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Migrating From Other WordPress Servers
For those of you that have been using WordPress elsewhere, there are a few key distinctions you need know about the Aurora server.
Multisite
Aurora is a multisite installation of WordPress, modeled after WordPress.com. Each site has it’s own tables, but they are in one database, and share the same library of plugins and themes.
Plugins
Plugins are controlled at the Network level in Aurora. The addition of any new plugins to the network is decided on by the Aurora Governance Committee.
Themes
Similar to plugins, Themes are also controlled at the network level. Custom themes are permitted, but must pass a Code Audit process before being allowed on production.
Child Theming with CSS
Cornerstone was built with SASS, but you can still develop with normal CSS.
Don’t use @import in your CSS file, or your site will break in IE8.
Instead, add this to your functions.php file:
<?php
function link_parent_theme_style() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'link_parent_theme_style');
?>
Typically, a child theme will @import the css of the parent theme. Bootstrap 3, the framework which Cornerstone is based on, offers very limited support for Internet Explorer 8. By default, a Bootstrap 3 site in IE8 will render the mobile view. One column of content, and the collapse mobile navigation.
Being that IE8 accounts for a sizable (~7%) of traffic on Aurora, Cornerstone makes use of respond.js, which uses javascript to mimic media queries for IE8. However, respond.js will not work on anything loaded via @import. So this alternate method is required.
Aurora Update 9.1
The UC People plugin has been updated with new features, Authorize.net payment button shortcode is also available. For details, check the Aurora Update 9.1 Change Log.
Aurora Update 9
Aurora has been updated with some great new features. Including:
- New Navigation options
- Improved tools for faculty/staff profiles.
- Page Layout Builder tool
- New theme “Hale 2015”
- and more!
Get all the details at: Aurora Update 9 Change Logs
Aurora Update 8.4
Update 8.4 was released early June 2015.
- Site Administrators can now give Editors access to Gravity Forms by checking the Gravity Forms Access checkbox under Settings->General.
- Confirmation emails triggered by updating the admin email (Settings->General->E-mail Address) is disabled. Changes on the admin email is now immediate.
Aurora Update 8.3
Update 8.3 was released in May 2015. WordPress Core was upgraded to 4.2.2 and all central third party plugins were updated to the latest version, to fix critical WordPress Zero-Day Vulnerability.
Aurora Update 8.2
Update 8.2 was released in April 2015. The complete change log is available at http://draft.jan2026backup.aurora.uconn.edu/update-8-2.
Aurora Update 8.1
Update 8.1 was released in February 2015. The complete change log is available at http://draft.jan2026backup.aurora.uconn.edu/update-8-1
Aurora Update 8
Aurora Update 8 is released on 1/16/2015. This update includes WordPress core version upgrade and many new features such as color options in Sherman, private sites and pages, blog widget filtered by categories or tags, CSS override with code sanitization, redirection tool and etc. The complete change log and user guides are available at