Web Services

Enabling website owners to create and maintain websites with secure, flexible, and easy-to-use platforms, systems, services, analytics, web accessibility resources, and website support.  Whether you need a website for a department, a group, a lab, or for yourself, we have a service to meet your needs.

Options

UCSC WordPress

This new, easier-to-use WordPress service for most UCSC Divisions, Departments, Units and Research Groups provides you with the freedom to create, design, manage, and develop a sustainable and effective web presence.

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• Request a new website
• Launch my website

Faculty WordPress

Simple websites for faculty, graduate students, and research staff to create websites to highlight professional, research, and other scholarly activities.

Using WordPress,  you can create websites with very little technical or design expertise. 

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Google Sites

Available to all UCSC students, faculty, and staff. Best used for short-term project based websites, intranets, and websites that need to restrict access.

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Personal WordPress Websites

The Personal (SlugSite) WordPress service will be discontinued on May 1, 2025. If you have questions, need guidance on choosing the best service for your site, please submit an online support request.

Legacy Web Services

• WCMS (Replaced by Campus WordPress)
• www2 (Replaced by Faculty WordPress)
• people.ucsc.edu  (Replaced by Personal WordPress Websites; Note: the Personal (SlugSite) WordPress service will be discontinued on May 1, 2025)

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