UB WordPress

A UB WordPress site may be available to faculty, staff or students whose role is to create and publish official university Web pages. Student requests for sites require a Faculty or Staff sponsor. Student clubs should use UB Linked instead.

WordPress sites are not to be used for personal blogs or homepages. Site names should be descriptive of the purpose of the site. We will not fulfill requests for site names that only contain a person’s name.

WordPress is a full-fledged blogging platform that can create all the things you expect from a blog: organized blog posts, comments, category archives and more. But you can also use WordPress to create "static" Web pages with images, embedded videos, and varying sizes of text without using the blogging functionality at all.

1. Request your site. Your initial site will be created on the UB WordPress development server, and is only accessible on-campus or off-campus when connected to UBVPN.
2. Create and customize your UB WordPress page.
3. Once your content is all set, let us know you are ready to move it to the UB WordPress production server by using the Request EIS Services form. UBIT staff will then create your production site and give you access information.
4. Log into your development site and export its contents according to WordPress's instructions.
5. Log into your new production site and import the file created in Step 4 according to WordPress's instructions.
6. Activate your site’s theme, plugins, and widgets.
7. You may need to additionally export and import files in your Media Library from the development server to the production server. There are built-in tools available for this step.
8. Verify all images and media files in your production site are using the production server URL. Images and files that are referenced using the development server URL will not be viewable by anyone outside of UB networks (i.e., the world).

Web standards are important. To help your unit's site project a professional image that fits nicely with UB's family of websites, two starter themes are provided using the UB banner, colors and typography. And...they're mobile-ready. Bonus!

Want to take the look of your UB WordPress site a little further? No problem. For experienced developers, full access to your site's Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) is provided through the interface. Learn how to access your site's CSS >

"Plugins" can be added to your UB WordPress site to add all kinds of functionality. You can find them in the official WordPress Plugin Directory.

"Themes" can give different "looks" for your website. You can find them in the official WordPress Theme Directory.

A word of warning, though: since UB WordPress is a shared, "multi-tenant" installation, UBIT will have to review your theme or plugin request to make sure it meets UB's security and accessibility standards. In order to conform with UB’s efforts to meet WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA, only themes with the ‘Accessibility Ready’ tag will be considered.