When you leave the College because of graduation, retirement, etc., you will need to take over hosting in order to continue to use your websites. For more information about timing, see Graduating Students – Account Access and the Server Accounts and Access policy. Bryn Mawr’s Domain of One’s Own Program is managed by Reclaim hosting; however, […]

WordPress is an open-source publishing platform that can be used for setting up a blog or basic website. It is one of the most popular publishing platforms on the web. This guide will help you with: Installing WordPress Changing the Title and Tagline of your website Publishing Content Building and Customizing Menus Changing the Address […]

Omeka is an open-source web application that can be used to create and display online digital collections. Developed by programmers at George Mason University, Omeka was designed to be user-friendly, both during installation and during daily usage. This guide will help you with: Installing Omeka Installing Omeka Plugins Using Omeka Installing Omeka Omeka is an open-source web […]

MediaWiki is an open-source publishing platform that can be used for creating a collaborative document repository. It’s the software that drives the Wikipedia website. This guide will help you with: Installing MediaWiki Using MediaWiki Installing MediaWiki Setting up a MediaWiki install on your own domain can be done by following these steps: To get started you’ll need […]

Understanding Accounts & Passwords for A Domain of One’s Own One aspect of A Domain of One’s Own that users may find a bit complicated at first is understanding the different accounts (and associated passwords) that you can manage as part of your participation in the project. This article outlines the types of accounts that you are […]

If you have already signed up and secured your domain, check out our Domain of One’s own’s account management documentation for next steps! How do I sign up? How do I choose my domain name? How do I protect my privacy? What can I do with my account? What exactly is a web application? Signing […]

One easy way to organize your domain is to create subdomains, in which you can then install other applications. In addition, you can set up subfolders (also called subdirectories) for your site, which can also have their own applications installed in them. This guide will help you with: Understanding the difference between subdomains and subdirectories (subfolders) […]

Scalar is a content management system that lets you create non-linear digital books on the web. This guide will help you with: Installing Scalar Creating books with Scalar Installing Scalar To get started, login to the Digital Bryn Mawr page with your Bryn Mawr username and password. Once you’ve logged in, go to the Dashboard. Navigate […]

Before uploading your images to Drupal, it’s important to correctly crop, size, and optimize them to ensure they will display correctly and be accessible. The instructions below are for performing those tasks within Adobe Photoshop. Insert the desired image into Photoshop There are two ways to insert images into Photoshop. Method 1: Click on File […]

Announcements are items that can be submitted to the Daily Digest e-newsletter via a form. Announcements can appear up to twice in the e-newsletter. They include a headline, information of up to 200 characters, and an optional link to a website for more information. Creating an Announcement: Drupal Users: Content->Add Content->Annonuncement and fill out the […]