January '25: Mid Month Update
Welcome to your quick mid-month summary of all things important and upcoming across our community. Stay up to date via our blog. Follow us on Mastodon, Bluesky, X and YouTube.
News
NEW Blogging Community of Practice
We are setting out to support a new community of practice for all education bloggers, AKA Bloggers Anonymous. We have a dedicated channel set up in our Discord Community Space. This is a friendly social space where everyone is welcome and which is free to join. There're also live events coming up, so keep an eye on our events calendar in the coming weeks.
Read the launch post.
Catch up with recent PHP Version Changes
As time goes on and versions change, we need to update our cPanel servers' default PHP versions and remove deprecated versions. The changes affect Shared Hosting customers and sites hosted on Domain of One's Own and Managed cPanel servers. We've published details for those changes for 2025.
We've got you covered with our process outlined in our documentation. If you run into any errors after the change, we recommend following our guide to troubleshooting common WordPress errors and also check out our advice on resolving Scalar Issues with PHP 8.1.
Changes to Shared Hosting for 2025
Over the past ten years, our Shared Hosting Service has grown from a boutique offering for pioneering students and staff, to a powerful yet affordable package that thousands of customers have come to rely on. With that bigger scale also come much bigger risks, and behind the scenes our team of dedicated infrastructure and support specialists works tirelessly to ensure that your domains remain safe and secure. Building the kind of resilient and robust shared hosting infrastructure however requires a lot of resources and for 2025 we’ve had to make the difficult decision to pass at least some of the increases in our costs onto our clients. Find out what's changing.
Develop your institutional capability in 2025
We are committed to helping you make the most of open tools and infrastructure. We offer dedicated training for administrators, instructional designers and academic staff via virtual and in person training sessions supported by clear documentation and resources. Find out more and get in touch of you'd like to work with us to upskill your team or enhance your strategy.
Support and Services Updates
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
New look invoices
We're streamlining our invoicing processes for Domain of One's Own and Managed Hosting, making it easier and quicker for you to manage your renewals. Don't be surprised if your invoices look a bit different and if you have any questions please reach out and our team will happy to help.
Community & Professional Development
Knowledge Commons with a Special Guest from Michigan State University
January 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Knowledge Commons is the network for knowledge creators across the disciplines. You can use it to discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress website, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in the repository.
Larissa Babak will be joining us from Michigan State University to talk about the network, her role on the team, and give us a look behind the scenes of a change in repository platforms. Watch the stream over at Reclaim TV, or catch the recording later on archive.reclaim.tv or our YouTube channel!
Audrey Watters and Jim Groom: Blogging and Writing #4life
January 31, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Join Audrey Watters and Jim Groom on Reclaim TV as they take a deep dive into blogging and writing #4life. We are excited to have special guest Audrey Watters join us for this show. Audrey is the acclaimed author of books including Teaching Machines, The Monsters of Educational Technology and Claim Your Own Domain.
Watch the stream over at Reclaim TV, or catch the recording later on archive.reclaim.tv or our YouTube channel!
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