Bristol Blogs are available to staff and postgraduate research students across the University of Bristol.
Firstly, please read our Terms & Conditions for using Bristol Blogs.
Then you’ll need to create a user account on the blog platform:
- Go to http://blogs.bristol.ac.uk/wp-login.php
- Click on ‘University of Bristol login’
- Log in with your UoB username and password (if you are already signed in to your UoB account on another browser tab, eg signed in to Outlook, it may sign you in automatically)
- This auto-creates your user account.
Once you’ve done that you can create a blog:
- Go to http://blogs.bristol.ac.uk/wp-signup.php
- Enter a short name for your site in the “Site Domain” box. This will appear as a prefix to .blogs.bristol.ac.uk in your website’s address.
- Enter a title for your website in the “Site Title” box.
- Press the ‘Create Site’ button.
- Click on the confirmation link to activate your new site.
Once you have activated your site you will be taken to your profile dashboard. To access and edit your site, hover over ‘My Sites’ in the navigation bar across the top of the screen, and select your site from the drop-down list.
Blogs for students
Bristol Blogs are available to staff and postgraduate research students across the University of Bristol. Undergraduate and postgraduate taught students are unable to create their own blog. However, blog owners are able to give them access as contributors.
Moving an external blog into the Bristol Blogs network
Please see our guide to moving an external blog into the Bristol Blogs network.