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Faculty Websites

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Faculty Websites, using WordPress, offers a simple, secure, customizable, and scalable platform for faculty members to create and manage their websites. With its user-friendly interface and wide range of features, it is a great choice for faculty members looking to establish an online presence.

Faculty Websites is a free, basic web hosting service using WordPress Multisite that has some wonderful benefits, but can also be too limiting for some needs. Before you begin, check to see if this is the right service for you.

Benefits

  1. Free. No charge to use the web hosting service
  2. Web-based editing using WordPress. No desktop software needed
  3. Unlimited pages and posts
  4. Generous media storage
  5. Built-in version control
  6. Backups, security, and updates are handled for you
  7. 24/7 Technical Support – technical support is available from our partners at CampusPress.

Limitations

  1. Limited to installed WordPress plugins and themes. You cannot install or modify themes or plugins.
  2. Limited to editing via WordPress tools. No scripting or programming.
  3. All website contributors need a UCInetID.
  4. No SFTP Access

24/7 Technical Support

We have partnered with CampusPress to host Faculty Websites. In addition to offering 24/7 technical support, they also have a vast library of help articles.

General Questions

Need more help?

Open a Help Desk Ticket

AT A GLANCE

REQUIREMENTS

You must be a current UCI Faculty member

COST

No additional cost

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty

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May 7, 2024