Website Guides for Clubs and Services » History » Version 1
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| 1 | 1 | John Campbell | h1. Website Guides for Clubs and Services |
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| 3 | 1 | John Campbell | All SSMU clubs and services are encouraged to request website hosting on SSMU servers, and GMail hosted @ssmu.ca emails. Please fill in this "Wufoo Form":https://ssmu.wufoo.com/forms/z68h8hj0si20a2/ to get the process started. |
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| 5 | 1 | John Campbell | h2. Getting Started |
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| 7 | 1 | John Campbell | For all but the most tech savvy students and groups, Wordpress is recommended to get your group started with a website. Unless stated otherwise, |
| 8 | 1 | John Campbell | you will be given access to a Wordpress site at a URL that takes the form <club_name>.ssmu.ca. You will be contacted by someone in SSMU I.T who |
| 9 | 1 | John Campbell | will provide you with the credentials you'll need to login and begin customizing the site. Prior to beginning work on your website, you should understand |
| 10 | 1 | John Campbell | the following basics. |
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| 12 | 1 | John Campbell | * Have a clear objective of what you want your site to accomplish for your group. |
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| 14 | 1 | John Campbell | * Ensure your site's content can be easily updated by anyone in your group. |
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| 16 | 1 | John Campbell | * If you are completely new to creating websites, reach out to itsupport@ssmu.ca and request the assistance of a website developer. |
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| 18 | 1 | John Campbell | h2. Basics of Customization |
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| 20 | 1 | John Campbell | All Wordpress customization is done through adding or creating a *theme* and adding *plugins*. Themes affect the look and feel of your site, while |
| 21 | 1 | John Campbell | plugins add special functionality to your site, like adding photo galleries, calendars, and forums. Note that if you are anticipating your site |
| 22 | 1 | John Campbell | to be more visual, then you will need to choose a theme that is best suited for visual content. If the content will be more textual, you should choose |
| 23 | 1 | John Campbell | a theme that works best for textual content. |