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UVM WordPress now includes the new Catamount theme — a modern, flexible starting point built for UVM.
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What is UVM WordPress?
A self-service publishing platform for faculty, students, and staff. Create sites for courses, research, projects, and communication.
- Multiple site types (site.uvm.edu or blog.uvm.edu)
- Managed hosting and backups
- Themes and plugins included
View a short video introducing the UVM Catamount WordPress theme—a lightweight, UVM‑branded theme built on native WordPress and the Gutenberg block editor.
FAQs
What is this service?
This is a shared publishing environment for UVM affiliates and their collaborators. Affiliates can create any number of sites with names such as site.uvm.edu/mysite or blog.uvm.edu/mysite.
You can choose among popular themes and plugins to change your site’s appearance and add extra functionality.
Enterprise Technology Services manages the software and keeps regular backups of your data.
Who is UVM WordPress for?
This is a shared publishing environment for UVM affiliates and their collaborators. Affiliates can create any number of sites with names such as site.uvm.edu/mysite or blog.uvm.edu/mysite.
- Students wanting a web site
- Faculty needing a platform for featured research or creative works
- Small research initiatives needing a way to communicate with the public
Should I use Drupal instead?
Major UVM departments and organizations with dedicated web masters should consult the Web Team about building a site in Drupal. More information is available in the Drupal web guide which has been moved to UVM’s Sharepoint platform.
You can also stop into the Digital Team help hours, though the WordPress platform has no formal support team.
How do I get support for my theme?
UVM does not provide support for WordPress. This theme is simply an alternative publishing option for people, groups, and teams whose website needs don’t fit within our Drupal or SharePoint frameworks.
The Catamount theme is intentionally kept close to native WordPress. We’ve added a light layer of UVM branding—header, footer, navigation, typography, and styles—while leaving the core WordPress features and block editor intact. This allows you to use WordPress the way it was designed to work.
While we don’t offer direct support, the WordPress user community is large, active, and well-documented. You can easily find how‑to guides, answers, and tutorials through a quick web search or on YouTube.
Should I install my own copy of WordPress instead?
People familiar with managing web software who are needing to heavily customize a theme or requiring plugins that cannot be offered in multisite WordPress might consider creating a site on the silk hosting service. If you have questions about whether this service can meet your needs, contact Systems Architecture & Administration.
How do I make sure my WordPress site is accessible?
The UVM Catamount theme is skinned with accessibility web standards in mind, but it is up to site builders to ensure that their content is truly accessible to all. This is required work as part of a public university. UVM offers online web accessibility training.
Not sure if UVM WordPress is right for you?
If you have questions about whether this service can meet your needs, contact Systems Architecture & Administration.