Create a New Blog Site using the UTC Tailwind CSS theme

(You must have Administrator permissions.)

Create a new Blog

• Log in with CAS
• Go to the Dashboard
• Click on “My Sites > Network Admin” in the top menu.
• Under “Sites” in the sidebar, click on “Add New Site”
• Give the Site a URL
• Give the Site a name
• Add your email as the admin.
• Click “Add Site”
• Go to your new site:
  Click on “My Sites” then find your new site in the list, OR Type the URL in the browser

Add an admin user (blog owner)

• For existing users:
  • Go to “Users” > “Add New User”
  • Type in email or UTCID in the “Email or username” field
  • Change role to “Editor”
  • Check “Skip confirmation email”
  • Click “Add Existing User”
    
• For new users:
  Go here for details: https://blog.utc.edu/2013/08/adding-users-to-utc-blogs/

Theming and Menu Set-up:

• Go to “Appearance” > “Themes” in the sidebar
• Find “UTC Tailwind Genesis” in the list, rollover and click “Activate”
• Next go to “Appearance” > “Menus” in the sidebar
• Add “Main Menu placeholder” in the “Menu Name” field.
  • Check “Primary Menu”.
  • Click “Create Menu”.
  • You can add to this menu at any time.
• Next, click on the “Create a new menu” link in the white box at the top of the page.
  • Add “Secondary Menu Placeholder” in the “Menu Name” field
  • Check “Secondary Menu” (This will add the “I am” and “Quick Links” menu items.)
  • Click “Create Menu”
• Go to your site homepage to check the menus.
  If they are not there:
  •  Go to “Appearance” > “Customize”.
  • Click on “Menus”
  • Click on “Main Menu placeholder”
  • Check the “Menu Locations” to see if “Primary Menu” and “Secondary Menu” are checked.
  • Click “Publish”.
  • Close out of that interface to get back to the Dashboard.

Add Plugins

• Go to “Plugins” in the sidebar.
• Check the following plugins:

  • Add Widget After Content (optional)

  • AddtoAny Share Buttons (optional)    

  • Akismet Anti-spam: Spam protection (mandatory)   

  • Authorizer (mandatory)   

  • BackWPup (mandatory)   

  • Edit Category Slug (optional)  

  • Edit Flow (optional)    

  • Efficient Related Posts (optional)   

  • Enable Media Replace (optional)    

  • FitVids for WordPress (if you are going to have videos in your blog)   

  • Genesis Blocks (recommended) 

  • Guest Author (recommended)   

  • Iframe (mandatory)

  • Imsanity (mandatory)

  • Jetpack (mandatory)

  • Jetpack without Promotions (recommended)  

  • My Eyes are Up Here (recommended)

  • Network Plugin Auditor (mandatory)

  • Relevanssi (mandatory)

  • Simple Page Ordering (mandatory)

  • Simple Yearly Archive (optional) 

  • Site Kit by Google (recommended)

  • Taxonomy Images (recommended)

  • Taxonomy List Widget (mandatory)  

  • UTC Department Directory Widget (recommended)    

  • UTC Email newsletter (not usual, for email campaigns)   

  • UTC WP YouTube filter (mandatory)

  • Video Thumbnails (if you are going to have videos in your blog)   

  • W3 Total Cache (mandatory)     

  • Widget CSS classes (mandatory)

  • Widget Options (recommended)    

  • Yoast SEO (mandatory) 

• In the dropdown below the widget list, select “Activate” then click “Apply”

Remove and Add Widgets

• Go to “Appearance” > “Widgets” in the sidebar.
• Under “Primary Sidebar” Remove all the default blocks.
• (Open the Block details and select “Delete”)
• Then under “Primary Sidebar”, add the “Text” widget and add the title “Contact Info”
• Sample info to enter:

Blog Owner’s Name (if applicable) Department University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Street Address Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 Phone: 423-###-#### Email: firstname-lastname@utc.edu

• Click “Save” then “Done”
• Under “Above the Footer: Department Information”, drag the “UTC Department Directory Widget” (at the bottom of the “Available Widgets” list) to that widget region.
  Under “UTC Organizational Sections:”, select the organization’s name.
• Click “Save”
• When it is finished, click “Done”.
• Click your site to check the footer and the sidebar widget.
  
  

Finishing Touches

• The “Hello world” article is the default starter post and will need to be deleted. The accompanying starter comments can also be deleted.
• If you do not want comments to be available to the public, go to the Dashboard to “Settings” > “Discussion” and uncheck “Allow people to submit comments on new posts”. Uncheck all other items below that and “Save Changes”.
  (Note: The “Hello world” article will already have the comments allowed for that specific article. You can remove that by editing the post, going to “Post” in the righthand sidebar, scroll down to “Discussion” and uncheck allow comments.)
• Check your site again.
• You’re done!
• Notify your blog owner.