Get started.

We give you the space

and the tools.

You create your own

blog.

exhibit.

portfolio.

resume.

community.

presence.

UMass Create is a service currently in pilot that allows members of the UMass Amherst community to manage a hosted web space and install powerful, commonly-used web applications including WordPress, MediaWiki, Omeka and Drupal. Users can name their own web spaces (example: yourname.umasscreate.net) and take sites with them when they move on from UMass.

Joomla

Drupal

WordPress

Dreamweaver

Web Literacy

Master the tools and technology that make up the web to build your own space online.

Reclaim Content

Learn to take ownership and control over the content you put on the web instead of handing it to third-party publishers.

Digital Identity

Explore the notion of digital identity and how publishing on the web can frame an identity.

Make your website universally accessible.

Understand student privacy (FERPA).

Free Website Template Sources

Here are few websites with free templates* to help you get started:

Coffee Shop Website Template Yoga Website Template Dropbeat Website Template Financial Service Website Template Coaching Website Template
Please be advised that the templates may be a licensed property of the distributor. Read terms of use on the respective website for more information.

Need Help?

Our experts at UMass Create would be happy to help for any queries related to Web Development, Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (ER).
Join us here during online office hours:

  • Day
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Time
  • 1 PM – 2:00 PM
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

If you like to meet outside of those hours, or in person, please email me at yuntianhu@umass.edu. Or, fill support form at https://umasscreate.net/help-request-from/.