New Themes:
Custom Facebook Feed
Embed Webmap
Thinglink
WP Google Maps
Zotpress
New Plugins:
GeneratePress
Forefront
Intergalactic
Radcliffe
Category Archives: Technical Updates
Three New Themes to Choose From
In response to a faculty request for more theming options, we have installed Edin, Motif and Sela. Enjoy!
Two New Themes for the New Year
We have just activated the WordPress Twenty Fifteen theme and the Editor theme. Both themes are now available to all blogs in our network. Visit the Dashboard’s Appearance page to preview or choose a theme.
Cheers!
-Tim
New Theme Installed: Oxygen
Per the theme’s download page:
Oxygen is a minimalistic, mobile-optimized magazine theme with responsive layout. The main features include a featured content slider, custom front page template, 5 widget areas, and 3 menus.
Embedding Prezi
Brown’s Instructional Technology Group reached out with a faculty request for embedding web presentations in the Prezi format into their blog. We found a plugin, tested it and it works.
Here is a sample:
Embedding a Prezi is somewhat technical but is fairly well described on the plugin website. One thing to note: the plugin is already uploaded, so step 1 is unnecessary.