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Skip to content Prospective Students Current Students Alumni More Alumni Parents News Media Faculty/Staff Apply Give Follow Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Social Stream people.smu.edu websites@smu Search smu.edu Search smu.edu Primary Menu OIT Help Instructional Technology Research Security Governance & Projects Services Stay Informed People.SMU LOGIN Office of Information Technology – People.SMU About People.SMU Documentation & Training About People.SMU Faculty, staff, students, and some student organizations are eligible to receive server space on people.smu.edu to host individual websites. These websites utilize the WordPress software making it quick and easy to build and customize your website. Each student is eligible for one personal site on people.smu.edu. Faculty members can have one personal site and multiple additional sites to facilitate academic, teaching, or research needs. Getting Started People.smu.edu is a self-provisioned site. The procedure for getting started on people.smu.edu depends on whether this is an individual site or an organization site. For an individual site: Go to https://people.smu.edu/wp-admin and login with your SMU ID and password when prompted. If this is the first login to people.smu.edu, a user account is automatically created when you log in successfully for the first time. Once you are logged in and in the dashboard, you will want to go to https://people.smu.edu/wp-signup.php in order to create your site. Your site URL should use the first part of your SMU email address. For example, if your email address is imastudent@smu.edu, your people.smu.edu site should have the URL of https://people.smu.edu/imastudent. For an organization site: Requests for the creation of an organization site must come from a faculty member or the staff member in charge of administering the site Submit a request through the Help Desk at help@smu.edu with the name of the site and the name and SMU ID# of the faculty member or staff who will be the site’s administrator. Optionally, the names and SMU ID#s of the students who will also be part of the site can be submitted as part of the same request. However, it is usually necessary for each of the others to be a registered user of people.smu.edu in order for this to work; therefore, they should follow the procedure above for an individual site first if they have not previously done so. It is not necessary, if they do not desire it, to maintain the newly created people.smu.edu site; just that they are registered as a logged in user. The site will be created in OIT and then turned over to the administrator for editing. WordPress Themes A number of WordPress Themes or templates are approved for use on the server. Go to the dashboard of your site to change templates and customize your site as needed. If you would like to request a theme to be added, please contact the IT Help Desk. Documentation and Training Documentation Blog Administration Working with WordPress Writing Posts Blog Design and Layout WordPress Media Content Visibility Advanced Topics Training WordPress Essential Training with Morten Rand-Hendriksen WordPress Essential Training with Carrie Dils WPHub WordPress Tutorials Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Need Help? PHONE: 214-768-HELP EMAIL: help@smu.edu WEB: help.smu.edu Service Categories Accounts & Access Business Applications Business Intelligence Communication & Collaboration Consulting & Development Data Science Computers & Printers Duo: Two Factor Authentication Email & Calendaring HPC Networks & Servers Security Shibboleth Support & Training Teaching & Learning Web Development & Hosting Apply Connect School Cox School of Business Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman School of Law Lyle School of Engineering Meadows School of the Arts Perkins School of Theology Simmons School of Education and Human Development Explore SMU Magazine Academic Calendar Events Calendar Guildhall Continuing & Professional Education Athletics Employment at SMU Campus Report Sexual Misconduct Emergency Preparedness Student Life George W. Bush Presidential Center SMU Libraries Meadows Museum Tate Lecture Series Contact Us Maps and Directions Legal Disclosures © Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750100, Dallas, TX 75275 twitter facebook instagram linkedin youtube share Skip to toolbar Log In Search...