Wordpress

URGENT: All WordPress sites on blogs.eciad.ca will go offline on April 23, 2025 due to security issues. This rushes the planned timeline to migrate sites to our new WordPress on Palette. IT and the TLC is reaching out to affected users.

Instructors and staff can request a WordPress site for their course, shop or research area. WordPress can be used for online or blended course delivery, to host blogs, e-portfolios, media galleries, information, artwork documentation etc.

To request an Emily Carr WordPress site contact the TLC@ecuad.ca

  • Course sites
  • e-Portfolios
  • Departmental micro sites
  • Galleries, discussion and critique

ECU WordPress is hosted on servers in Canada and is FIPPA compliant.

More about FIPPA

Support contact: For support or to request a WordPress site email tlc@ecuad.ca


What to expect
Going forward, WordPress will be jointly administrated by the TLC and IT. The TLC will be your main contact for assistance with site building and utilizing WordPress for course delivery, while IT will be handling hosting and login.

With our new instance of WordPress we can finally use the block-editor, up-to-date plugins, tools and themes. The only downside is that we will no longer support legacy themes or the classic editor.

This means your current ECU site will have to be re-designed within one of the available block themes. The TLC can help you in this process.

Features
- Up-to-date themes
- Custom CSS
- Ability to do deep front-end development
- Support for SVG and iFrame embeds (Kaltura, Vimeo, Youtube embeds are all supported)
- Choose between the Classic and Block editor
- ECU Universal login

Training and Support
If you are new to the block editor or feel you need a brush-up on WordPress you can always book a consultation or 1:1 training with us at the TLC. We can also host WordPress workshops for larger groups by request.