Free services from ATC include consulting, building, and maintaining research and instruction-related web sites. Using EduBlogs and other services.
Service links
CIT's Academic Technologies Centers (ATC)
All of ATC's direct services are free; they don't have a charging mechanism.
The ATC can help you use, often for free, many CIT services, as well as some non-Cornell services if they'll better meet your needs.
- CIT's Integrated Web Services (IWS)* http://www.it.cornell.edu/about/atsus/iws/services.cfm
Sample request for assistance, from Oliver in ChemIT
Jump start
Create an account
Anyone needing to edit a blog has to create an account on CU Blogs. Doing so is as easy as just logging it. That's it!
Here are the precise steps:
- Go to <https://blogs.cornell.edu/wp-login.php>
- Click the blue button that says, "Use My ID" in the top box (just under the words, "Log in to my blog").
- This will take you to a NetID authentication page. On that page, enter your NetID and password and press, "Login".
That's it! Having done this will create an account with CU Blogs.
PI's: Create your research group's blog site.
- Choose a short name, for the URL. Most often this is the PI's last name.
Cut-over steps
1. Confirm your group's new web site on CU Blogs is ready for production.
2. Contact CIT Webservices <webservices@cornell.edu> to do the domain name transition.
Include you CU Blog address and your group's domain name (which points to where your old web site is). Example:
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Subject: CNAME CU Blog change request
Hello,
Please make the appropriate DNS and blog configuration changes to change the blog at <http://blogs.cornell.edu/groupname> to <http://groupname.chem.cornell.edu>.
Please let me know if you have any problems or concerns on this. Thank you!
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3. Confirm cut-over worked.
4. Your old group site is still accessible via the same WebDAV address to the group to get. They just can't see it via a webbrowser.
5. We need to coordinate the shutdown of the CIT Static site with the group to make sure they have the files they want and then tell CIT Webservices to shutdown, disable, and destroy the old infrastructure for the group's old static website.
2. Send a request to <atc_support@cornell.edu> with your CU Blog address and your domain name (where your old web site is). Something like,
- Please direct <http://groupname.chem.cornell.edu/> to <http://blogs.cornell.edu/groupname/>.
4. Request a copy of your old site from ChemIT, if it was hosted at CIT's static web site (as most were).
Examples
Chemistry Research groups using CU Blogs
Completed migration
Wolczanski Research Group
- http://wolczanski.chem.cornell.edu/
- Points to => http://blogs.cornell.edu/wolczanski/
- Place-holder URL pointing to old site (A&S static; from CIT static), retained only for "before-and-after" comparisons:
Marohn Research Group
In progress
Crane Research Group
- Points to => http://blogs.cornell.edu/cranegroup/
- Current => http://crane.chem.cornell.edu/
- Estella doing it herself (no initial request to ChemIT, Oliver believes)
Collum Research Group
- Points to => http://blogs.cornell.edu/collum/
- Current => http://collum.chem.cornell.edu/
- Resolves to messy URL => http://collum.chem.cornell.edu/dbc6/Home.html
- From: John S. Udall
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:40 AM
To: Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: Chemistry reseach group website migrations
Oliver,
I was looking through the list of sites that you sent and noticed that Collum Group is still just a shell of a site with no content -- http://blogs.cornell.edu/collum/ This site was setup for grad student Laura Tomasevich (LLT42) in 1/2013. I presume that this was one of the first of the Chemistry research group website/blogs. I just wanted to make you aware so that you didn't think that this one was a.) done, or b.) if you wanted to touch-base with the grad student or faculty members involved. If you would like Academic Technologies to follow-up afterwards, please let us know.
As of 3/5/14, Dave's VIVO entry for his group's URL was incorrect, pointing to <http://www.chem.cornell.edu/dbc6/Site_2/Home.html>(?!):
- http://vivo.cornell.edu/display/individual6064
- http://chemistry.cornell.edu/faculty/detail.cfm?netid=dbc6
Dichtel Research Group
- Draft site => http://blogs.cornell.edu/dichtelgroup/
- Current => http://dichtel.chem.cornell.edu/
- CIT/ ATC/ John Udall: INC000000895224
Baird Research Group
- Draft site => http://blogs.cornell.edu/bairdgroup/
- Current => http://baird.chem.cornell.edu/
- CIT/ ATC/ John Udall: INC000000948841 (under Kelly's name)
- ChemIT/ Oliver: INC000000977199 (also under Kelly's name)
Davis Research Group
- Points to => http://blogs.cornell.edu/davis/
- Current => http://davis.chem.cornell.edu/
- Doing by himself, for now.
Hoffmann Research Group
- Points to => http://blogs.cornell.edu/hoffmann/
- Current => http://hoffmann.chem.cornell.edu/
- CIT/ ATC/ John Udall: INC000000978486 (under Oliver's name)
On hold
Aye Research Group
- http://aye.chem.cornell.edu/
- Tried migrating from off-site hosting:http://ayelab.org/ => http://yimonaye.moonfruit.com/
- 8/22/13: Decided not to move it since couldn't make it identical, easily.
- Current site is a Flash-based site, thus not viewable via iPads, etc.