Blogs

The Cornell University Blogs service provides an online publishing platform using CampusPress.

CampusPress has WordPress’s ease of use and most popular features, while keeping the service economical by focusing on providing only those features of greatest use to its entire community. Security and maintenance updates are managed by the vendor, making the CU Blogs service an ideal option for Cornell faculty and staff looking for a fast, easy way to publish content and manage comments from across the web, using a standard set of features.

• Choose themes and add plugins and widgets from a standard collection.
• Explore a degree of adjustments for the look, feel, and features on a site.
• Custom Web Development can be hired to create custom themes that meet Cornell standards, including web accessibility, and take advantage of the benefits of CampusPress.

CampusPress is not a direct replacement for a full individual installation of WordPress, since the service is based on one standardized set of options across the entire CampusPress user base.

For a list of available plugins, see Default User Plugins. Periodically the vendor makes changes to the environment and is not always able to provide advanced notice and communications. At times, the vendor may also need to remove a plugin from the service, which could impact your sites. Contact [email protected] with questions.

If you feel you might need design or functionality beyond a standard range of choices, a better fit might be a hosted full installation of WordPress, or another web publishing environment. These provide more options and generally have a greater cost associated. Custom Web Development also offers a wide range of for-fee web development, design, and consultation services, and can help guide you to the web solution best suited to meeting your goals. Contact Custom Web Development to find out more about different options available for your project.