{"id":5172,"date":"2026-01-12T13:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/?p=5172"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:03","slug":"blogs-edblogs-planned-maintenance-thu-jan-15-8-a-m-12-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/12\/blogs-edblogs-planned-maintenance-thu-jan-15-8-a-m-12-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"{BLOGS\/EDBLOGS}: Planned Maintenance, Thu, Jan 15, 8 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:0pt\" align=\"left\" id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-ea24a184-7fff-445a-2718-fc042e7b372c\">\n<table style=\"border:none;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"592\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:98.25pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:276px;height:105px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/files\/2026\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"This logo identifies the Technology Services department within the University of Puget Sound\" width=\"276\" height=\"105\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:412.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Dear members of the Puget Sound community,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Technology Services (TS) has planned the following maintenance activities. Details on the maintenance being performed are available below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">WordPress (Blogs and EdBlogs): Planned Maintenance<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Thursday, January 15 | 8 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Please ensure all changes are saved as a draft or published prior to the maintenance window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">The sites hosted on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">blogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">edblogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> will be unavailable from both on-campus and off-campus during the maintenance window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Because the IP addresses of the sites will be changing, it is possible that your device may try connecting to the old IP addresses even after the change which will cause errors. Usually, this will resolve itself within 24 hours. However, if you have issues accessing <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">blogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> or <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">edblogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> after the maintenance window is complete, you may try flushing the DNS cache on your device.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">SYSTEMS IMPACTED:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">All sites hosted on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">blogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">All sites hosted on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">edblogs.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">REASON FOR MAINTENANCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">TS will be moving the blogs server into a dedicated network zone on the firewall. This improves network security by segregating public-facing servers from the internal network and allowing more granular controls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">For more information on Technology Services&#39; Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/technology-services\/help-support\/service-announcements\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">Service Announcements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> page on the Puget Sound website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work. If you have any questions or concerns, please don&#39;t hesitate to contact the TS Service Desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:94.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">TS Service Desk<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Walk-In Support: Tech Center in Collins Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Phone Support: (253) 879-8585<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Online Help:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">support.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Email Support: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\"><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" >servicedesk@pugetsound.edu<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"width:100px;display:inline-block\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members of the Puget Sound community, Technology Services (TS) has planned the following maintenance activities. Details on the maintenance being performed are available below: WordPress (Blogs and EdBlogs): Planned Maintenance Thursday, January 15 | 8 a.m. &#8211; 12 p.m. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/12\/blogs-edblogs-planned-maintenance-thu-jan-15-8-a-m-12-p-m\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}