UCI Sites
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UCI Sites using WordPress can be an excellent platform for your UCI website, offering a user-friendly interface, robust content management capabilities, and a wide range of customizable themes and plugins.
UCI Sites is a free, managed 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
- Free. No charge to use the web hosting service.
- Web-based editing, no desktop software needed.
- Unlimited pages and blog posts.
- Built-in version control.
- Security and Stability: Backups, updates, and security are handled for you. You don’t have to worry about patching, plugin conflicts, or troubleshooting issues.
- Generous media storage.
- More than 60 plugins to extend your website’s capabilities.
- 24/7 Technical Support – Technical support is available from our partners at CampusPress.
Limitations
- Limited to installed WordPress plugins and themes. You cannot install or modify themes or plugins.
- Limited to editing via WordPress tools. No scripting or programming.
- All website contributors need an active UCInetID. You will no longer be able to log in after you graduate or are no longer employed by UCI.
- No SFTP Access
- Only Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students can create a site. Undergraduates can be added as members, however. (We recommend Google Sites for undergraduate use.)
- Inactive sites may be archived after 2 years if they have not been updated. We send multiple emails to administrators before archiving sites.
24/7 Technical Support
We have partnered with CampusPress to host UCI Sites. In addition to offering 24/7 technical support, they also have a vast library of help articles.
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AT A GLANCE
REQUIREMENTS
- Only faculty, staff, and graduate students can create sites.
- Active UCInetIDs are required to log in.
COST
No additional cost
ELIGIBILITY
Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students,