You don’t need Wix: Use WordPress Elementor
Here at OU, we provide every student, faculty, and staff member with webhosting and a free URL through OU Create. […]
Domain of One’s Own
WP Campus 18: Playing on the Web
Playing and learning involve experimentation, getting dirty, and breaking stuff. Both on the web and IRL, I want people to test a toy or a technology or a theory in order to see what it can provide and where it will break. In one of the opening lightning talks at WordPress Campus 18, Donna Talarico challenged us […]
Getting Ready for Gutenberg
Sometime in the fall, we will get WordPress 5.0. This new release is called Gutenberg after the 15th century Bible printer. I have installed a beta version of it on a test website called gutenberg.johnastewart.org, and wrote this post using the new interface. Last week I attended a talk on the coming “Gutenpocalyse” at WPCampus 18. Many of […]
WP Campus 18 First Notes
This week, I’m attending WP Campus 18 in St. Louis, MO. For the conference, presenters are encouraged to create some sort of online artifact (usually a WP site) to share their slides and resources. Here’s mine. I’m really impressed by the conference in terms of some of the organizational things they are doing. Online artifacts […]
Why Domain
As part of his work in introducing Domain of One’s Own at Ontario Extend, Alan Levine posted the questions that I answer below. I haven’t been blogging enough recently, so I thought this was a good chance to document some of my own DoOO thoughts and kickstart my writing. What is your domain name and what […]
Multiserver DoOO Data Management
This post can only possibly appeal to about 12 people and only when they’re really in the mood for weedsy code stuff. However, that’s about my normal readership, so here we go… For the OU Create project, we now have 5 servers that are managed by Reclaim Hosting. We’ve got more than 4000 users, and, […]
Omeka + HTML5Up
I have been working on a couple of Omeka sites this semester. I really like the Omeka system for its handling of meta data and the Neatline map extension for easy map creation. Omeka S just came out and looks fantastic, though I haven’t had a chance to build with it yet. However, I do […]
Omeka of One’s Own
One of the recurring concerns/complaints surrounding the Domain of One’s Own project is the inescapability of WordPress. Most students and faculty on OU Create and other Domains projects use WordPress sites, either for personal portfolios or class blogs. As a counterpoint, I wanted to feature a few of the Omeka sites that that have been built on OU […]
2017 Creaties
This past Friday we held the second annual Creaties to recognize some of the best new sites created by OU students, staff, and faculty. The event went great thanks to the University Club here at OU. The venue, food, and drinks made for a great setting for people to show off their work and chat with other […]
Create + Canvas: Notes from Session 1 of #PaintCanvasOU
Today, we are kicking off a new mini-conference called Paint Canvas. Prepare All Instruction, Now Teach (PAINT) is a half-day Canvas training that showcases the best of Canvas in the classroom to inform and inspire educators. PAINT is organized into 45 minute rotating stations that focus on various Canvas features including pedagogical approaches and technical examples. […]
