Thanks for the response, Chris. A few days ago, I followed your instructions — logging into my MLA member account at mla.org and etc. — and made several changes to division and discussion group memberships. […]

Thanks!

I want to limit the number of plugins, so the best approach is to take these up one at a time and include them all in a single plugin. Where possible I’ll use oEmbed, which provides the user-friendly approach of […]

Not currently, no.

Public and hidden groups offer a “Leave Group” button on the group home page underneath the group name/description, e.g.:

http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/mla-commons-help/

Private groups are currently a bit […]

Huzzah! Thanks, Chris.

Blaskan and TwentyTwelve are installed.

I’ll need to take more time on the plugins since they have more severe performance/security implications.

How about this Storify plugin? From the “features” description: “Embed stories with ease — simply paste the URL to the story, and WordPress takes care of the rest.”

Very helpful! Thank you, Chris.

See my post on your topic about <embed>s and <object>s. Unfortunately Storify is currently not included in WordPress’s shortcodes. I’ll look into a separate plugin to provide this functionality.

Hi George,

Because MLA Commons is a multisite WordPress install, there are certain user behaviors that could end up being detrimental to everyone. Unfortunately, <embed>s, <object>s, and <iframe>s fall into […]

Alas, I cannot. I’ve run out of votes / suggestions. It seems users only have 5 until one of their suggestions is acted upon. That’s why I posted these in the Help Group Forum. But maybe I can do so by using a […]

Hi, George. Thanks for these suggestions! Could you do me a favor and post this one using the Feedback tab, and then while you’re there, vote up the media embed ones? We’re trying to aggregate suggestions and […]