July 2018 BU WordPress Upgrade
On Sunday morning, July 8, 2018 starting shortly after midnight, teams from IS&T will upgrade BU WordPress, updating from version 4.6.9 to version 4.9.6. The following changes and new features will be deployed with this upgrade. If you have questions or concerns about this work, please contact the IT Help Center. WordPress Customizer “Additional CSS” and BU’s…
Resolved: BU websites and services were unavailable. This included www.bu.edu, BU Maps, BU Directory, and other services.
Resolved: BU websites and services were unavailable. This included www.bu.edu, BU Maps, BU Directory, and other services.
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Resolved: Issues have been reported with some online applications
A number of people reported issues with web applications like BU webmail, Registration Manager, Broadcast Email, BU Search and BUworks. Full service has been restored….
Resolved: Wired and wireless network is currently unavailable on the Charles River Campus.
Wired and wireless network was unavailable on the Charles River Campus. Full services has been restored.
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RESOLVED: All www.bu.edu websites are unavailable.
All www.bu.edu websites were unavailable. Full service has been restored….
Resolved: Some non-BU websites are not able to be accessed on the wired network.
Non-BU websites are slow to load or are not able to be accessed on the wired network. This includes Duo 2 step validation required by BUworks. Wireless connections are not affected for non-BU websites or Duo for BUworks….
Resolved: Web Applications were responding very slowly or unavailable.
Web Applications were responding slowly or unavailable. This included: BU Alert, Calendar, Search, Maps, Telegraph forms, Directory, News CMS, MediaWiki, Registration Manager, BUniverse, and E-Mail Forwarding (EFS). Full service has been restored….
Resolved: Searches on www.bu.edu were not returning results
Searches on www.bu.edu were not returning results…
RESOLVED: Service was degraded on various BU Web sites and MyPrint was unavailable
Service was degraded on various BU Web sites and MyPrint was unavailable…
Editing people.bu.edu requires Secure FTP beginning today
As described in a recent email message to those using people.bu.edu, use of Secure FTP is now required…