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The Events Calendar plugin

Events are fun – so are calendars! Publish your events with our new plugin – The Events Calendar. This is a carefully crafted, extensible plugin that lets you easily share your events.

You can activate it from your Plugins directory in your blog. Click Plugins from the left-hand side menu of your Dashboard. Once activated, view the Help link for  step-by-step instructions and videos.

From your Dashboard > left-hand side menu > Events > Help.

Or use this link – http://tri.be/support/documentation/events-calendar-pro-new-user-primer/

Enjoy….

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New Plugin! WooSlider!

There’s a new plugin on the block: WooSlider. Activate the plugin and you’re on your way to making a slideshow in minutes.

What is it?
WooSlider is an easy to use, highly customizable slideshow plugin. You can create slideshows of images or of blog posts. WooSlider is fully responsive which means your content will look great, regardless of the device it is viewed on.

Demo Slideshow:

  • Football Stadium

  • Walking by buildings

How do I use it in my blog?Dashboard-Slideshows
1. After activating the plugin, you’ll see “Slideshows” listed on your administrative navigation:

2. Go to Slideshows > Add New Slide to create new slides just as you would blog posts. Slides can be any combination of images and text

3. Put slides into slideshow groups just as you would categorize blog posts.

4. To insert slideshows into a post, Go to Add Media> Slideshows > Slideshow Type. Here you have the option to create a slideshow from already attached images, from previous blog posts, or from the slideshow group you just created.

5. Customize the slider in the Advanced Settings button on the same screen.

6. Click the Insert Slideshowbutton and some code will be inserted into your post. You now have a slideshow.

Where can I find more info?

 

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Our customers spoke – we listened.

We have a new theme based on the UT Responsive Theme. Our customers told us they would like to have an option to use the UT Responsive Theme – but with a smaller header image. The new UT Responsive Small Image theme serves this purpose.

new UT Responsive Small Image theme
UT Responsive Small Image theme

Your options for using the UT Responsive Theme are:

– UT Responsive Theme – image size: 960w x 320h
– UT Responsive Small Image has a header image of: 960w x 100h

To activate these themes on your blog, log in to your Dashboard and on the right-hand side, go to:

Appearance > Themes
In the “Search Installed Themes” box, type: Responsive

You will then see the two UT Responsive Themes provided by the University Blogs Team (provided one of these themes is not already your current theme).

To change the header image, go to:

Appearance > Header

Click the Choose File button and browse to the new graphic you created. Then click upload.

You also have the option to remove a header graphic completely. Click: Remove Header Image to do this. The title of your blog will show instead.

We hope you find these themes useful. Additional information about this theme can be found here. https://sites.utexas.edu/utresponsive/

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