Domain of One's Own

Domain of One’s Own (DoOO; http://sites.pomona.edu) provides at-scale cPanel web hosting that can be customized and administered for students, faculty, and staff. End users login quickly with their campus credentials and can be up and running with a domain of their choosing in a matter of seconds. Domain of One’s Own includes access to over 100 open source applications like WordPress and Omeka, as well as key functions for managing a digital presence like DNS, Databases, and File/PHP Managers.

Map Your Domain to Tumblr
Mapping your domain is an important part of sites.pomona.edu; it reinforces the idea that you don’t necessarily need to host all your own applications. You ...
Tue, May 23, 2023 12:12 PM
Popular Applications to use with a Domain of One's Own website
Below are some of the more popular applications to use with a Domain of One's Own website. Wordpress Omeka Scalar Grav Med...
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Installing WordPress (Domain of One's Own)
The instructions below will show one how to install WordPress on one's Domain of One's Own site: Log into http://sites.pomona.edu/ and click o...
Tue, Jun 13, 2023 4:06 PM
Wordpress Themes
When it comes to WordPress, customizing the look of your site is simple and straightforward. When you install WordPress, the default (or pre-set) theme is c...
Fri, Sep 17, 2021 2:04 PM
Reading Settings - Front Page
WordPress is a very flexible platform for creating full-blown websites, not just blogging sites. This page will show you how to change the “front page” of y...
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 3:58 PM
Permalinks
Part of the popularity of WordPress is how easily it makes a website functional and yet attractive. One of the smaller details that you might want to adjust...
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 4:00 PM
Custom Menus
Start at your site’s Dashboard and choose Appearance the Menus.   In the Custom Menus interface that appears, type a name for your menu...
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 4:02 PM
Widgets
Widgets are a more advanced feature of WordPress that allow you even more control over the content on your site. In essence, widgets are small containers of...
Tue, May 23, 2023 10:51 AM
Plugins
WordPress has a lot of functionality built-in, but occasionally you might find a specific need that isn’t a part of the default software. To accomplish this...
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 3:59 PM
Site Privacy
WordPress is a platform intended to allow you to share your thoughts and ideas freely and easily with the world. However, there are options to publish to a ...
Tue, May 23, 2023 10:33 AM