Overview
Dornsife WordPress is the official system that Dornsife departments and units should use for their websites. This guide links to WordPress resources to help you and your department create a website in Dornsife WordPress.
Contacting the Dornsife website project team
For any website-related questions, you can email webproject@dornsife.usc.edu.
Requesting access to WordPress
To request editing access to an existing Dornsife website:
To request a new Dornsife website:
Logging in to WordPress
Once you have been granted access, you can log into WordPress:
- Go to https://dornsife.usc.edu/wp-login.php.
- Click Sign on with USC Shibboleth.
- When prompted, enter your USC NetID and passphrase, and complete Duo authentication.
- The Dornsife website loads. In the upper left, hover over My Sites and then select the name of your department or unit.
Technical guides and support
Quick start with Dornsife Sample Pages
DTS has preconfigured your Dornsife website with two sample pages and a navigation menu to help you quickly get started:
Dornsife WordPress training videos
The following guide introduces you to Dornsife WordPress through a series of videos 2–3 minutes long:
Dornsife WordPress guides
View the full list of WordPress CMS technical guides at the following link:
Content guides and support
The Dornsife Office of Creative Content maintains the following resource for content guides and support:
In particular, these content and style guides may be helpful as you write and edit website content:
Additional accessibility resources and training
USC's Office of Institutional Accessibility offers the following resources for learning more about web accessibility: