March 16

Creating a New Rice Blog

Login to https://blogs.rice.edu to get started. After you’ve logged in, you will have a Dashboard. Hover over the word “Dashboard” to see the drop down menu, then select “Create a Site.”

Name your site* and start blogging. Change the theme whenever you like. Add widgets and move them around.

*Naming your blog

Blogs.rice.edu supports blogs and web sites with URLs ending in rice.edu.  For URLs ending in .org,  CampusPress provides a lease option for $100 per year.  Rice community members can contact the Help Desk to inquire about specific domain names.

Blog content

Sites created and managed in blogs.rice.edu should not contain content, data or files that are sensitive or confidential to the university, as defined by Rice Policy 808, on protecting personally identifiable data and other sensitive data.


Posted March 16, 2015 by Carlyn Chatfield in category Get Started

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