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CU Blog Service

Cornell University Blog Service

Why CU Blog Service?

CU Blog Service from CampusPress: A Simple Solution for Websites

  • Faculty and staff may request and administer blogs
  • Students and people outside of Cornell may contribute to blogs

Why choose the CU Blog Service (CampusPress)?

  • Quick to create and launch a simple website
  • No design or development skills required
  • Allows domain mapping (yoursite.cornell.edu)
  • No cost for hosting with CampusPress (unless using domain mapping)
  • CampusPress updates and patches WordPress and plug-ins
  • Lightweight content management is built-in making it easier to manage content and images
  • Many plug-ins for common website functionality (calendar, comments, etc.)
  • Several web accessible themes are available, including some designed to meet Cornell identity guidelines.

Things to Consider

  • The CU Blogs service should not be used to store confidential data as defined by Cornell Policy 5.10.
  • Review the plug-ins available through CampusPress to be sure they’ll meet your needs. (Only a subset of all WordPress plug-ins are available.)
  • Be sure to follow best practices for web accessibility guidelines when adding content to sites.
  • The service is hosted and supported externally by our vendor CampusPress.  Service up-time is the responsibility of CampusPress.
  • 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 cublogs@cornell.edu with questions.

Other Options if the CU Blogs Service Doesn’t Meet your Needs