The Blogs at Penn State: Comments

Comment on "Protected Blogging Now Available"

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:39:53 -0500

Kasey, Unfortunately you can not change a blog from open to protected, or from protected to open. You could create a new blog as protected and move your content to this new blog.

Information on exporting your blog content can be found here: http://kb.its.psu.edu/psu-all/hd/export-blog-text/

Information on importing blog content can be found here:
http://kb.its.psu.edu/psu-all/hd/import-text-entries-from-another-blog/

- Brad Kozlek

Comment on "Customizing the Banner Image for your Professional Web Site"

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:56:47 -0500

Great tutorial! very easy to follow.

- ASHLEY K MAURER

Comment on "Protected Blogging Now Available"

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:36:02 -0500

How do you protect a blog you already created?

- Kasey

Comment on "Protected Blogging Now Available"

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:32:36 -0500

How do you protect a blog you already made?

- Kasey

Comment on "Protected Blogging Now Available"

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:04:39 -0500

Yes, you can use UMGs to grant access to view your blog. Permission to view the blog is all handled by the Access Control Manager.

Unfortunately, you can not grant permission to edit your blog via groups at this time.

- Brad Kozlek

Comment on "Protected Blogging Now Available"

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:14:18 -0500

Can you create and use UMG's, rather than having to add individual users? If so, can I manage them through the Access Control Manager?

- Anonymous

Comment on "Embed Content From Other Web Sites In Your Blog"

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:47:56 -0500

I was pleasantly surprised to find this particular video. You are correct in posing such a powerful question. Unfortunately, I think we have a divergence here of policy and practice that is dangerous if you are an administrator and useful if you are a faculty member. Not that the two are mutually exclusive but AD-20 is being interpreted differently at each campus. "Fear" is the theme of the day at our campus when using web based community sites. This breaks my heart. But then I can understand to a degree why this is happening when we see one after another law suit in the millions occurring with organizations who violated this trust. No one wants to get caught in violation of identity policies but at the same token, you can't tell them not to use these tools. It is like saying stay inside this summer because you might get skin cancer. Put on lotion, take steps to protect yourself and move on. Personal responsibility. This needs to be fostered in the classroom, the campus, the boardroom, the home. We are not doing this.

- FRED AEBLI

Comment on "Customizing the Banner Image for your Professional Web Site"

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:14:13 -0500

I am guessing that if you refreshed your styles.css template you lost whatever style you chose with the stylecatcher.

Instructions on how to use the sylecatcher are here:
http://blogger.psu.edu/help/manage/styles

Be sure to choose a style from the professional website category.

- Brad Kozlek

Comment on "Customizing the Banner Image for your Professional Web Site"

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:49:17 -0500

I replaced the image, but then I lost the template color (I had red across the top above the banner, and now it is black). Is there a way to get the red color back? Thanks.

- DR. LAURA GUERTIN

Comment on "Creating a Course Blog Based on a Custom Tag Search"

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:21:43 -0500

Thanks for the walk through, matches perfectly considering I am teaching IST 110.

- BARTON KELLER PURSEL

Comment on "Customizing the Banner Image for your Professional Web Site"

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:35 -0500

My intial reaction was to start digging around in the css to find the file and replace it locally with my image. This is much simpler. Thanks!

- WAYNE E ANDERSON