WordPress Resources
Looking for information on how to update your WordPress website on UBC CMS? A wide variety of resources have been created to support common requests for the full and fixed-width templates supported by the Faculty of Arts on UBC CMS.
Additional resources
- Arts CMS help site
- Arts Internal Resources (AIR) help site
- UBC CMS support site
- Video Tutorials – Introduction to UBC CMS
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The following section lists out common approaches to troubleshoot old webpages listed on Google Search results.
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reCAPTCHA protects your website from fraud and deters spam from being submitted via your webforms. reCAPTCHA is a field...
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Overview Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot...
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Introduction The Emergency Alert widget allows you to display a brief alert message near the top of your...
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Introduction Posts and Pages are used to add and create content on your UBC WordPress site. Pages are...
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What is happening to the Redirection plugin? CTLT will be replacing the existing Redirection Plugin with the new...
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If you are seeing an error message on your event map, you will need to switch your event...
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If UBC courses are not displaying on faculty profiles, try the following methods: 1. Display Winter Term 1...
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Introduction The Tabbed Feed is a built-in feature that usually comes with all Theme One homepages. This feature...
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Need to collect payments using credit cards (VISA or MasterCard) or Interac Online for products, events, and other...
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This Shopping Cart plugin allows you showcase products and merchandises on your UBC WordPress website. When used in...
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Introduction The Events Carousel is a built-in feature that comes with all full-width UBC WordPress sites. Activating this...
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Introduction The News Ticker is a built-in feature that comes with all full-width UBC WordPress sites. Activating this...
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Introduction The homepage is the introduction to your unit's website. It provides users with a first impression of...
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The excerpt is an optional summary or description of a post which can be displayed on the left...
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The home page consists of three main elements - the feature slider, the widget area, and the content...
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Users in CMS include anyone who will be able to access your website and its Dashboard, with different...
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The UBC Courses Plugin pulls data from UBC Calendar to provide information about instructors’ courses on your website. This...
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Profiles are used to display a descriptive biography and provide information about Faculty and Staff. They may enter...
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Profiles are used to display a descriptive biography and provide information about Faculty and Staff. They may enter...
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Introduction The homepage image slider is the first thing that appears on your homepage. Posts categorized as Homepage Slideshow will...
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A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in...
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The Media Library is a collection of all media uploaded into the WordPress website including images, videos, and...
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Go to Appearance >> Menus. Beside Select a menu to edit, ensure that TOP-NAV (Primary) is selected. Click...
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A sub navigation menu will appear on the left menu when accessing a parent page with child pages....
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Events allow you to create events that have the same functionality as posts, while adding further features that...
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Introduction The WordPress Theme One is selected in Appearance >> Themes. The home page elements for this theme...
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WARNING: Be careful when replacing the existing tracking code. The analytics data that is generated by the current...
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Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google which can be utilized for your website that...
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Gravity forms is the easiest tool to create advanced forms for Your WordPress Website. Once you have created...
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Going into the Settings allows you to change various aspects of a form. It consists of three subsections: Form...
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Gravity Forms include a wide variety of standard and advanced fields which can be added to your form...
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Gravity Forms are an advanced form creating tool which will allow you to create highly customizable forms with...
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The Dashboard is the “nerve” centre of your blog space. This is where you can create posts and...
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The Gravity Forms export tool allows users to save and back up forms and entry data. Exporting...
