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Redmine CUNY Academic Commons - Support #18521 (Reporter Feedback): Migrating English Site to CUNY Commonshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/185212023-07-31T14:01:44ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>A message from a new user about migrating a site to the Commons:</p>
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<p>"I've read your documentation on importing a wordpress site via XML, but given the large volume of content (like archive blog posts with featured >images and galleries) and especially the high degree of customization to the theme and css, that option doesn't seem very promising.</p>
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<p>The current department site is here:<br /><a class="external" href="https://english.ccny.cuny.edu/">https://english.ccny.cuny.edu/</a></p>
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<p>Are there any backup or migration plugins that can run on CUNY Commons?"</p>
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<p>Are we able to upload a custom theme they may be using to help with the re-build?</p>
<p>Is there a reason that XML export/import might not work here? Is there an alternative, or should I suggest the XML process only?</p>
<p>I found a few possible back up plugins - do any of these look reasonable for use on the Commons?</p>
<p>Updraft: <a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/">https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/</a><br />Backup Migration: <a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-backup/">https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-backup/</a><br />All in one Migration:https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #18412 (Reporter Feedback): New themes for template sites & templ...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/184122023-06-26T19:17:21ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I looked through some themes today to see what options we have for updating the template sites. Below I have provided some info about where I landed on new themes for the templates. If you want to live preview the new suggestions on the template sites, just let me know and I can add you as an admin.</p>
<p>Teaching Template: <a class="external" href="https://teaching-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://teaching-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a><br />Current: Twenty Twelve<br />New: Tempo</p>
<p>This is likely the most important choice because I think this is the most used template.</p>
<p>Academic Portfolio Template: <a class="external" href="https://academic-portfolio-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://academic-portfolio-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a><br />Current: Academica<br />New: Puskar</p>
<p>I would also suggest we change the site name and name in the site creation process to "Faculty & instructor portfolio template" to discourage student use of the template. We have many students building portfolios now and "academic" is too broad.</p>
<p>Conference Template: <a class="external" href="https://conftemplate.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://conftemplate.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a><br />Current Sydney <br />New: sydney<br /> I would suggest we leave the theme the same because Sydney has changed recently and there are many new options that make it a great theme.</p>
<p>I can make all these changes because I am an admin on the template sites (except name change during site creation) Let me know what you all think and we can discuss before I change anything.</p>
<p>I am also wondering if we can get a report on number of sites that have used each template to determine how often these templates are being chosed during creation.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Bug #18362 (Reporter Feedback): After entering OTP, I am redirected to a ...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/183622023-06-14T13:53:45ZRaffi Khatchadourianraffi.khatchadourian@hunter.cuny.edu
<p>Steps:<br />1. Logout<br />2. Go to <a class="external" href="https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin">https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin</a></p>
<p>Actually Result:<br />I am asked for the OTP. After successful authentication, I am redirected to <a class="external" href="https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu">https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu</a>.</p>
<p>Expected Result:<br />I am asked for the OTP. After successful authentication, I am redirected to <a class="external" href="https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin">https://khatchad.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin</a></p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #17739 (Testing Required): Embedding docs from Word in Microsoft ...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/177392023-02-28T17:06:40ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>As you may or may not know, CUNY has been transitioning all faculty, staff, and students to Microsoft Office 365 cloud. So instead of having Microsoft Office software, everyone now gets these tools and saves docs etc in the 365 cloud.</p>
<p>Someone in a training asked about embedding the Live cloud-hosted word docs into a commons site, similar to how Google docs works, so that when they update their Word doc the commons embed is also updated. This is different from how Word and the Commons works now, where faculty have to upload the static document.</p>
<p>Some examples of sharing links from a test cloud-hosted word doc:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://cuny907-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/laurie_hurson91_login_cuny_edu/EVX7t5bl5ghBlYt7ACvbWT4B1D7pj40Z0EC3MveWkMT8HA?e=0wjaf6">https://cuny907-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/laurie_hurson91_login_cuny_edu/EVX7t5bl5ghBlYt7ACvbWT4B1D7pj40Z0EC3MveWkMT8HA?e=0wjaf6</a></p>
