With the rise of social media and the world going digital, it is a great time to create your own website or blog. WordPress is an online, open-source website creation tool that powers nearly one-third of the world’s websites and is available for free to all Texas State faculty, staff, and students.
Having an online presence enables you to reach the billions of people that peruse the internet every day and is an excellent way to showcase your work, thought process, and expertise. Some features include:
- Themes – design layouts that are created for different types of websites for any skill level. Find the perfect design to match your blog.
- Plug-ins – If you need more specialized functions specific to your site, plugins are the way to go. You can add custom CSS, a gallery, contact form and so much more to your site.
- Uploading images to your blog to enhance your posts or create an image gallery.
- Easily add additional editors to your site to show collaboration.
- Accept comments from your site visitors to establish an online presence or get feedback.
- Automatically Mobile responsive, so you don’t have to worry about your website looking different on a mobile device.
WordPress takes out the anxiety of starting a website, so you can focus on what you know best and uploading your content. Visit the Texas State WordPress page to start yours today!
Chantal Lesley is a marketing and communications specialist student employee in the IT Marketing and Communications office.
