The ability to download ANR Blog Stats to Excel has been added to the ANR Blogs. The "Excel Download" link will download the stats from the page you are currently looking at. When viewing Blog stats and select "Excel Download". The stats downloaded will be the same as currently being viewed. This allows you to download the stats as you see them and as needed.

I know many have been wanting this ability. So I hope that you find this helpful!

If you've stopped to take a look at the ANR Blog stats lately you may have noticed quite a few changes over the past few weeks. The first change is the graph. We are now using Google's Charting tool to draw charts that are much better to look at than the previous charts.

Another part of the recent changes include the addition of date fields. This allows the entry of start and end date so that the stats between those dates can be retrieved easily. 

One of the more difficult updates was to have an "All Blogs" stats view. This shows a summary of all the stats for each Blog. One may drill down into each Blog and view each Blogs stats if they like. The major goal of this is the ability to have a general overview of all the traffic to the Blog system as a whole.



To view stats for all the ANR Blogs click on the new button "All Blogs".

We took some time to think through the best way to improve categories for the ANR Blogs. This took a while as there are many things to consider and many different ways people use categories in the ANR Blogs. In the end we decided to go with an auto complete system for the categories. So as one types in categories, the categories that have already been used in the Blog will be listed as categories that can be chosen. When a category is selected it will be added to the current list of categories.

When choosing a category from the list the mouse or the keyboard may be used to select a category. When using the keyboard; up / down arrow keys highlight the selected category and the "Tab" or "Enter" key adds the category to the list. When using a mouse simply click on the category to add it.

This is a small addition but one we hope helps people write their Blogs! Keep an eye out as you may see this used in other places as well.

?Some people have noticed that the name displayed in the "From" field in emails sent from the uConnect Exchange server are not their preferred name, but instead is their official UCD payroll name.  If you have a preferred name (i.e. "Bob" instead or "Robert", add or remove a middle initial, etc.) you can make that change in the UC Davis Directory and it will be updated in Exchange.

Here is the URL for making those changes:

http://directory.ucdavis.edu/listings/index.jpf?mothraid=edit

Just log in with your Kerberos user/passphrase and update the Display Name (and any other info you wish) in the Update Listing form.  The yellow fields in the image are the Display Name fields that you will want to change.



The changes will need to be approved by your Department Approver (who will be listed at the bottom of the form) and then the infromation will be changed in Exchange and in the "From" field of your email messages.

Happy emailing.