http://prblogs.org Free Blogs for PR Practitioners, Educators and Students Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:18:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PRblogs.org has been growing a great deal over the past few years. Thousands upon thousands of blogs are happily churning along. So, with the increased usage and traffic, James Farmer of edublogs.org has kindly upgraded us to the full blown Edublogs Campus edition. What does this mean for users? Several ... http://prblogs.org/2008/03/09/prblogsorg-upgrade-now-fully-integrated-in-edublogs-campus-edition/ PRblogs.org had to undergo an upgrade due to the strain on the server. In some cases, this has caused some themes to be reset.  I apologize for any problems you may have encountered.  The upgrade was necessary to keep the site running. If your theme has been reset to the default theme, ... http://prblogs.org/2008/03/03/prblogsorg-upgrade-growth-has-its-growing-pains/ Just as we are using YouTube to embed video, we can now embed audio podcasts at PRblogs.org. Go to Utterz.com and sign up for an account. Then, record your podcast using your cellphone (or other phone) and embed it into your post, like this.  Well, the embed didn't work. So, here is ... http://prblogs.org/2008/02/22/using-utterz-to-podcast-on-prblogsorg/ In the past, Wordpress MU (WPMU) did sometimes pose obstacles with regard to posting video from YouTube and other sites in your blogs. This has all changed with our recent upgrade. Now, in your blog's editor, just look for the little yellow circle with an "A" in it. Click ... http://prblogs.org/2008/01/30/embedding-youtube-videos-in-prblogsorg/ PRblogs.org has now been upgraded to the latest version of WPMU 1.3. Many thanks to James Farmer! You'll notice that there are some new themes to choose from, and the whole site has an improved process to combat s.p.a.m., too. There is now an Avatar function. Just upload a photo ... http://prblogs.org/2007/11/06/pay-no-attention-to-the-workers-behind-the-curtain-please-pardon-the-construction/ Good news and many thanks to James Farmer of Edublogs.org. In our most recent upgrade, there was a quirk causing some random characters to appear in some blogs. I believe this has now been fixed. Check your blogs. Please report back here with a comment if you find ... http://prblogs.org/2007/05/09/update-prblogsorg-quirk-is-fixed/ Podcasting - both video and audio - is now possible at PRblogs.org. You can host your videos at any of these sites: your own files from some server (like DivShare), Google Video, YouTube, MetaCafe, iFilm, Revver, MySpace and GoEar. You may also post video from DailyMotion and iMixes from iTunes. ... http://prblogs.org/2007/03/04/more-upgrade-news-how-to-podcast-at-prblogs-dot-org/ Many thanks to James Farmer of edublogs.org for his tireless work over the past few weeks. A complete revamp of the PRblogs.org software platform is essentially finished. I'm still looking around to find any possible quirks that may have arisen. Please feel free to comment with any problems you ... http://prblogs.org/2007/03/03/prblogsorg-site-upgrade/ New, and about time, I have the feeds for the overall PRblogs.org community. The following feeds will provide the latest 20 posts and 20 comments generated throughout PRblogs.org. I may expand that to 30 or 40. Let me know what you think. Here are the feeds: Posts: Latest 20 ... http://prblogs.org/2007/02/22/new-sitewide-feeds-for-latest-posts-and-latest-comments-on-all-prblogsorg-blogs/ PRblogs.org is dedicated to providing free blogs to all public relations and marcom (marketing communications) students, educators and practitioners that wish to explore blogging. We welcome all public relations/marketing students, educators and practitioners to PRblogs.org. Lately, we have experienced a large surge in what would best be described as blogs with the ... http://prblogs.org/2007/02/21/mission-statement-for-prblogsorg/