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WordPress is a leading industry-standard website creation platform. We have two custom instances at Evergreen - [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] and [https://sitesevergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu] - for use by students, faculty, and staff for creating a site, blog, journal, research presentation, and more! Questions? Please contact Academic Technologies staff via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu].
 
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====What is [http://wordpress.org/ WordPress]?====
 
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WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
 
  
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====Who is using it?====
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*14% of all websites are running WordPress, 22% of all new domains registered are running WordPress
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* WordPress is utilized by individuals, groups, colleges/universities, non-profits, businesses and companies of different scale, and more users.
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* As of 2024, over 810 million websites use WordPress, which is about 43.6% of all websites on the internet. (source: Google browser search, A.I.-generated result)
  
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==== Why use WordPress? ====
 
* Easy to use
 
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* Quickly create good looking websites that adhere to web standards
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* Quickly create presentable websites that adhere to web standards design- and Accessibility-wise
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* Easily integrates with rich media and many of the current web tools out there like YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
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* Easily integrates with rich media and many 3rd-party web tools such as YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
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* students can take it with them after they graduate using the Export feature
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* Students - you can take your sites with you when graduating or taking a break - see guide, [[Exporting and importing your site]]
 
* WordPress is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] and is actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers
 
* WordPress is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] and is actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers
  
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====How are Evergreen community members using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu?====
 
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* [[Curricular WordPress Sites|Curricular web sites ]](publicly viewable vs. private Moodle sites)
 
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* Professional portfolio sites
 
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* student web-based academic journal/portfolio
 
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* personal blog
 
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* groups sites for student groups, governance and academic projects
 
  
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==== How can I access WordPress at Evergreen? ====
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There's not a big differnce between the two. We're both running the same software (WordPress Multisite) freely available at wordpress.org. Blogs.evergreen.edu is customized for the Evergreen community and gives you greater freedom to customize your site including:
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* [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] - allows site creation by students and anyone with an active Evergreen account
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* edit your CSS to customize your theme
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* [https://sites.evergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu] - for use by faculty/program/course and institution - available by request submitted at [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu]
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* support from Academic Computing
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# Go to [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] or [https://sites.evergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu]
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# Log in (using the same username and password you use to access My Evergreen and Canvas)
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# Once you are logged in, there should be a “My Sites” link at the upper left-corner of the WordPress page
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# Hover your cursor over or click directly on “My Sites” to access the list of sites associated with your account*
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* At [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu wordpress.evergreen.edu], the page which lists your sites will also have an "Add new" button to create a new or additional site.
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* You can create as many sites as you like, though please note - individual sites allow 250 MB storage space - instead of uploading video and audio content to your site, post the video/audio file to an online platform (e.g., YouTube, SoundCloud) and link that into your site.
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* Evergreen's instances are not connected with or available through WordPress.com or the WordPress app.
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* Evergreen WordPress can be accessed and managed via mobile web browsers.
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Latest revision as of 11:29, 13 February 2025

WordPress is a leading industry-standard website creation platform. We have two custom instances at Evergreen - wordpress.evergreen.edu and sites.evergreen.edu - for use by students, faculty, and staff for creating a site, blog, journal, research presentation, and more! Questions? Please contact Academic Technologies staff via help.evergreen.edu.

Who is using it?

  • WordPress is utilized by individuals, groups, colleges/universities, non-profits, businesses and companies of different scale, and more users.
  • As of 2024, over 810 million websites use WordPress, which is about 43.6% of all websites on the internet. (source: Google browser search, A.I.-generated result)


Why use WordPress?

  • Easy to use
  • Quickly create presentable websites that adhere to web standards design- and Accessibility-wise
  • Easily integrates with rich media and many 3rd-party web tools such as YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
  • Students - you can take your sites with you when graduating or taking a break - see guide, Exporting and importing your site
  • WordPress is open source and is actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers


How can I access WordPress at Evergreen?

Evergreen offers community members two custom instances:

To access either instance:
  1. Go to wordpress.evergreen.edu or sites.evergreen.edu
  2. Log in (using the same username and password you use to access My Evergreen and Canvas)
  3. Once you are logged in, there should be a “My Sites” link at the upper left-corner of the WordPress page
  4. Hover your cursor over or click directly on “My Sites” to access the list of sites associated with your account*
  • At wordpress.evergreen.edu, the page which lists your sites will also have an "Add new" button to create a new or additional site.
  • You can create as many sites as you like, though please note - individual sites allow 250 MB storage space - instead of uploading video and audio content to your site, post the video/audio file to an online platform (e.g., YouTube, SoundCloud) and link that into your site.
Evergreen's WordPress vs WordPress.com
  • Evergreen's instances are not connected with or available through WordPress.com or the WordPress app.
  • Evergreen WordPress can be accessed and managed via mobile web browsers.


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