Mid Month News - October 2026
A quick round up of everything that's happening at Reclaim this month.
NEW ReclaimEDU case study: Blogs@Baruch
Blogs@Baruch is a pioneering platform which supports 10,000 student sites and 63,000 registered users to blog at scale. You might say it’s blogging as an enterprise level service. In this case study we hear from Christopher Silsby, Project Manager for Blogs@Baruch, who tells the story of Blogs@Baruch's founding and early development, how the platform has developed over nearly two decades and also looks ahead to future developments.
Thank you to all the CUNY staff who contributed to this case study, especially Christopher Silsby, Project Manager for Blogs@Baruch.
Support, tips and training
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
Completing this phase of PHP Upgrades
In the last few months we have completed a series of PHP upgrades for Shared Hosting customers, concluding with the most recent upgrade on 10/13 in which PHP 8.1 was removed. For more info, check out our full service update.
Major Upgrades to Domain of One's Own roll-out continues
We’re continuing to roll out the new upgraded version of Domain of One’s Own. The upgrades will offer admins centralized and simplified administration, easier updates, increased security and more freedom in how your instance is themed. Head over to our knowledge base to take a look at the updated documentation and look out for our communications to admins with more details and timelines closer to the time.
Events
Find out what's on and register via our events calendar.
Reclaim @ Open Education 2026 Conference
October 27 - October 29
Look out for Jim's session in the program! The conference's theme, "The Space Between," invites us to examine the possibilities that exist in the spaces we often overlook.
A toolkit for building static sites – Community ProfDev Session
November 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In this session we share a toolkit for building static sites. Creating or updating a site can feel like a “later” project that will never get done. But with our toolkit it might feel doable, even kind of fun!
Co-Creating with Students – Community ProfDev Session
December 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In this session we are talking about Co-Creating with Students on the open web. So if you are working with students in a Domain of One’s Own, Shared Hosting or a Wordpress Multisite, this session is for you!
Listen to our new podcast: Faces of Reclaim
Our new Faces of Reclaim podcast launched on September 29th, 2026 as a part of our new and improved Reclaim Podcast Network. The podcast is now available via Castopod, and you can subscribe via the RSS feed; PocketCast and also on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, too!
