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WordPress in LPS

WordPress at LPS WordPress is a web based tool you can use to create a beautiful website or blog at Lincoln Public Schools. It is available to all LPS staff members with an email login and password. You can begin creating pages and posts immediately. Resources Submit a ticket: LPS Computing Services trains and supports WordPress. If you run […]

Switching Contribute from a FTP to a SMB Remote Connection

During the 2017–2018 school year, FTP was disabled to block a possible security weakness in our network and prevent it from being exploited. While FTP has been turned off, it is still possible to use Contribute with the iSite server by utilizing the SMB protocol. Note that SMB access is ONLY available while ON the […]

Switching Dreamweaver from a FTP to a SMB Remote Connection

During the 2017–2018 school year, FTP was disabled to block a possible security weakness in our network and prevent it from being exploited. While FTP has been turned off, it is still possible to use Dreamweaver with the iSite server by utilizing the SMB protocol. Please note that Dreamweaver is very customizeable and your windows […]

WordPress at LPS vs WordPress.com

What’s Going On? Along with other external site hosting services like Weebly and Wix, LPS has blocked access to WordPress.com. WordPress?! We use WordPress! Yes. We do. We will continue to use WordPress. The important thing to know here is that WordPress is available in a couple different formats. WordPress.org is the version of wordpress […]

School Websites: Walkthrough

Video Walkthrough – 2014 Responsive School Theme See what’s new, how to put news with images on the front page, how to edit your staff list and more… [videojs mp4=”http://www.lps.org/uploads/video/2014-responsive-school-walkthrough.mp4″ webm=”http://www.lps.org/uploads/video/2014-responsive-school-walkthrough.webm” ogg=”http://www.lps.org/uploads/video/2014-responsive-school-walkthrough.ogv” poster=”http://www.lps.org/uploads/video/2014-responsive-school-walkthrough.png” width=”720″ height=”450″ class=”flex-video”] Audience / Front Pages A good question to keep in mind when you are working on your site is “Who […]

School Websites: Getting Started

Have you been asked to help maintain a school site? Here are a few steps to help you get going. 1. Create a WordPress Account If you haven’t signed in to WordPress at LPS before (or aren’t sure), you’ll need to before we can add you as an editor of the school website. Simply go […]

Adding Users to Your WordPress Site

Want to get some help with your site or have plans to work on another site as a group, WordPress makes it easy to invite others in.

Transferring ownership of a non-personal blog on WP.LPS.ORG

This is how to transfer access to a non-personal LPS wordpress site from one LPS staff member to another. Non-personal sites are those that don’t contain a username in the address. For example, while you can transfer access for a site like http://wp.lps.org/chessclub, you should not transfer access for a site like http://wp.lps.org/jdoe.

Creating a Photo Gallery with WordPress and an iPad

The following video uses an iPad, but the iPhone/iPod Touch app is nearly identical. The WordPress app also exists for Android but it works a little different. [videojs mp4=”http://isite.lps.org/bfitz/site_assets/wordpress_ipad_gallery/ipad_wp_gallery.mp4″ webm=”http://isite.lps.org/bfitz/site_assets/wordpress_ipad_gallery/ipad_wp_gallery.webm” poster=”http://isite.lps.org/bfitz/site_assets/wordpress_ipad_gallery/ipad_wp_gallery.png” width=”720″ height=”450″]

Staff Lists for School Web Sites

For as long as we’ve had school websites, one of the toughest tasks each year has been to maintain the staff list. It’s never just been a matter of making sure that the names of positions were up to date — but usually also included keeping links to staff members’ websites and other online resources […]