IT Services offers web hosting for departmental, staff and project websites.
Refer to the Standard Operating Procedure: Requests for new web presence & email address [PDF] [Intranet]
Departmental websites are set up with the standard University template using the Web Content Management System (CMS). The CMS facilitates the publishing, editing and modifying of web content through a simple web-based interface. The majority of the UM websites are based on the Terminalfour Web CMS, but some webpages are still transitioning from the old Web CMS: Squiz Matrix.
Staff are to adhere to the UM branding guidelines provided by the Marketing, Communications & Alumni Office when populating departmental websites.
If a new departmental website needs to be set up, the departmental representative should contact the Web Policies team, in order to prepare the website template for the new department on the Web CMS, and to grant editing rights to the staff who will be responsible for updating the website. Refer to the Standard Operating Procedure [PDF] [Intranet] section 6.1.
Documentation on the use of the Web CMS is available.
Staff may wish to set up a personal website to showcase their research. Staff should contact IT Services to discuss their requirements.
Note that teaching and learning resources related to study-units should not be uploaded on staff personal websites. These resources should be uploaded in the UM VLE.
Staff coordinating the setup of a website for a University-related project are advised to contact the Web Policies team to discuss their requirements. If the website is exempted from using the UM branded template (refer to the URL policy), IT Services can assist staff with the following:
Note that IT Services only provides the hosting space, and the setting up, population and maintenance of the website and WordPress (including periodic updates for WordPress and its plugins) are the responsibility of the project team or should be outsourced to the supplier.
Refer to the Standard Operating Procedure [PDF] [Intranet] section 6.4.
It is important that staff consult the Marketing, Communications & Alumni Office and IT Services before proceeding with procurement procedures related to web design and development services.
