade to Blog@USF is complete! Here is a list of new features for blog@USF users:
- Upgraded WordPress to version 1.5.1.2
- Upgraded Gallery to version 1.5
- Structured Blogging templates
- Technorati Tags using Jerome’s Keywords
- Comment-Spam filtering using Spam Karma 2
- New default theme (based on Scattered) and 11 other new themes
- Gravatar support on comment pages
- Export blog postings to multiple formats — you can even export directly to blogger
Mon 13 Jun 2005
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After upgrading to Blog@USF 2, you may have problems logging into the admin interface of your blog. The cause of this is a “cookie” which was set by the old version which interferes with the new version. To fix it, you’ll need to clean out the cookies for all blog.usf.edu pages from your browser. Instructions for removing cookies from most browsers is available here