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Reclaim's Roundup - April '25

Welcome to our monthly news round up, packed with everything that's coming up, dates for the diary and important updates from the last month, all in one place.

Reclaim Hosting

30 Apr 2025 — 4 min read

News and Announcements

Calling all Admins!

Join the expert team from Reclaim Hosting for a virtual workshop about all things Domain of One’s Own. We’re looking to gather a group of administrators from various schools to come together online for training and discussion as we take a deep dive into a Domain of One’s Own. The workshop provides both applied training and concrete examples of administering and teaching with Domain of One’s Own, along with individual help, peer support and time for questions. Spaces are limited and discounts are available for groups of 3+.

Reclaim supports Independent EdTech

For over a decade we have operated as a small, independent company supporting open and independent educational technology. If you are currently considering options outside of large corporate offerings or are looking to move servers in the US, UK, Europe or Canada, we're here to help and this quick explainer offers some starting points.

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Recent Support and Service Updates

Is there anything we can help with? Contact us via our support portal.

Time to Migrate Wordpress Multisite to Reclaim?

A regular inquiry we get from institutions is if they can offload their WordPress Multisite (WPMS) as they seek to get out of the business of hosting on campus. Turns out WPMS is our specialty, and we run some of the oldest and largest instances in all of higher ed. If this is something your school is considering, we can help you migrate to a performant, scalable infrastructure that allows you to focus on the application while we worry about the infrastructure.

WordPress Multisite

Power your growing WordPress Multisite instance with a company that is a leader in web hosting for higher education.

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Improved Billing for all Shared Hosting Clients

An improvement to our Shared Hosting service this summer will make renewing your domain even easier as we introduce auto-renewals. This handy new feature will ensure that your domain doesn't expire and your website remains available without interruption when renewals fall due. This means that instead of receiving an invoice and making a manual payment, your payment method on file will be charged automatically each billing cycle. This update will help streamline your experience and ensure timely, hassle-free payments.

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If you need to review or update your payment information, you can do so in your Reclaim Hosting Client Area under Billing > Payment Methods.

Take a look at our support resources on automatic billing. If you have further questions, contact us for help & support via our support portal.

The Month in Blog Posts

Catch up on all that's been happening in the Reclaim blogosphere:

Amy Collier and Tom Woodward Talk Writing, Detoxing, and AI by Jim Groom
My favorite reason to have a 3D printer in the house is to solve tiny problems by Taylor Jadin
Can we talking about blogging? by Jim Groom
Getting SSL cert info from the terminal by Taylor Jadin
Is it bavatube or bava.tv? by Jim Groom
Coffee Futures by Jim Groom
VHS Stacks 1 and 2 by Jim Groom
Working on the ‘Princeton University: Domain of One’s Own’ Case Study by Maren Deepwell
Using GCTools with Ghost on Reclaim Cloud by Taylor Jadin

Save the Date: Reclaim Open returns

Get your diary out and save the date, because come November you will be attending a very special event: from November 3-7, Reclaim Open returns! The theme of this year’s conference is still under wraps, but if you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening across our community this year, then you’ll be right in assuming that this year’s event will be a call to action to make your voice heard on the open web.

Events and Streams on Reclaim TV

Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Jim Groom on Reclaim TV

On May 9 at 12:00 PM ET we will host Kathleen Fitzpatrick talking about her web origin story in our ongoing Bloggers Anonymous series | Register free

Adam Croom and Jim Groom on Reclaim TV

On May 16 at 12:00 PM ET we will host Adam Croom talking about his web origin story in our ongoing Bloggers Anonymous series | Register free

Open Practice Blogging at events and conferences

May 21 @ 12:00 pm ET. It’s conference season, so this month we are sharing tips and support blogging around events, sharing presentations etc. This session will be led by Meredith Huffman with special guest Chahira Nouira. Join us to discuss open approaches to blogging and find inspiration to blog about events you are attending.