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Overview
UO Blogs offers a large variety of themes for customers that we are committed to maintaining. We ask that customers use these themes before requesting a custom theme.
There is more work that goes into installing a theme than just clicking the Download link; there is a commitment to maintaining it as well. As UO Blogs is updated, themes often need to be revised and updated to continue functioning.
If you cannot find a theme that fits your needs and you would like to use an outside theme, you may request a custom theme for your site as long as it meets the criteria below.
Information
Guidelines
- Custom themes may only be used for departments, administrative units, or ASUO-recognized sites.
- Students are not eligible.
- Individual faculty or staff websites are not eligible.
- The custom theme must be supported by a web developer, designer, or someone with equivalent experience.
- At least one administrator for the site must be a full-time faculty or staff member.
- The theme request will be reviewed by the UO Blogs Change Advisory Board and CampusPress (UO Blogs' hosting company) before implementation and going live.
- Big theme frameworks and their child themes may make it more difficult to get a custom theme approved.
- The administrator(s) of the site agree to the following:
- Information Services and CampusPress will not be responsible for keeping the theme up-to-date, theme development, or troubleshooting. Please contact your unit's technology staff for further information about support.
- CampusPress and the UO Blogs Change Advisory Board reserve the right to deny any custom theme request.
Vetting Process
- The custom theme will be tested to ensure there are no apparent bugs or security vulnerabilities.
- The theme will then be sent to the UO Blogs Change Advisory Board for review.
- If the theme is approved by the Change Advisory Board, CampusPress will review the request.
Timing
We expect a one-month turnaround from the time we receive a custom theme request to that theme going live.
Application
If you have a theme that meets all of the above-mentioned criteria, then you can request to have your theme reviewed here; Web Development & Hosting Support