{"id":9,"date":"2017-10-12T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/site2017\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:44:02","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__explore panel panel-explore site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"explore\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper  explore\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\"site-panel__explore-chevron site-panel-shape-bbc--cranberry-navy\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-section__content site-panel__explore-content\">\n\n        <div class=\"t-content site-panel__explore-desc site-grid__col site-grid__col--flex-2\">\n            <h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"explore-this-site\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Explore this Site<\/h2>\n\n            <p>St. Olaf&#8217;s websites are powered by WordPress, a robust CMS (content management system) that provides a dynamic, extensible, and \u2014 best of all \u2014 <em>easy<\/em> way to manage our site&#8217;s content. 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