Blog Sites

The WordPress Blog Service offers a very basic WordPress site with a limited number of theme and plugin options. All sites require an account through wordpress.ncsu.edu; your account ID must be the same as your Unity ID, and users will use NC State authentication to access these sites. This service is free to all campus faculty, staff, and students.

All sites will be created with a fourth-level domain of your choice. If, for example, you choose the name “mydomain” your URL will be mydomain.wordpress.ncsu.edu.

Please note that sites in the WordPress blogs environment that have not been edited in more than a year may be deleted at any time.

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Branding Guidelines

Any website created for official university communications is required to follow the branding guidelines published by University Communications, including the following:

Websites created for personal use only are not required to meet branding guidelines and may use any of the themes available in this service.

Accessibility Requirements

NC State University is committed to providing a barrier-free IT environment to all people. WordPress is a recommended technology for creating accessible websites. However, you must still follow basic accessibility best practices as you create content, including the following:

  • Every post and page must have a title.
  • Use headings to denote sections of your posts and pages.
  • Add alternative text for images when adding them to posts and pages.

The university IT Accessibility Coordinator periodically leads workshops on WordPress and accessibility. You can learn more and register for the next available workshop in REPORTER. For additional information, contact OIT Design & Web Services.

 

View the list of public and searchable WordPress Blog Sites.

View the Service Level Agreement for using WordPress Blog Sites.

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