{"id":6071,"date":"2025-08-06T19:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:15:14","slug":"glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow Blog Release 6 Aug 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was a new release on Glow Blogs today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civic Cookie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have changed the way users can control cookies with the civic cookie plugin. This allows visitors and users to set the cookies they will accept from Glow Blogs. You can change this at any time by editing your cookie preferences. These are accessed from the icon that will appear at the bottom right of every page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"172\" data-attachment-id=\"6072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/screenshot-2025-08-06-at-19-54-32\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190600\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-19.54.32.png\" data-orig-size=\"220,172\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-08-06 at 19.54.32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190600\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-19.54.32.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190600\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-19.54.32.png\" data-id=\"6072\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190600\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-19.54.32.png\" alt=\"Civic Cookie Setting icon\" class=\"wp-image-6072\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Civic Cookie Setting icon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"6075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/image-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image.png\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image.png\" data-id=\"6075\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image.png\" alt=\"Civic Cookies Settings.\" class=\"wp-image-6075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2025\/08\/06190942\/image-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Civic Cookies Settings Click to expand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose to accept or reject cookies in different categories. We have also an new <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowcookiespolicy\/\">Glow Blogs Cookies Policy<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Following plugins have been updated to the latest versions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WP Draw Attention, Akismet, Jetpack, Civic Control Cookie, WP Accessibility, MegaMenu, 3D Flipbook and You Tube embed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Reminder &#8211; Housekeeping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check your sites &amp; tell your Key Contact before the 21 August 2025 if you need any restored.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is getting near to the&nbsp;<strong>28 August 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;date when unused blogs will be deleted from the system. If you have a blog that you have not used for a few years but still value please check:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/[Glow Blogs Housekeeping 2 | Glow Blog Help](https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/05\/01\/glow-blogs-housekeeping-2\/)\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/04\/glow-blogs-housekeeping-5\/\"><strong>Glow Blogs Housekeeping Announcement 5<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a new release on Glow Blogs today. Civic Cookie We have changed the way users can control cookies with the civic cookie plugin. This allows visitors and users to set the cookies they will accept from Glow Blogs. You can change this at any time by editing your cookie preferences. 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