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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>HI Kenneth,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Some of my colleagues and friends at CUNY have
already replied to this thread, but I thought I'd mention the CUNY Academic
Commons (<A href="http://commons.gc.cuny.edu">http://commons.gc.cuny.edu</A>)
because we chose to forground the social networking capabilities of BuddyPress
into our site conception and design. The site is built on
WPMu/BuddyPress/BbPress/MediaWiki, but the center of it is really the
group/profile functionality offered by BuddyPress. Many new BP plugins are
making it easier and easier for groups to communicate with one another in
various ways (one can now easily create a blog that is pre-populated with
authors drawn from a BP group, for instance). BP is still maturing as a
collaborative platform, but it already offers some very useful
functionality. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Good luck with your project and please let me know
whether I can answer any questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Matt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial>---------------------------------------------------------<BR>Matthew
K. Gold, Ph.D.<BR>Project Director, CUNY Academic Commons (<A
href="http://commons.gc.cuny.edu">http://commons.gc.cuny.edu</A>)<BR>Assistant
Professor of English, New York City College of Technology, CUNY<BR>Interactive
Technology and Pedagogy Doctoral Certificate Program, CUNY Graduate
Center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>300 Jay Street <BR>Brooklyn, NY 11201<BR>(718)
260-4972<BR><A href="mailto:mgold@gc.cuny.edu">mgold@gc.cuny.edu</A><BR><A
href="http://mkgold.net">http://mkgold.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Kenneth_DeBlois@brown.edu
href="mailto:Kenneth_DeBlois@brown.edu">DeBlois, Kenneth</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=wp-edu@lists.automattic.com
href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [wp-edu] Finalizing plug-ins for
our Wordpress MU offering</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I haven’t received a post from this list in a while.
I’m hopeful that I’ll get some help from the folks out there.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>We’re in the middle of a pilot of Wordpress MU and getting
ready to launch a full service. Our goal is to provide a blogging
platform to be used by:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Faculty as a teaching tool and a publishing platform
to discuss there research<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Student Organizations that want a blog instead of a
website<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Provide a web space for post-docs, graduate students,
and others that want to discuss research online and want a simple publishing
platform.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Administrative staff looking to share news,
collaborate on projects, etc.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’m working to get a solid set of plug-ins to meet the
needs of our audiences and I wanted to check in with folks about
plug-ins.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Does anyone use buddypress (<A
href="http://buddypress.org/">http://buddypress.org/</A>) I’m trying to
determine if it has value in our environment. I’d love to know if other
colleges/universities have considered using it and what they’ve
decided.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Do any of you have good plug-in recommendations for
:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Blog sitemap generation<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>SEO improvements<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">c.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Connection to Feedburner<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">d.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Sending out an email that contains the post to any
subscriber that has indicated they want an email.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>To give you a sense of some of the other plug-ins that we
are playing with, here is our list thus far:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So far we have these system wide:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Shibboleth for authentication<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Simpler css – so blog owners can edit their
CSS<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>cets_blog_defaults - provides a ton of default
blog settings<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Akismet – for spam<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Bad Behavior – for spam and hacks<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Supercache<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Site-wide feed 1492758394_wpmufeed.php<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Extra Private blog settings
999830698_ds_private_blog.php<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>We allow blog admins to activate these
plug-ins:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>After The Deadline<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>article2pdf<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Flickr Gallery<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Grunion Contact Form<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>PollDaddy Polls<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Popularity Contest<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>Shadowbox JS<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>ShareThis<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>SyntaxHighlighter Evolved<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>WP-PostRatings<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>WPtouch iPhone Theme<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you for any feedback!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ken<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ken DeBlois<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Online Communication Specialist<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Brown WebServices<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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