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[[Image:Blue-l.png|left|75px]] WordPress is web software you can use to create a website or blog.
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====Who is using it?====
 
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*As of 2015 25.5% of all websites are running WordPress.
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* Quickly create good looking websites that adhere to web standards
 
* Quickly create good looking websites that adhere to web standards
 
* 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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* students can take it with them after they graduate using the Export feature
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* 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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Latest revision as of 17:01, 14 August 2017

WordPress is web software you can use to create a website or blog

Who is using it?

  • As of 2015, 25.5% of all websites are running WordPress.

Why would you want to use WordPress?

  • Easy to use
  • Quickly create good looking websites that adhere to web standards
  • Easily integrates with rich media and many of the current web tools out there like YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
  • Students can take it with them after they graduate using the Export feature
  • WordPress is open source and is actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers

How can I access it?

WordPress is already installed on our web servers at blogs.evergreen.edu.