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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.

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WordPress 5.5.1

UBS has been updated with the latest WordPress maintenance release, 5.5.1.

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WordPress 5.4

UBS has been updated with the latest release of WordPress.

https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/adderley/

There are several improvements to the Gutenberg content editor in this release. By default, UBS sites are still using the classic WordPress editor. If you would like to test out or begin using the new WordPress content editor, just go to your plugins dashboard and de-activate the “Classic Editor” plugin.

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WordPress 5.3

UBS has been updated to WordPress 5.3, “Kirk”. This release focuses on improvements to the Block editor experience and introduces the Twenty Twenty theme. This theme is now available to be activated from your Themes dashboard.

https://wordpress.org/news/2019/11/kirk/

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Add a secondary identification to your UT WordPress Theme

The UT WordPress theme now has the ability to allow configuration of the UT branding bar with a “Secondary Identification” title. This area (top left of UT WordPress Theme) has typically been used to call out the specific school/group/lab related to the site.

secondary identification example

To configure the secondary identification go to:

Customize -> UT Brand Bar -> enter Secondary Identification

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