Hi Sally,

Thanks for reaching out! You’ve come across a bug that we’ll be fixing in our next release, which we’re in the process of scheduling.

In the meantime, as the super admin you can unban the member:

1. Go to Network Admin > Groups
2. Search for the name of the course and click on the title of the course, to edit.
3. Scroll down to the…

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Hi Duck,

Thanks for the report.  Could you please tell me more about what happens when you’re not able to save settings?  Do you see an error message?

And is this only an issue on the CBOX OpenLab Dashboard, or are there any other places you have an issue saving settings?

Thanks!

Bree

Hi Sally,

Students should not be able to delete docs — I’m not able to see any scenario in which they can. To be sure though, one thing you might find helpful is to create a “test student” account. You can join the course with this account and double check the permissions for docs. You can also use the account for testing things like this in the…[Read more]

Hi Mary,

I’ve just learned that a few of my responses to questions on this forum were never actually posted and I’m sorry that this was one of them! Hopefully this isn’t too late:

The Hypothesis plugin for WordPress should work similar to the way the PressBooks plugin works (as far as I understand it on the PressBooks end). I do know that with…[Read more]

Hi Sally,

I’ve just learned that a few of my responses to questions on this forum were never actually posted and unfortunately this was one of them! I did respond the day you posted, since I wanted to try to sort this out for the course you’re currently teaching!

Have you had any luck recovering the docs? If not, I’m happy to help if it’s…[Read more]

Hi Mary,

I’m glad that fixed the issue you were having, although it sounds like we should look into how we can make sure certain plugins don’t cause conflicts with the toolbar.  I’ll bring this up with the rest of the team.
Do the Jetpack notices appear on the dashboard even when you don’t have the plugin activated?  Or are they the notices tha…[Read more]

Hi Sally,

I’m sorry about the missing docs — that’s not good!  I haven’t seen anything like this on our dev site, so I’m not sure if it’s related to the recent update, but let’s see if we can figure out what happened and help you restore the docs.

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Hi Mary,

Thanks for all the details and screenshots!  I think you’re correct that it’s related to log-in state rather than browser.  Something is causing the links in the toolbar for your profile (“Hi,…”) and “Log Out” to be bumped down.

I wonder though if the cause is the theme, or the item that currently appears above “Hi, Mary Isbell.” (…[Read more]

Hi Troy and Sally,

Just wanted to say that a fix for this was included in the release yesterday.

Best,

Bree

Hi Mary,

I just wanted to give you a quick update that this was included in the release yesterday.   You should see that there are updates available in Dashboard > CBOX OpenLab > Plugins.

Best,

Bree

Hi Sally,

Just fyi that this was also included in the release yesterday.

Best,

Bree

Hi Sally,

This was fixed in the release yesterday — you’ll just need to apply the available updates.  You should see that there are updates available in Dashboard > CBOX OpenLab > Plugins.

Best,

Bree

Hi Sally,

Glad you found it!

Regarding your question about a reasonable size for course sites, in case it’s helpful I can tell you a little bit about our experience with the OpenLab at City Tech.

We limit individual file uploads to 10MB, and set site quotas at 300MB.  We’ve found this is more than enough in most cases, and if necessary,…[Read more]

Great!  Glad that worked.  🙂

Hi Mary,

Our developer has suggested the following:

For the easiest possible config, I’d recommend the following: Set up an account whose sole purpose is for WordPress to send emails, set this as the admin email for the installation (Dashboard > Network Admin > Settings), and then whitelist all emails coming from this address.

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Hi Mary,

There’s currently no way to add this kind of text to the registration page within the Dashboard.  If you would like to make modifications, our developer Boone Gorges made the following suggestions:

It must be changed in an overridden theme template. In a child theme ‘my-child-theme’, copy…

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Hi Mary,

Are you trying to disable the display of certain types of groups on the homepage (e.g, to only display three or two of the potential four types of groups)?  If so, you can find that setting in Dashboard > CBOX OpenLab > Brand Settings > Visual > Homepage > Home Main.

You can find more details here: https://commonsinabox.org/visual

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Hi Sally,

There will be a fix included for this in the release next week on Wednesday 8/28.   After the release, you’ll see that a CBOX OpenLab update is available when you go to Dashboard > CBOX OpenLab > Plugins.  (Documentation is here.)

Best,

Bree

Thanks, Sally!  I’ll check in with the team and get back to you about how to fix the broken links.

Hi Sally,

If the course is public, could you send me a link to the Course Home page so I can take a look?  If it’s private, could you post the URLs for Recent Docs, Recent Discussions, and for Docs and Discussion in the right-hand menu?

Thanks!

Bree