Blojsom Blogs

Info

Blojsom is the University of RIchmond's blogging software.

Version

Current Version 2.28

Documentation

• User's Guide
• Developer's Guide
• UR Documentation
  • Blog Information
  • Setting up Ecto
  • wBloggar for Windows
  • Subscribe to podcast Win
  • What is a Bookmarklet?
  • Convert WMA to .mp3
  • What do those buttons mean?
  • Convert .wma WIN

Server Maintenance Window

Friday nights 6 - 10 pm

Upgrade

We plan to upgrade to 2.30 at the end of the semester.

Feature Requests

Blojsom Feature Request Click the Blojsom Feature Request Link to email questions, enhancements or features you would like to see added to the application.

FAQ

• FAQs

Learning About Blogs

Faculty who are interested in learning more about blogs should contact their ATS Liaison, who can explain how blogs work and how blogs might be used in an instructional setting. ATS Liaisons can set up a test blog so faculty can learn how the technology works.

University of Richmond Blogs

Who's blogging? Take a look at the blog index to see a list of University of Richmond blogs.

Blog Features

The blogs offered by Academic Technology Services include most of the popular features found in blogs today, including:

• Single or Multiple Authors for a Blog
• RSS Feeds
• Dynamic Preview of Blog Entries
• Searching
• Browse Entries by Calendar
• Browse Entries by Category
• Podcasting
• Trackback
• Technorati Tagging
• Tag Clouds

Other custom features are available. Contact your ATS Liaison for more information.

Using wBloggar with Blojsom

We've created a document for using wBloggar with Blojsom. Please note that you'll need two additional permissions:

• post_via_blogger_api
• post_via_metaweblog_api

to make this work. ATS Liaisons can provide these authorizations.

Requesting a Blog

Blogs are available for instructional purposes, and can be set up for multiple authors posting to a common blog, or for each participant to have her or his own blog. To request a blog, please e-mail your request to Academic Technology Services.

Promoting Your Blog

We've come across a blogging starter checklist that contains advice on promoting your blog to the internet. These steps aren't necessary, but the article is a good list of all the different places and resources you might use.

Add an Entry Movie

* Add_an_Entry_to_a_Blog.swf: Add_an_Entry_to_a_Blog.swf

-- KevinCreamer - 12 Dec 2005

• EasyWMAConversion.pdf: Documentation and link to a free utility that converts a windows media audio (wma) file to mp3

• Add_an_Entry_to_a_Blog.swf: Add_an_Entry_to_a_Blog.swf