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Official website for my department, division, or unit

In almost all cases we’re recommending the new UCSC WordPress website service, which is replacing the current WCMS, also known as Cascade.

It’s a great choice for departments, divisions, schools, colleges and units across campus because of its flexibility, ease of use to create, and the to ability maintain great website content.

Before you make the request, it’s a good time to:

• Review website standards.
• Determine if you need help.
• Start (or continue) developing your content strategy, which includes the process involved in getting your site from good to great.

Intranets

An intranet is a great choice to manage web pages involving your internal processes and procedures. Review our guidance on Creating an intranet. 

Before you make the request, it’s a good time to:

• Review website standards.
• Determine if you need help.
• Start (or continue) developing your content strategy, which includes the process involved in getting your site from good to great.

Faculty, researcher, or graduate student website

There are a couple options you can choose from:

Faculty and Researchers
Faculty, graduate students, and research staff can use WordPress to create websites to highlight professional, research, and other scholarly activities.

Students
SlugSites provides any UC Santa Cruz student an easy-to-use web publishing tool to create a personal website with WordPress.

Before you make the request, it’s a good time to:

• Review website standards.
• Determine if you need help.
• Start (or continue) developing your content strategy, which includes the process involved in getting your site from good to great.

I’m not sure, guide me

There are a couple options you can choose from which are based on your role at UCSC.

Review our website options and if you’d like more personalized help, please submit a ticket via SlugHub and we’ll reach out to you and help.