Just a quickie, but one we know a lot of you will like… take a trip to your Plugins and you will find Google Maps goodness at your fingertips. Just turn it on, configure it (this involves getting a maps API – takes about 2 seconds), write something like ‘Edublogs HQ’ and then link those…
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Hello sailor!
The more discerning of you may have noticed that there’s something a little different about your Edublog backend as of today. In particular I suspect you’ll rather like what you see when you visit your Presentation tab (uploadable, ahem, croppable, headers anyone… 20 new themes, perhaps?) Or check out the multi-blog management drop-down menu that…
Threading it on Edublogs
Ian Hancock asked a good question in the forums today about embedding Voicethreads into an edublogs post. The problem being that when you copy and paste ’embed’ or ‘object’ code into your blog it disappears (it’s a security thing). But never fear, there’s a really simple workaround… all you have to do is grab the…
File sharing frenzy
Not content with bringing you funky ways to upload and present your files, Edublogs now also allows you to share those files – be they course notes, worksheets, favourite songs or great big image files – using a very funky Box.net widget. How does it work? Just go to your Presentation tab, click on Sidebar…
Edublogs hearts Microsoft :)
Well, only because we have to ;) Seriously though, the vast majority of Edubloggers are MS users and the vast majority of Word docs, presentations and spreadsheets are produced as .doc, .ppt or .xls files. So, now when you upload or link to any of these documents to edublogs – your readers will, courtesy of…
Exciting things to come in January
So, you may notice a new favicon as of today (the little 16×16 pixel thing next to the http…) Am not sure how well the average browser refreshes these, but it’s a cute little e – and heralds great things to come in January. There’s going to be a redesign (tres funky) that’ll link together…