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Mimas 3

What is Mimas 3? Mimas is our custom WordPress theme, designed to offer bespoke blocks and components. It allows content creators to easily display their content in an engaging way.

Available Mimas modules

Build pages and structure content with Mimas 3.0 modules.

Blocks

The building blocks to build and structure your content. You’ll have access to over 27 different options including cards, accordions and action panels.

Components

Components include elements such as the site header, navigation, forms, support content and more.

Style guides

Useful style guides to help design your content in alignment with Curtin University’s styling guidelines.

Example layouts

See examples and best practices of pages implementing Mimas 3.0 blocks.

Digital style guide

Check out Curtin’s digital style guide for comprehensive instructions on maintaining a cohesive online presence.
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Training resources

View video recordings and general guidelines to gain an understanding of WordPress.

Mimas etymology

Our WordPress theme is named after the moon of Saturn, Mimas. The first version of our theme was simply referred to as the base theme. The Saturnian moon is famous for looking like the Death Star on Star Wars. The Death Star was a base, this was a base theme, the name stuck.

Mimas (the moon) is named after one of the Giants in Greek mythology, Mimas. The names of all seven then-known satellites of Saturn, including Mimas, were suggested by William Herschel’s son John in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope. Saturn (the Roman equivalent of Cronus in Greek mythology) was the leader of the Titans, the generation before the Gods, and ruler of the world for some time. The Giants were the subsequent generation, and each group fought a great struggle against the Gods.

The customary English pronunciation of the name is /ˈmaɪməs/, though some people attempt a more ‘authentic’ pronunciation, /ˈmiːməs/.

The Greek and Latin root of the name is Mimant-, and so the English adjectival form is Mimantean or Mimantian, either spelling pronounced /maɪˈmæntiən/ ~ /mɪˈmæntiən/.

Source: Wikipidea – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)