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Holiday Hours

David Damstra — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32:15 +0000

Web Services will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2010 in observance of Independence Day. Our regular hours will resume on Tuesday, July 6th, 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern Time. Web updates submitted on Friday July 2nd will be published on Tuesday July 6th or Wednesday July 7th.

In the event of an emergency, please follow standard CU*Answers after hours contact procedures.

Have a happy and safe holiday!

New Site for CU*South

David Damstra — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:41:31 +0000

Last week, right before the CU*Answers Leadership Conference, Web Services launched a new website for our cuasterisk.com partner CU*South. This new site takes a radical break from their previous website strategy in that with this new site they are going to manage their own content locally. Because this new site is built using WordPress, they can simply log in and publish new content as needed.

The entire site is dynamically controlled through the WordPress dashboard including some of the newer features of WordPress 3.0 such as custom background images.

Reg E and Opt In

David Damstra — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:23:05 +0000

We’re getting several emails about adding Opt-In forms to Credit Union websites in response to Reg E. At this time, we are asking everyone to sit tight. We suggest you read up on what CU*Answers and our partners, such as Xtend, are preparing in response to Reg E. There is information online in the CU*Answers Kitchen. Additional information is presented in a recorded webinar at Ondemand.cuanswers.com. We are also preparing marketing collateral for your to use in statements, e-statements, e-Info, in your lobby and on your website. In the end, members will be able to opt-in via It’s Me 247 Online Banking. We would expect more information to be announced at Leadership Conference. We know this is a large and pressing concern for Credit Unions. But rest assured, CU*Answers is working on it and will have a solution well within the time frame.

Update: Some marketing collaterals have been published.

Please feel free to contact us with any further questions.

WordPress with SiteControl Webconference Recording

Tony Muka — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:26 +0000

Good news for those of you who missed our two online training presentations last month. We have made the webex recordings available for streaming for your viewing pleasure. We cover a variety of topics pertaining to the way we use WordPress as a CMS. Let us know what you think in the comments.

4.90 Introduction to WordPress with SiteControl (60 minutes)
4.91 Advanced WordPress with SiteControl (60 minutes)

CU*EasyPay! Enrollment Contest Snippet

David Damstra — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:36 +0000

Enroll in CU*EasyPay Electronic Bill Pay for a CHANCE TO WIN a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Laptop! Log on to It’s Me 247 online banking and click on “Pay My Bills” to enroll! CU*EasyPay! is a safe and easy way to receive, pay, and organize your bills online!

*One (1) Prize Winner will be selected on or about February 5, 2010 by a random drawing from all qualified entries received by a participating credit union between December 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010. See your credit union for complete details. Void where prohibited by law.

Using the WordPress Link Manager

Tony Muka — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:54:47 +0000

One way to easily manage a list of URL Links on your WordPress site is the built in Links Manager. It can be found in the admin section between the Posts and Pages sections. Adding a link is easy, just click on the “Add New” option under “Links” in the admin navigation, fill in a Name and Web Address, and click the “Add Link” button. The other features on the screen such as Category and Target are advanced, but offer more control over how the links are displayed and function when clicked. To have a link open in a new window, set the Target to “_blank.” If the new links you’ve added aren’t showing up on your site, you may need to add the Links Manager “Widget” to your site sidebars. You may also be able to select a page template called “Links” that will display the links from the Links Manager.

Introduction to the WordPress Dashboard

Tony Muka — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:47:03 +0000

The WordPress dashboard is designed to provide a one-stop overview for what’s going on in WordPress. It shows you recent pages, posts, and comments, as well as news from RSS feeds and various WordPress plugins. You can drag and drop the sections to wherever you like them in the same way you can move Post/Page Editor components.

Planned maintenance for Tuesday morning (10/27/09)

David Damstra — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:46:02 +0000

WESCO Net Web Services has a planned maintenance window on Tuesday morning (10/27/09) from 5:00 am – 8:00 am EDT. Client websites and email services may experience intermittent downtime during this window. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Rearrange the WordPress Page/Post Editor Screen

Tony Muka — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:39:45 +0000

If you’ve been wishing a WordPress option you use frequently in the Page/Post Editor Screen wasn’t so far out of reach at the bottom of the screen you’re in luck. It’s easy to drag and drop features to the place you want them. Read on to see a video demonstration.

WordPress Widgets Overview

Tony Muka — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:35:08 +0000

Modern WordPress themes utilize modular building blocks known as “Widgets” to add functionality to parts of a site theme such as the sidebar. Widgets can be as simple as containing a block of text, or highly complex interactions with WordPress plugins or other external systems. WordPress.tv has a nice overview video on widgets as shown below.