Are “Faculty Websites” Right For You?

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Our goal is to provide faculty an easy way to create and maintain a simple website using a web-based Content Management System (CMS). We have chosen WordPress as it has an easy-to-use interface and is scalable to accommodate many websites on campus.

Benefits

  • Free for faculty.
    OIT covers and fees associated with the service.
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Web-based editing, no desktop software needed
  • Multi-user environment with role-based access which allows others to help manage the content on your website. (All users must have UCInetIDs.)
  • Built-in version control
  • Built-in Search
  • RSS Feeds
  • Unlimited file uploads
  • Google Analytics data in your dashboard
  • Professionally designed themes to easily change the “look and feel”
  • Drag-and-drop menu management
  • Built-in templates for common pages – just edit the existing pages and create new ones
  • Website is hosted for you
  • Security and backups are handled for you
  • 24/7 technical support from our partners at CampusPress
  • * Custom Domains are possible – If you have or want to use a custom domain, this is possible. It will need to be in the ‘uci.edu’ domain. Top-level domains (something.uci.edu) require approval. Applying a custom domain can take a few days or longer depending on approvals needed. Please contact us to begin the discussion.

Limitations

  • Limited to editing via the WordPress tools.
    No programming or scripting access. (For example, Javascript, PHP, etc.)
  • No FTP access.
    If you have a website created in Dreamweaver or another web development program, you will not be able to upload your HTML pages. All of your content (Posts and Pages) reside in a database. You can recreate the pages and copy and paste the content.
  • All website contributors (authors, editors, etc.) must have a UCInetID to login.
  • Limited to installed plugins.
    We are very conservative in our approach to adding new plugins. Each new plugin must be evaluated and tested by CampusPress to see if it will benefit the entire system. Each new plugin has potential software conflicts, security risks, and may slow down the system for all sites.
  • Limited to installed themes.
    Some themes are customizable. Styles (fonts, etc) are not editable unless you know CSS well. We do have a Custom CSS Manager plugin that allows you to override the theme’s styles using CSS.

More Robust Needs?

You may find that your needs are more than we can accommodate with Faculty Websites. If that is the case, there are other options: