Merry Christmas from edublogs

But everyday is Christmas Day at edublogs!

How about some winter or christmas themes for our blogs ;)

I would like to see themes that would appeal to elementary aged students.

Love the changes. The little quirks are not a big deal! Thanks so much!

My blogroll disappeared after the update. I still have all of my blogroll links, and “links” is still a widget in my presentation, but the blogroll doesn’t appear anymore. What can I do?

I solved my own problem. I selected a new theme, viewed my site, and then changed back to my original theme. When I viewed my site again, my blogroll had reappeared. I’m not sure why, but as long as my blogroll is there, I’m a happy camper:-)

Thanks for the updates, however, I did what you said to do — went back and changed to my original presentatio — but it did not work. What do I need to do (pronto!) to change this? I have students who are expecting to blog. Thanks a ton!

I can deal with the pages reverting back to original presentation but what about all of the additional pages disappearing? Will we get them back? There are about 50 plus people in my district using edublogs are quite upset!!!

Coming back after a while . . . . nice to have new stuff.

I had several students who were posting a synthesis essay last night when they said the system reset and they lost their post. One student printed out the screen that showed up (it was just the normal Edublogs screen that says we’re down for maintainence or upgrades). That was a problem. That said, I’ve never had a problem myself, but it was a bit of a scare for my students and I ended up giving an extra day on the assignment.

PS I love the new themes and, as a new user to the site, I love what this blog allows me to do over our district-provided Microsoft Sharepoint system.

I installed this last week. Today, my computer shut down and wiped out my Microsoft stuff that I had pulled up (got a blue screen). Not sure these 2 were related, but the timing is incredible.

Why is the Vistered Little theme not working properly? It’s not all colorful like it should be … or at least it isn’t on my computer.

What do I do if I just get this when I try and view my site:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/themes/freshy-10/functions.php:1668) in /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ac_authenticator.php on line 17

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/themes/freshy-10/functions.php:1668) in /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ac_authenticator.php on line 18

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/themes/freshy-10/functions.php:1668) in /home/edublogs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ac_authenticator.php on line 19

Thanks for the new themes. I am new to the blog scene, but I think there are some great options here!

I cant get to my site and I am about to rollout to my students, I get this message, but I cant find anything in the support about it, is this something to do with the new themes? Help, I cant believe all my work is now unusable.
Can’t select database
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the edublogs_750 database.

Are you sure it exists?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?
If you don’t know how to setup a database you should contact your host. If all else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.

I was using the Freshy theme and now it’s gone. I spent many hours customizing the theme to work for me, I use the blog as a tool for my students, and now I don’t have anything like it.

Will this theme be brought back anytime soon?

HELP! My old theme is still not coming back. In fact, there is no theme that will apply to my blog. It says new theme applied, but when I view, it stays the same. I tried to go onto Forums as directed, however, it tells me my username does not exist. But, I know I exist; I checked. Ugh! Please help.

A heads up would have been nice. : )

How can I insert an RSS option so others can subscribe to my blog? I’ve seen it on other blogs, but can’t get it to work on my own. I’ve tried the RSS widget, but can’t seem to figure it out. Help!

yeaa Chirstmas!!

I am now experiencing some glitches with my blog: http://rm22.edublogs.org. When I go to the site, essentially I could get one of two different blogs now- same address but different presentation styles, different comments in moderation, different posts, different pages. I most recently had added seven new book review pages that students had commented on. None of the comments are ever showing up on the pages even though they have been approved and are sometimes showing up in the site admin. Please advise.

Hey, thanks for the paste from Word option. That’s great for my students, since I often assign numbers of words for minimum length on articles, and their copy/paste tactics format everything weird.

For vistered little there is no longer a list of categories in my side bar. Is this permanent, and is there a way to change it?

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks! I second the request for more elementary friendly themes.

Thanks. It’s my first elementary theme

yay, new themes!

Sorry to appear Scrooge-like, but this has not been helpful. The additions might useful, but the problems are a major hassle, especially at a busy time of year. You need to give more notice (4 hours is not enough) so that we can make a note of the settings in case of any glitches. What with the very slow response times on the site, I’m not happy.

Next time you decide to make major changes that will cause us to lose our custom header image (among other things), please try to let us know in advance. I’ll echo the commenter above in saying that this latest hassle, combined with the very slow response times on edublogs, has been a serious inconvenience. We are now looking into migrating our blog to a different host.

Thanks for the updates. A few issues straight after the change but they ALL sorted themselves out after following any instructions that appeared and not panicing. A fine update from a free service. Nothing more should be expected. Thank you James.

Hey - also - I’ve just realised Christmas is going to be early for me on the edublogs forum!

Love the themes!! Got a questions, how do I post pictures via Flickr? Students are so excited about their new blog site, thanks!

ms.nance1@verizon.net

msnance - did you get an answer via email? Are you wanting to post a Flickr picture actually into a post or are you wanting to run the Flickr widget so that the students can see the Flickr images in a sidebar or similar?

Some of my students have submitted a post but then it doesn’t show up… not even with the refresh button. What’s happening to the comments? I have watched my students type and submit responses to blogs and sometimes, for no apperant reason, they do not post. It seems to happen approximately 50% of the time. When the computer does provide a comment it says it looks like a duplicate- even though the 1st response does not show up… Help…

Thanks : )

Another question… how to you archive old items??? I’m also interested in knowing how blog websites are nominated each year?

Thanks : )

I want to post a set of Flickr pics on my blog site. I can run the Flickr widget on the sidebar, no problem but the students want to see their pics, is that possible?

Got to go to class, check the comments later, thanks James!

thx and merry christmas 2 all of u!:)

i hope you guys have a good christmas

Any way we can track how many people visit our blog. I do it with my regular wordpress blog, which is similar, but can’t do it here? I want to see how many parents visit our class website.

Merry Christmas….teachers love the break as much as the kids!!!!

Always wanted a tag cloud…. and now I have one! What a Christmas prsesent. Many thanks and a Happy Christmas to one and all :)

James what happened to the link in the dashboard to technorati?

Happy Holidays, James. Thanks for all of your hard work around here.

-drmike

James: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, thanks so much for this site, my ESOL class is having so much fun! I never got the Flickr pics to work but used Photbucket to post our class photos. Again thanks!

Hello all - just starting out. Any advice of where i should start would be appreciated.

Thanks James for the wonderful Free service you provide, with continual updates and changes. I hope you had a nice Christmas and I wish you a wonderful New Year

Hi, I am wondering if there is any way of installing a counter on my page. It would be nice to see how many of my students or their parents are actually taking advantage of this form of communication?

I love Christmas and find it to the be the best time of year.

I love christmas to it is my favorite holiday

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