August '25 - Mid Month News
Welcome to your quick mid-month summary of all things important & upcoming across our community.
Support and Services Updates
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
A look at Ghost 6.0
With the exciting announcement about Ghost 6.0, things are looking up for everyone looking to leverage federated social networks more widely. As big fans of Ghost (Reclaim's blog and newsletters run on Ghost and there's plenty of folk in our Blogging Community of Practice experimenting with Ghost as a blogging platform) and champions of federated social media, we've been taking a look at what's in store.
Spotlight on Static Sites
Learn all about static sites from our expert team in this new blog post series:
- Build A Static Website Using Jekyll
- Why Static Sites in cPanel Just Make Sense
- Building a Website Without Losing Your Mind (Thanks, SiteJet)
Blogging Community of Practice – Special Guest Bonnie Stewart
Our Community of Practice session this month is led by Dr Bonnie Stewart of University of Windsor, Canada, talking with us about the belonging project, “a 2024-25 open research project exploring digital and socio-material practices of belonging at the University of Highlands and Islands in Scotland”. Join us August 20 at 12 EST - everyone welcome!
Register nowEvents and Streams on Reclaim TV
Register free for upcoming events via our Events Calendar.
This month on Reclaim TV
Watch the stream over at Reclaim TV, or catch the recording later on archive.reclaim.tv or our YouTube channel!
- August 15 @ 12:00 pm EST A look behind the scenes of how we support Independent EdTech
- August 29 @ 12:00 pm EST “On Writing” with Alan Levine
Listen to the "On Writing" podcast
You can now listen to "On Writing" as a podcast, featuring interviews with bloggers and writers including Audrey Watters, Kine Lane, Mike Caulfield, Amy Collier, Tom Woodward, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Adam Croom, Bryan Alexander, Chris Long, Kate Bowles, Lee Skallerup Bessette, Tim Klapdor and Martin Weller.
Reclaim Open 2025
We're excited to introduce Reclaim Open 2025's theme: Rewilding the Network – Making New Connections. This year's conference invites you to share how you find and amplify your voices on the open web, the technology that makes it possible to stay connected and what brings us together across fragmented social networks. Whether you are a conference newbie or a seasoned speaker, get your thinking caps on… as submissions are now OPEN!
Pssssst.... Register to attend before September 1, 2025 and get a 33% ‘early bird’ discount.
