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Reminder: Embed Code Change Goes into Effect on January 12, 2023

Posted on January 5, 2023

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, WiscWeb will be removing the ability to embed tools/functionality using iframe, script, and style tags.

Posted in Maintenance, Updates

Important Update for Sites Built Before January 2019

Posted on May 17, 2022

We will be making a change in January 2023 to remove certain embed options from sites built before January 2019.

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Known Issues with Modsecurity Update of February 28

Posted on February 28, 2020

In rolling out the Modsecurity updates of February 28, our team has uncovered a few recurring issues that are affecting a good portion of our users. We are currently working on updates to our configuration …

Posted in Maintenance, Performance, Updates

Important: Revised Rollout Date for Modsecurity Updates

Posted on February 28, 2020

Modsecurity changes planned for March 2nd are rolling out early due to a botnet attack Friday morning that resulted in a service-wide outage. Please report any and all error messages to the WiscWeb team via the customer support form.

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Important Updates Regarding Service Impacts Starting Monday, March 2

Posted on February 27, 2020

We will soon be making an important change to Modsecurity settings for the service to combat botnet attacks. This change may affect your sites and it is requested that you review this information and report any issues found.

Posted in Maintenance, Performance, Updates

Known Issues and Updates with Migration to Native WP Domain Mapping

Posted on July 16, 2019

The following document outlines the current known issues and updates with the migration from MU Domain Mapping to WordPress’s native domain mapping functionality. This list is being regularly updated so please check back if you experience a new issue.

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Service Update for WiscWeb Editors and Administrators

Posted on July 2, 2019

We are aware of the noticeable slowness that authenticated users (those that are logged in) of WiscWeb sites have been experiencing. We are actively investigating this issue and are making changes that should begin improving …

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What You Need to Know About CDN

Posted on December 18, 2018

If you were able to tune in to our November Brown Bag, you have heard about functionality we are adding to our service known as CDN (Content Delivery Network). For those who weren’t able to …

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WiscWeb Outages Update

Posted on January 29, 2018

I would like to provide you some additional information on all of the recent outages, what has happened and what we are doing to prevent issues from happening in the future. The outage on Wednesday …

Posted in Maintenance, Troubleshooting

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