A group for MLA Commons members to ask questions about how the platform works and to get support with any problems on the site. Helpfulness is the currency of this particular realm! (Help image courtesy of the Flickr user Liminal Mike.)
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Backing up our content in the discussion
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 6 years, 5 months agoHello!
Coming back to this thread (four years!) later just to note that we back up all WP content, including images, for all sites on the Humanities Commons network (including MLA Commons, etc.) daily. Should you wish to back up your own materials, you can download the XML from the /wp-admin of a site and either save it yourself or upload the…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic "Publications" section of MLA Commons Profile? in the discussion
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months agoHi, Susan,
We’re so sorry about this! Your data has not been lost, but we did discover a field name mismatch which we think is causing the publications not to appear. Our developer is aware of the problem and has prioritized it. Again, we can only apologize.
Best,
Nicky for the MLA Commons team
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Roger Whitson started the topic Creating a Group Blog in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHi everyone,
I’m trying to set up a Group blog for the Digital Humanities Group (http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/). I went to the Group Blog Tab after clicking “admin” on the bar to the left. […]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic no admin on one group? in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHi Dan, Trying this forum for a “site administrator”question. The PTF group has no admin. So we can’t really post a summary, or manage the site. I volunteered to be administrator, but no response yet! Thanks […]
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Rejection from a group? in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHi Margaret,
I apologize for the confusion. The group you requested to join is not a discussion group but in fact an ADE committee reserved for department chairs. The name and description have been edited to […]
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Leaving Groups in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoThanks for the feedback, George. It’s on our development list.
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Rejection from a group? in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoI understood the commons to be an “open” area, for “exchange” of ideas. I was just “rejected” from joining a group, the association of departments of English!! I am the chair of the PTF discussion group, […]
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George H. Williams replied to the topic Leaving Groups in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThanks for the response, Chris. A few days ago, I followed your instructions — logging into my MLA member account at mla.org and etc. — and made several changes to division and discussion group memberships. […]
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George H. Williams replied to the topic Embed Storify in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThanks!
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Embed Storify in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoI want to limit the number of plugins, so the best approach is to take these up one at a time and include them all in a single plugin. Where possible I’ll use oEmbed, which provides the user-friendly approach of […]
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Suggest Contact-to-Contact connections? in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoNot currently, no.
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Leaving Groups in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoPublic and hidden groups offer a “Leave Group” button on the group home page underneath the group name/description, e.g.:
http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mla-commons-help/
Private groups are currently a bit […]
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George H. Williams started the topic Suggest Contact-to-Contact connections? in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoIs there a way to suggestion connections from person-to-person?
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George H. Williams started the topic Leaving Groups in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoHow do I go about leaving a group of which I am a member?
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George H. Williams replied to the topic Blog Theme and Plugin Requests in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoHuzzah! Thanks, Chris.
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Blog Theme and Plugin Requests in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoBlaskan and TwentyTwelve are installed.
I’ll need to take more time on the plugins since they have more severe performance/security implications.
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George H. Williams replied to the topic Embed Storify in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoHow about this Storify plugin? From the “features” description: “Embed stories with ease — simply paste the URL to the story, and WordPress takes care of the rest.”
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George H. Williams replied to the topic Embedding YouTube Videos in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoVery helpful! Thank you, Chris.
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Embed Storify in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoSee my post on your topic about <embed>s and <object>s. Unfortunately Storify is currently not included in WordPress’s shortcodes. I’ll look into a separate plugin to provide this functionality.
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Chris Zarate replied to the topic Embedding YouTube Videos in the forum
MLA Commons Help on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoHi George,
Because MLA Commons is a multisite WordPress install, there are certain user behaviors that could end up being detrimental to everyone. Unfortunately, <embed>s, <object>s, and <iframe>s fall into […]
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