Overview

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UC San Diego has multiple options available to help faculty, staff, and students create websites.

Critical Concepts

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• UCSD campus ITS offers a content management system (CMS) service for official UCSD affiliated websites.
• Other departments also offer their own web services for specific communities.

Steps to Take

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ITS Supported Options

Campus Content Management System (CMS)

ITS Workplace Technology Services (WTS) supports the campus CMS. They set up and manage the framework, provide training and answer questions about best content management practices. To attain a CMS site:

• You must be affiliated with an academic department or program or official ORU, or a Health Sciences (clinical) or School of Medicine site. 
• The site must be permanent. One-time events, notices, and other temporary items should be placed on an existing website.
• Someone in your area must commit to owning and updating the website on a regular basis.
• Agree to use the standard campus-wide templates.
• Have a Business Systems account for accessing the CMS.

There are three options for CMS content:

• Blink website: Blink is the "intranet" for UC San Diego faculty and staff, even though it is public (not behind a login). It has 3.5 million visitors a year. If your information is for all or most employees, put it in Blink.
• TritonLink website: The official student website hosts department-managed content targeting students with more than 1 million unique visitors each year. https://students.ucsd.edu is a highly visible and popular site. 
• General CMS websites: If your information is for departments and centers that are not specifically student- or staff-centric, you may want an independent site.

Learn about CMS requirements and how to request a new site.

Intranet/Behind Login:

Microsoft SharePoint is a collaborative workspace that integrates with Office 365 apps and services. Sharepoint is set up behind an Active Directory login and managers can set user roles.

 

Additional options

• Center for Student Involvement provides sites for student organizations.
• Educational Technology Services (ETS) and Medical Education Technology (MedEDTech) provide Course sites.
• Jacobs School of Engineering Office of Engineering Computing provide general website hosting and web development.
• San Diego Supercomputer Center: Supports WordPress, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, as well as custom applications and frameworks. A complimentary MySQL database is provided for use with the website.
• Scripps IT: For the Scripps community, including the Birch Aquarium, California Sea Grant and the Nimitz Marine Facility in Point Loma.
• UC Health Web Services: Pulse websites and new Health website requests.
• See Information for Advanced developers if you are considering developing your own site or application.

 

Additional Campus Content

The UC San Diego Mobile App is a location-based mobile app that connects you to campus information such as real-time shuttles, news, events and weather.