How to Request a Student Organization Web site
About W&L Student Organization Web sites:
All student organizations at W&L will be provided with a free blog from WordPress. WordPress blogs allow organizations the option of customizing their template with the organization’s logo, as well as creating static html pages for information about the organization.
Your organization’s blog will be affiliated with the main Student Activities blog, and the Student Activities staff will have administrator rights to post to or remove content from any organization’s blog as necessary.
Once your blog is set up, a link to it will be established on the main Student Organizations page of the W&L Web site.
NOTE: ONLY WORDPRESS BLOGS THAT ALLOW STUDENT ACTIVITIES PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR ACCESS WILL BE LINKED FROM THE W&L WEB SITE. This is to ensure that your site can be updated and maintained when your organization’s leadership changes.
Your organization will also be given a custom URL for the blog (i.e. http://go.wlu.edu/gab) and a custom e-mail address, if one does not already exist.
Instructions for Requesting a Student Organization Web Site/Blog:
- Fill out the Student Activities Web Site Request Form, available from Clay Coleman, Teri Cugliari or online
- Go to http://portal.digitar.com and log in with your W&L e-mail address and Groupwise password, then click on "Whitelist" in the top right and enter *@wordpress.com to whitelist e-mails from WordPress.
- Go to http://www.wordpress.com and click on “Sign Up Now!” button.
- Create a WordPress account by providing a username and password, and your W&L e-mail address.
- Select “Just a username, please.”
- Instruct the Student Activities staff when your account is created and they will create your blog and link it to your WordPress account.
- You will receive an e-mail from WordPress containing your username, password, and a link to log in.
- Click on the link in the e-mail and click “Login” to log in to Wordpress, or go to http://www.wordpress.com and log in using the blue log in box in the top left corner of the screen.
- Enter the username and password you created for your account.
- You will be welcomed back and given the option to go to “Your Blogs” or “Register a Blog.” DO NOT CREATE A NEW BLOG unless you would like one for your own personal use. Your organization’s blog will have been created for you at this point and will be listed under “Your Blogs” in the top left corner of this page. If it does not appear in the blue box, contact Student Activities.
- Click on the link for the organization’s blog to begin creating pages and posts.
For a quick Wordpress tutorial, visit http://faq.wordpress.com/im-new-to-blogging
