Why is the network administration link disabled for super admins anyway?

I mean, I know I just have to add /network when I am on the menu, but it is a little weird at first. The only reason I knew where to go is I have managed Multisites before.

Thanks so much for chiming in, Ed!

I’d just add that the OpenLab theme probably doesn’t work well for sub-sites, since it’s made for the main site to display site-wide group and member activity, so I’d advise using a different theme or themes for those sites.

Hi Greg,

You are locked into using a theme on the main site where you must use the OpenLab Theme.

However, on each subsite, you can use whatever themes you would like.

To do this, you have to install the themes and activate them from the network menu. For new admins this can be a little tricky, because OpenLab disables the link to the network…[Read more]

Hi Bree,

Not entirely clear – sorry.  Understand the suggestion on installing some plugins and activating them on subsites to try them out.  Thanks much for that and pending a response to the below paragraph, will proceed accordingly – greatly appreciated!

But testing a few themes?  Thought with CBOX OpenLab our theme was locked.  I am ind…[Read more]

Hi Greg,

I’m not familiar with any of these plugins myself. I’d suggest installing some and activating them on a subsite to test them out.

As far as the example sites, they sound like course sites on an installation that I’m not part of maintaining, so I couldn’t give you specifics. But aside from testing out some plugins, you might just want to…[Read more]

Thank you, this is excellent!! These examples are very helpful, and I’ll be sure to reach out when I start pulling this initiative together. I’m very excited about the possibilities.

Hi Mary – that’s such a great use for the OpenLab! It would be awesome to have something like that at City Tech too! On our OpenLab we have a couple of things that go in that direction, but nothing as robust as you describe. We know, though, that some faculty definitely use the OpenLab as a resource when advising students, since they can show s…[Read more]

Terrific – perfect!  Thank you!

Greg.

Hi Greg,

Yes, that’s correct — the search widget adds a single keyword search box. The more extensive search is a custom site-wide search, which only appears on the main site.

You may be able to find search plugins that allow for more options than the default search widget. You can look for something here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/

Best,

Bree

Hi Bree,

Got it, great – thank you!  No CBOX OpenLab sections on any subsites.  Feel better about that – thanks!

And just to confirm you and I are referring to the same Search widget – that one at >Appearance > Widgets allows just a single keyword search box correct, versus the more extensive Search with a keyword search box plus drop boxes f…[Read more]

Hi Greg,

Only the main site has a CBOX OpenLab section of the Dashboard.

You can add a search widget to any subsite by going to the Dashboard of that site > Visual > Widgets. Here you can add a search widget to the subsite.

This is general WordPress functionality, which is not specific to CBOX OpenLab. You can learn more about adding widgets…[Read more]

Thank you Bree.  Will proceed accordingly to upgrade to 1.2.3.  Thanks too, for the link on changes made – a bit more more detail from that posted within site.

Greg.

Hi Greg,

This release was a maintenance release, that included some bug fixes but no new functionality or changes to site appearance. If you’re interested, you can see what went into the release here: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/commons-in-a-box/milestone/19?closed=1

You shouldn’t lose any site content, but it’s always a good idea…[Read more]

Thanks Boone! I must have missed this message and saw the reply from my Reclaim host support. He caught that error and took care of it.

Hi Sally,

I’m glad your site is back up! I’m not sure if you saw Boone’s message above about BuddyPress not being properly updated, but just FYI. 🙂

Great, thanks for reporting back!