Author: Stephen Guglielmo

Please close your browser after logging out of Temple Sites to ensure your information is safe.

For security reasons, it is important to actually log off when you’re done so others can’t open the browser and get into your accounts.

To avoid putting your information at risk, follow these three steps when you’re finished:

1. Sign out of sites.temple.edu.
2. Close the browser.
   AND
3. Log off the computer.

If you have any questions, please open a TUHelp request.

On Thursday, April 20th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, Temple University Sites will be switched to a new login screen. After the change is made, you will log in using the TUgateway screen. Please continue to use your AccessNet username and password to log in.

As usual, please open a TUHelp ticket if you have any questions or concerns regarding the new login system.

EDIT: Maintenance complete!

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Monday, January 30th, 2017 from 6 PM to 7 PM. Brief downtime is expected during this time.

Hardware changes will be made to improve server performance.

For more information please submit a help request to Computer Services.

As mentioned in a previous post, an old users cleanup was executed last night. Users who no longer have an AccessNet account were deleted. If they authored any content (posts or pages), the content was reassigned to another admin on the site. If there were no other admins, the site was deactivated. We always avoid deleting any content if possible.

Here’s some stats from the cleanup process:

Total Users: 11032
Users Deleted: 2063
Sites Deactivated: 31

If there’s any questions or problems, open a ticket!

According to the Sites policies, sites that have not been updated in two or more years will be removed. Recently, an old sites cleanup was executed. Sites that had been previously deactivated* were permanently deleted. Sites that had not been updated in two or more years were deactivated and will eventually be permanently deleted. All users of deactivated sites were given several email notifications prior to the cleanup.

Here are some numbers from the cleanup process:

Total Sites Before Cleanup: 2,423
Sites permanently deleted: 302
Sites deactivated: 804
Active Sites: 1317

Another cleanup to delete users who are no longer at the university will be run within a few weeks. Keep an eye out here for details!

* When a site owner deletes their own site, it becomes “deactivated” within WordPress.

If there’s any questions or problems, open a ticket!

Gravity Forms is a plugin that allows site admins to create contact forms, polls, quizzes, and other types of HTML forms on their site. Learn how to create a form using Gravity Forms.

We strongly recommend that site admins add a CAPTCHA to all forms that are publicly accessible.

A CAPTCHA is a test to determine if a user is a human or not. Automated bots/scripts can submit forms, which can spam your email address with invalid form submissions. A CAPTCHA will prevent this from happening. It can also prevent valid users from accidentally submitting a form multiple times.

To add a CAPTCHA to an existing or a new form:

1. Navigate to the edit page for the existing or the newly created form.
2. On the right, select Advanced Fields.
3. Click the CAPTCHA button.
4. Click the Update Form button.

Below are images that show an example CAPTCHA.

For any questions or additional support, please open a ticket at TUHelp. Happy blogging!