Blogs@UWW » admin http://blogs.uww.edu Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:12:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Blog Service Upgrade Scheduled for Thursday, August 6th, 5-7am http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/07/31/blog-service-upgrade-scheduled-for-thursday-august-6th-5-7am/ http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/07/31/blog-service-upgrade-scheduled-for-thursday-august-6th-5-7am/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:32:04 +0000 admin http://blogs.uww.edu/?p=303 iCIT will be performing a scheduled blog service upgrade on Thursday, August 6th between the hours of 5:00am and 7:00am. During this time the service will be intermittently unavailable. iCIT encourages current blog users to view the newest documentation for the system prior to the upgrade in order to learn about changes to the user interface. These changes include new editing features and revised menu navigation. More information is available at http://blogs.uww.edu/whats-new-in-blogsuww-28/. If you have question or concerns, please contact the Helpdesk at (262) 472-4357.

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We apologize for the short notice of this outage.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Learning Technology Center at 472-1004 or ltc@uww.edu.

]]> http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/03/23/service-outage-32609/feed/ 0 Planned Data Center Shutdown on 1/14: All Servers & Services Affected http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/01/12/planned-data-center-shutdown-on-114-all-servers-services-affected/ http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/01/12/planned-data-center-shutdown-on-114-all-servers-services-affected/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:17:40 +0000 admin http://blogs.uww.edu/?p=165

The campus data center will be shut down on Wednesday, January 14 from 4am to 7am to complete electrical work that is part of the Data Center renovation project.  The work will require shutting down all servers and services.  Affected services include, but are not limited to:

  • Campus email
  • Campus Internet Service
  • Wired and Wireless Network Access
  • All UW-W hosted websites
  • Novell / Network Storage
  • WINS / TouchNet
  • Blogs, wikis, podcasts, Instant Messaging
  • VoIP
  • D2L may still be accessed via https://uww.courses.wisconsin.edu

If any services are delayed past 7am, iCIT will communicate this information via email and the SysStat web page, when available. You may also contact the Helpdesk at 472-4357 or helpdesk@uww.edu for the latest information.

This work is necessary to integrate the new air conditioning and fire suppression systems with our data center Emergency Power Off system.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Helpdesk at 472-4357 or helpdesk@uww.edu.

]]> http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2009/01/12/planned-data-center-shutdown-on-114-all-servers-services-affected/feed/ 0 Service Issues – Resolved http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/12/15/service-issues-resolved/ http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/12/15/service-issues-resolved/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:33:01 +0000 admin http://blogs.uww.edu/?p=161 At 11:35PM on Sunday, December 14th users may have experienced strange behavior while posting or updating their blogs.  The problem was resolved at 8:45AM on Monday, December 15th.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the LTC at 262-472-1004.

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If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the LTC at 262-472-1004.

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If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the LTC at 262-472-1004.

]]> http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/11/18/service-outage-11252008/feed/ 0 Service Outage – 11/21/2008 http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/11/13/blogsuww-service-outage-112108/ http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/11/13/blogsuww-service-outage-112108/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:10:25 +0000 admin http://blogs.uww.edu/?p=145 The Blogs@UWW service and website will be unavailable on Friday, November 21st between 6:30am and 7:30am while it is upgraded to the latest software release.  This is a bugfix release and does not contain any user noticeable changes.

We will also be scheduling a regular monthly maintenance window for the Blogs@UWW Service starting on Friday, December 5th between 5:00am and 7:00am and continuing on the first Friday of every month.  Users may not be able to access the system during this time.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the LTC at 262-472-1004.

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A scheduled outage will occur later today, Friday, October 31, from 3:00pm to 3:30pm, to install the permanent replacement equipment that will allow us to run at full capacity. During this time, there will be no access to campus email, web site, or WINS. We apologize for the inconvenience.

]]> http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/10/31/service-outage-103108/feed/ 0 Blogs@UWW Service Outage http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/08/11/blogsuww-service-outage/ http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/08/11/blogsuww-service-outage/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:52:19 +0000 admin http://blogs.uww.edu/blog/2008/08/11/blogsuww-service-outage/ The Blogs@UWW service will be unavailable on Thursday, August 14th between 6:00am and 8:00am while its upgraded to the latest Wordpress release.  Here are a few of the new features:

  • Flash Image Uploader
  • Theme Previews
  • New Plugin Manager
  • Cleaner admin interface
  • Post Revisions
  • Upgraded Text Editor
  • Built-in Galleries

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the
LTC at 472-1004.

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