Here is the follow-up information from the event I organized back in February — WordCamp ED: Northeast. This was all posted on the wordcamped.org wiki, but there was a spam attack, we had to restore a past version, restored the wrong past version, the site was locked down, and now I can’t get back into it to fix it. So I’ll just included everything here — at least then I’ll always know where it is!
Presenter: Jane Wells, Automattic
Presenters: Ken Panko, Manager, Instructional Technology Group, Yale University; Yianni Yessios, Manager of Web Technologies, Instructional Technology Group, Yale University WordPress can be used to implement Web 2.0 learning initiatives without the need for a team of programmers. Examples of how WordPress is being used to deliver student-created podcasts, video and images will be demonstrated. Administrative concerns such as privacy, tracking post edits and theme customization will also be addressed.
Presenters: Patricia Leone, World Wide Web Administrator, Information Technology Services, Wesleyan University; Kevin Wiliarty, Academic Computing Manager, Social Sciences, Wesleyan University How to take advantage of the MU administration in order to provide both continuity and flexibility from site to site. In some ways, continuity is the easy part. Our own efforts have mainly been about creating flexibility. We’ll talk about developing our own” theme with variations,” a three-tiered system of cascading style sheets, and a method for operating over different sub-domains.
Presenter: Randall Rode, Information Technology Director, Yale School of Drama, Yale University What is comment spam? How do WordPress updates work? Which plug-ins and themes are safe? How do I keep hackers off my site? Most college sites are prime targets for hackers and spammers, with their trusted domain names and fast internet connections. This sessions reviews strategies for a safe, hacker resistant WordPress implementation.
Presenters: Casey Bisson, Information Architect at Plymouth State University; Dave Lester, Digital History Associate at Center for History and New Media, George Mason University; Holladay Penick, The Institute for the Future of the Book.
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claudia snell added these pithy words on Apr 26 09 at 10:04 amThank you for posting this.
I attended back in February. It was a great program.Thank you, and all the presenters, for putting together a great day.
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