<p><iframe src="https://cuny907-my.sharepoint.com/personal/laurie_hurson91_login_cuny_edu/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc={96b7fb55-e6e5-4108-958b-7b002bdb593e}&action=embedview" width="476px" height="288px" frameborder="0">This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com">Microsoft Office</a> document, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps">Office</a>.</iframe></p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #17621 (Reporter Feedback): increase Maximum file sizehttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/176212023-02-04T21:18:51ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<p>From Seonae Byeon:</p>
<p>As mentioned in the past emails, I am a collaborator for the land use oral history project. I am building a website to archive many audios and transcripts. I am unable to upload any audio files. Because the maximum upload file size is set to 128 MB. Could you please increase this to 1500 MB?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #17257 (Reporter Feedback): Avenir Fonthttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/172572022-11-17T16:15:28ZSyelle Graves
<p>Hi Commons Team,</p>
<p>(Marilyn says "Please open up a ticket in Redmine about this.")</p>
<p>We have an important need for a website to be displayed in Avenir font, due to branding reasons for a DOE-funded center. The site was moved over from Wix, where Avenir was a built-in option.</p>
<p>We’re creating the Commons site in Canvas, which has no option for Avenir that we can see.</p>
<p>Is it possible that there is an option to add code to change the site’s font to Avenir? Or, are there any themes on the Commons that have Avenir font built in or allow code to allow it? Montserrat, the recommended alternative via Google fonts, looks noticeably different from our years of existing/already-distributed materials, which we don't have a way to go back in time and change. This includes our banner and logo, which we will have to change to match our (already-designed) site.</p>
<p>Is there anything we can do? <br />Many thanks!</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Design/UX #17018 (Reporter Feedback): Analytics for Profile Fields & Feat...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/170182022-10-12T21:20:03ZSara Cannon
<p>Hello! Can I get some database queries for some stats on the following?</p>
<p>- Can you pull links to the top 25 most active profiles?<br />- under your profile, you see the stat “Your profile is X% complete”. Can you pull % of profiles 100% complete, % of profiles below 75% complete, % of profiles below 50% complete, and % of profiles below 25% complete<br />- % of profiles Using IM Link, How many have added IM link in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using Flickr ID, How many have added Flickr ID in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using Delicious ID, How many have added Delicious ID in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using ORCID ID, How many have added an ORCID ID in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using Google Scholar, How many have added Google Scholar in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using Blog URL, How many have added Blog URL in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using RSS Feed, How many have added an RSS Feed in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months<br />- % of profiles Using the status update, How many have added a status update in the past 2 years, in the past 3 months</p>
<p>Thank You</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #16545 (Reporter Feedback): "Bug in customizr? Gravity form submi...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/165452022-07-29T15:46:59ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<p>Syelle Graves reports:</p>
<p>We have a hopefully-simple question about a Gravity form that uses the post creation option on this site <a class="external" href="https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/category/spanish/">https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/category/spanish/</a></p>
<p>The problem is that even though we have the submitted image set to be the featured image of the post draft, the image never appears in the post itself: <a class="external" href="https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gf_edit_forms&id=1">https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gf_edit_forms&id=1</a> (<a class="external" href="https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gf_edit_forms&id=1">https://weauthors.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gf_edit_forms&id=1</a>)</p>
<p>I have ignored this for some time, because on the BMCC OL, where I also work, we have observed this to be a bug in this same theme that we are using here on the Commons site (Customizr).</p>
<p>However, perhaps your team has a solve? Is there any way to get the image to show in the post tile without us adding it manually? We are doing a large-scale project of CUNY student writing, and it would be a huge benefit to our instructors who have to publish hundreds of student submissions by hand as they come in.</p>
<p>Many thanks!</p>
<p>~</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #15923 (Reporter Feedback): Bellows Plugin Adjustmentshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/159232022-04-18T16:41:35ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>The folks at the GC Writing Center are working on building out a series of writing/revision resources on their website here:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/revision-strategies/">https://gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/revision-strategies/</a></p>
<p>They are using the Bellows plugin to create the sidebar menu you see on the left of that page and other pages clicked on through the menu.</p>
<p>They were wondering if it would be possible to make some adjustments to how the plugin works. It would be ideal if the sidebar menu:</p>
<p>- highlights which page a user is on. <br /> Meaning if you are on RS argument, the background color of the sidebar menu highlights this page.</p>
<p>- show the the path the user took to arrive at each page. <br /> Meaning, at the top each page the breadcrumbs info shows the top level and lower level menu items that lead to that page. For example if I was on this page <a class="external" href="https://gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/rs_ventilation/">https://gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/rs_ventilation/</a> the breadcrumbs at the top would be "Home > RS Style > rs_ventilation"</p>
