Info(dot)—info.umkc.edu—is part of the University’s online community. This service offers a community Web publishing tool for the faculty, staff and departments.

WordPress can be used as a blog or as a publishing tool to create Web sites, news and events sites, and online newsletters and magazines. WordPress is a Web-based tool that uses a Web browser like Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer for editing; it does not require special software to be installed on your Mac or PC.

• Faculty and Staff members can request a WordPress site for their office or department via this page.

• Create unlimited pages and categories to display content.
• Take advantage of automatic archiving and search capabilities.
• Easily add audio and video to your site.
• Customize your site – A small library of themes is available: others will be added.
• Use widgets and plug-ins to create a calendar, link to bookmarks on del.icio.us, display photos from flickr, add a Twitter feed, embed YouTube videos and link to social networking sites.
• Web-based and works on a Mac or PC—no software to install.

Requesting a Site

Faculty and staff members can request WordPress sites for their offices and departments here.