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University Blog Service

University of Texas at Austin

Welcome to the University Blog Service
The University Blog Service (UBS) is a managed WordPress Multisite platform available for use by current students, faculty, and staff (for non-course related purposes) at The University of Texas at Austin. Sites can be created for individuals, groups, projects, or departments.

Have a question? Service documentation and request form can be found in the UBS service catalog. Alternatively, you can submit a request through ServiceNow by emailing us at help@sites.utexas.edu.

, Filed Under: News

SSL Only Available on UBS

Starting today, all site administrators now have the ability to force visitors to view their site over HTTPS! There is much discussion from Google as well as the US Federal Government as to why you might want to consider it. Least to say when it comes to Google search rankings, those that… read more 

, Filed Under: Did You Know

Improve Contrast Issues with Twitter Timeline Embeds

We recently had a user write in who wanted to share a tip about how to handle a common accessibility problem when embedding Twitter: Minimum Color Contrast. I have been working to increase our accessibility scores and was able to improve the Twitter color contrast on our other sites by… read more 

, Filed Under: maintenance, News

WordPress 4.9.8

UBS has been updated to WordPress 4.9.8.  See the link below for more information about this maintenance release. https://wordpress.org/news/2018/08/wordpress-4-9-8-maintenance-release/

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