<p>I am not sure what our policy is on editing plugins for single use cases but these changes to Bellows seemed simple enough and potentially useful for other users.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #15176 (Reporter Feedback): Archiving Q Writing & Old Wordpress S...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/151762022-01-11T15:39:32ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi Boone, Ray, All,</p>
<p>I am meeting with librarians and staff from Queens College later this week to talk about the use of Q-Writing and the Commons on their campus. I spoke with them last semester and they had asked about some form of migration or archiving of Q writing on the Commons.</p>
<p>Some background: Q Writing is a Wordpress multi-site platform that the Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning set up years ago. As far as I can tell, it is not as consistently used or maintained as the Commons or other campus-specific Wordpress platforms throughout CUNY. The Queens college folks have asked about the "possibility of incorporating QC’s current WordPress MU site into the Commons." Qwriting currently has 8,195 sites and 22,538 users.</p>
<p>I told them migrating or archiving Q writing in the Commons was probably not possible but when I spoke to Matt briefly about it, he mentioned I should ask about HTML flattening or other possibilities. The Queens college folks had thought about setting up a CBOX to replace Q writing but I told them, and they likely already knew, that setting CBOX presented that same maintenance and sustainability issues they were already experiencing.</p>
<p>Any insight about possibilities for archiving, flattening, etc would be appreciated. Even if we can only do some of the sites (or none), that would be helpful for me to know and share with them when we meet on Thursday.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Publicity #14504 (Reporter Feedback): Adding showcases to home page menuhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/145042021-05-28T12:52:19ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Can we add the Conference and OER showcase pages to the main menu on the Commons? I have access to create pages on the main site but am not sure how to add them to this main menu. I don't want to try and mess something up.</p>
<p>Two showcase pages to add to main menu, under "About":</p>
<p>Conference:https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/conferences-on-the-commons/<br />OER: <a class="external" href="https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/open-educational-resource-projects-on-the-commons/">https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/open-educational-resource-projects-on-the-commons/</a></p>
<p>Thanks!</p> AD/O365 Transition from NonMatric to Matriculated Students - Feature #12062 (In Progress): creat...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/120622019-11-12T20:50:21ZEmilio RodriguezCUNY Academic Commons - Support #11149 (Reporter Feedback): comments getting blockedhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/111492019-02-25T15:15:05ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<p>User Ralitsa Todorova writes:<br />"I am using the commons for the courses I am teaching and have a discussion board component where students needs to submit posts. Each week now, there are a handful of students whose responses get flagged as spam, even though they’ve created accounts (and I’ve made the page visible only to those with accounts) and have had posts approved that have gone through before. Is there any way to fix this so that it stops spamming their messages? I get flooded with panicked emails each weekend and it would really help if the site would stop blocking their posts."</p>
<p>I suspect you'll have follow-up questions. LMK what to ask.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #11131 (Reporter Feedback): Image Annotation Pluginshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/111312019-02-20T17:23:54ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Recently, a faculty member asked about installing the PRO version the plugin 'Draw Attention' (<a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/draw-attention/">https://wordpress.org/plugins/draw-attention/</a>) for image annotation for her art history class. The free version currently on the Commons only allows annotation on one image per site and she was hoping to use it for student assignments (30-60 images per site). The plugin does not have front-end annotation but rather requires the user to create the annotations through the dashboard area of the plugin. In the dashboard, users select the clickable areas for front-end users to explore. From what I can tell in the free version, like a post, a user chooses an image, adds content (annotations) and posts the image. Tested here: <a class="external" href="https://coursetest.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?da_image=123">https://coursetest.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?da_image=123</a></p>
<p>The plugin is fairly easy to use through the dashboard interface but its unclear whether users can annotate images posted by others (but probably not, like posts)so its possible that this plugin does not allow for shared/collaborative annotation on a image.</p>
<p>Just FYI, the PRO version costs $74/year for one site and $124/year for unlimited sites, but I know the Commons tends to steer away from paid plugins. Moreover, dashboard editing and non-collaborative annotation may not be not ideal for a class setup. I think front-end annotation might work better since having users access the image through the back-end and set up annotations might be confusing for students and require admin user status as opposed to author status.</p>
<p>I'm not sure of other tools that do collaborative image annotation (other than VOCAT). One possibility is Demon Image Annotation but this plugin might work the same way as Draw Attention</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/demon-image-annotation/">https://wordpress.org/plugins/demon-image-annotation/</a></p> NYCDH Community Site - Feature #2573 (Reporter Feedback): Add dh_nyc twitter list feed to sitehttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/25732013-05-16T21:11:46ZMark Newtonmnewton@columbia.edu