Sites upgrade 8/11/2021

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, August 10th, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

For more information please submit a help request to Information Technology Services.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 5.7.1

 

https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-8/

Sites upgrade 4/21/2020

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, April 21st, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

For more information please submit a help request to Information Technology Services.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 5.7.1

 

https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-7-1/ 

Sites upgrade 6/16/2020

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

For more information please submit a help request to Information Technology Services.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 5.4.2

 

Read more about WordPress version 5.4.2here

Sites upgrade 3/4/2020

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

For more information please submit a help request to Information Technology Services.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 5.3.2

 

Read more about WordPress version 5.3.2 here

Sites upgrade 10/24/19

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday, October 24th, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

For more information please submit a help request to Information Technology Services.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 5.2.4

 

Read more about WordPress version 5.2.4 here

Sites upgrade 7/16

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Monday, July 16th, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

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

WordPress Core will be updated to version 4.9.7.

 

Read more about WordPress version 4.9.7 here

Temple Sites Upgrade 4/19

 

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday, April 19th, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

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

 

Temple Sites Upgrade December 6th

Update: The upgrade is now complete.

 

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

WordPress core, security, and PHP will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core and PHP will be updated to the latest version.

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

 

July 11th WordPress Upgrade

EDIT: The maintenance is complete.

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, July 11th, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM. WordPress core, several plugins, and several themes will be upgraded. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress Core will be updated to version 4.8. Read more about WordPress version 4.8.

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

May 24 Upgrade

EDIT: Maintenance has been completed!

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM. WordPress core, several plugins, and several themes will be upgraded. All upgrades are minor. No action is needed by site administrators. There may be intermittent access during this time.

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

January WordPress Upgrade

EDIT: Maintenance complete!

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 from 6 PM to 7 PM. WordPress core, plugins, and themes will be upgraded. There may be intermittent access during this time.

WordPress core will be upgraded to 4.7. This version of WordPress has video header support, PDF preview, editor improvements, and other updates under the hood. Read more about WordPress 4.7.

All plugins and themes will be updated to their latest stable version. Additionally, the Juicer plugin has been installed.

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

September Maintenance

EDIT: All maintenance has been completed successfully.

Sites.temple.edu will undergo scheduled maintenance at the following times:

Friday, September 16th, 2016 from 6 PM to 7 PM. No downtime is expected.

Tuesday, September 20th from 7 AM to 8 AM. Brief downtime may occur.

Tuesday, September 27th from 7 AM to 8 AM. Brief downtime may occur.

We will be increasing the size of the disk that stores media uploads (images, documents, etc), making a hardware change on the database server, and upgrading WordPress to the latest version.

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

Site Updates for June 23, 2016

EDIT: The maintenance has been completed successfully.

This site is scheduled to be updated on Thursday, June 23, 2016 from 6pm to 7pm. During that time you may not have access to view or update your websites. For more information please submit a help request to Computer Services.

WordPress 4.5.3
WordPress will also be upgraded to version 4.5.3 (a security update to WordPress 4.5 which provides a number of improvements, such as inline linking, formatting shortcuts, and responsive previews so you can see what your site looks like on various screen sizes – like tablets and phones – all from your desktop). Some of the new features of WordPress 4.5 are described in this video:


WordPress 4.0 and the Visualizer Plugin

http://wordpress.tv/2014/09/04/benny/

Temple University Sites has been updated to WordPress 4.0. This release features easier embeds, a new visual media browser, and many subtle improvements that should make posting to your website even easier.

Visualizer Plugin

We have also installed the Visualizer plugin, which allows you to quickly generate charts and embed them within your sites. You can activate this, and a number of other plugins for your website by visiting the Plugins page within your site’s admin area.

A screenshot of the Visualizer plugin
The Visualizer plugin offers an easy way to embed interactive charts into your website

Introducing the My Sites Page

Today, I am proud to introduce the My Sites page. There is now one place to view all of the websites that you have access to, and quickly get where you need to go to manage your sites.

We have also upgraded WordPress and all plugins and themes to their latest versions, and added support for the BadgeOS and Fourteen Colors plugins.

As always, please submit a help request to Computer Services if you have questions or issues.

Site Updates for June 19, 2014

This site is scheduled to be updated on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 6pm to 7pm. During that time you may not have access to view or update your websites. For more information please submit a help request to Computer Services.

Update: the upgrade is now complete. Please submit a help request to Computer Services if you still have questions or if you are noticing any issues.

WordPress 3.9

WordPress 3.9 comes with lots of great improvements, such as live widget and header image previews, better image and gallery editing and built-in audio playlists.

Here is a quick video overview of what’s new in 3.9:

http://wordpress.tv/2014/04/16/introducing-wordpress-3-9-smith/

New Plugins

This update includes the GD bbPress Attachments plugin, which adds support for attachments within bbPress forums. We are also proud to announce support for new add-on plugins for Gravity Forms to use surveys, quizzes, polls, and user signatures with your existing Gravity Forms.