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Using WordPress

When you apply for a Commons account, you can choose a basic web hosting account or to have WordPress pre-installed. WordPress is a widely used, open source web publishing platform. In particular, using WordPress will make it easy for you to be publishing or blogging quickly with no technical knowledge.

This is not intended to provide you with general WordPress support or blogging advice. If you are unfamiliar with the basics, this is a good overview of blogging on wordpress.org.

What you can do with WordPress
Since WordPress is a publishing tool for a Commons account, all Commons account rules apply. Most of the BCIT Commons sites presently using WordPress are projects where sharing content quickly, user comments/feedback and the other social features of WordPress are desireable.

Some examples of ongoing projects on WordPress here are:

  • Applied Research
  • BCIT Update
  • Evolution student radio
  • Forensics

The key thing to remember is that any Commons site, WordPress or not, must not duplicate content already published on BCIT’s public web site. If you are looking for help in using WordPress at BCIT, take a look at our theming overview next.

Please note: BCIT Commons is a self-publishing space with minimal support. If your project requires any custom design support, please use BCIT’s public web site and contact your departmental or school Marqui editor/publisher.

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      • Theming Overview
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Contact BCIT

British Columbia Institute of Technology
3700 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada, V5G 3H2

Telephone: 604-434-5734
Toll-free (Can/US): 1-866-434-1610

Want a Commons account?

Please read about what you can, and can't, do with a Commons account, and review the linked institutional policies. You also need to decide whether you want basic hosting, or WordPress pre-installed.

If it still seems like the right solution for you, please contact the Help Desk with "BCIT Commons" in the subject line.

Using WordPress

If you are interested in using WordPress on BCIT Commons, you need to be fairly self-sufficient. Reading our quick theming guide is a good starting place.

Read WordPress on Commons (and make sure you go through the theming pages) »

Using BitKinex

If you are not using WordPress, you need to know how to upload files to your Commons account. We don't support FTP, so you'll use WebDAV. While it's built-in on a Mac, you'll need a client on Windows. We recommend the free BitKinex client.

Read more about using BitKinex, including a download link »

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