A place to get to know the
MU Wordpress Base Theme
What is Wordpress
WordPress is an open-source content management system that makes it easy to manage important aspects of your website – like content – without needing to know anything about programming.
The Mizzou WordPress
Base Theme
Digital Service has built the MU WordPress Base Theme to make online content management as easy as possible for the various entities around campus. It includes a core set of styling and tools to help a university affiliated website feel like a university affiliated website, utilizing the approved Brand & Identity standards.
CONTENT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES
Learn more about managing the content on your website. These best practices were written for those who are responsible for writing, editing and maintaining web site content at Mizzou. If you have questions, please contact Digital Service.
This Training Website
This site is intended to train users in the use of basic WordPress Block Editor content management. The website that you will be managing content for may have more custom features than are available on this “base theme only” site. If so, you can obtain more site specific training/documentation by reaching out directly to Digital Service via our website.