The UBS stewardship team will upgrade PHP 5.4 to 5.6 on June 13th, 2019. Maintenance will begin at 6 pm and is expected to last for one hour. The service will need to be restarted and a short outage is expected. No actions are required on your part.
WordPress 5.1.1
UBS has been updated to WordPress 5.1.1. See the following link for more information about this maintenance and security patch.
Gutenberg Editor Is Available!
UBS will be updated to WordPress 5.1.1 on May 23rd, 2019. You’ll notice a handful of changes throughout your Dashboard but one that we want to share is the new Page/Post editor called Gutenberg.
It’s a big change from the current, “Classic” editor you’re familiar with so far. The Classic editor will continue to be available by default for all current and new sites.
Site Administrators are welcome to try out the new Gutenberg editor at any time!
Just log into your site Dashboard, click on Plugins in the left-hand menu, then deactivate the “Classic Editor” plugin.
WordPress 4.9.10
UBS has been updated to WordPress 4.9.10. See the following link for more information about this security patch.
Database Maintenance Outage
The University Blog Service will be unavailable on March 20th from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM for database maintenance.
Check the IT Maintenance Events Calendar ( EID Auth Required ) for more information.
Database Maintenance Outage
The University Blog Service will undergo an upgrade on February 19th, 2019 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM. During this time the service may be unavailable.
Check the IT Maintenance Events Calendar ( EID Auth Required ) for more information.
If you have any questions, please contact the UT Service Desk at 512-475-9400. Thank you!
WordPress 4.9.9
UBS has been updated to WordPress 4.9.9. See the following link for more information about this security patch.
Maintenance Outage
The University Blog Service will undergo an upgrade on December 18th, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. During this time the service may be unavailable.
Check the IT Maintenance Events Calendar for more information.
If you have any questions, please contact the UT Service Desk at 512-475-9400. Thank you!
Wave of the Future: Google Analytics
First published on January 28, 2015. Updated on November 29, 2018.
This post will walk you through getting your site up with Google Analytics and properly configured. Let’s get started!
Before beginning, please be sure to review the best practices policy for the use of analytics on campus. Ensure that you have the following before beginning to configure your blog site:
• Site administrator credentials for a University Blog Service blog
• An email address that is not hosted on UTMail
First, create a Google Account. This can be your own personal Gmail/Google account if you have one. For departmental blogs or sites with multiple administrators, we do strongly recommend that a new Google Account be created for the group and that the credentials be shared in Stache with fellow administrators.
Next, log into the Google Analytics page, http://www.google.com/analytics/web, using the blog’s Google Account.
• Click “Sign Up”
• Fill out the New Account details using your blog information
• And select “Get tracking ID”
Next log into the Dashboard for your WordPress blog site, then:
• Click on “Plugins” in the left hand menu.
• Look for a plugin named “Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights.”
• Click on the “Activate” link under it.
The Dashboard will refresh once the plugin had been successfully activated. At this point the plugin will need to be configured to follow the best practices for Google Analytics use on campus.
• While still in Plugins, find the Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights you just activated and click on Settings.
• Click “Authenticate with your Google account” and provide the email used to create your google analytics profile, then click “Allow” to allow the plugin to access your Google account.
• Select your site from the “Pick a Profile” dropdown and click “Complete Connection”.
• You will get a message that it is finishing up and you will be taken back to your site. You will be on a page called Insights.
• Scroll down and click “Save Changes”.
That’s it! You’re done! After a short period of time Google Analytics will begin to collect information and you can view your Analytics from your Google Account. If you should have any questions, please send an email to help@sites.utexas.edu
NOTE: On August 9, 2018 Google Analytics for WordPress changed ownership from Yoast to MonsterInsights. This article has been updated to reflect this change.
If you already had Google Analytics activated on your site, please follow these instructions to re-authenticate:
- Log in to your site dashboard
- Open the left hand menu item, “Insights” (formerly called “Analytics”)
- Follow the instructions to re-authenticate with Google Analytics
Resources from the plugin Developer:
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 are HTTPs only get a little boost. This is how you do it.
Getting Started
SSL only is configured on the server on a per site basis so you must activate it for each of your sites individually. Fortunately it’s real simple
To enable this feature on your site, log into your Dashboard and click Settings -> SSL
In the resulting page you will see a “Go ahead, activate SSL!”. Click that button and you’re done! Browse your site and ensure that all content is displaying as you expect.
Encountering Issues?
You may notice images not appearing, styling not being applied, Javascript not running, or your site not behaving as expected. This is likely because there are hard coded references to these resources in your website. Changing them from ‘http’ to ‘https’ will address the issue. If you encounter further difficulties, please submit a ticket to help@sites.utexas.edu for assistance.
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