A new USD website involves starting up an entirely new website for your administrative or academic office. This request requires a navigation structure as well as content. New USD websites live on the www.sandiego.edu web server and are an official representation of the university.
Requirements
You will need to open an online web request to begin the process of building your new site. Select New Website as your request type and Departmental Website as the type of site you are looking to build.
Instructions
You will need the following to request this type of website:
Website URL
Selection of a new web address (URL) for your departmental website. Note that we ensure that URLs are SEO-friendly. An example of a good SEO-friendly URL would be https://www.sandiego.edu/sustainability/
Website Maintainer
Selection of a maintainer for your new website. Please see below for required training in order to gain access to the maintenance tool (Cascade Server CMS) for the website. ITS will not provision web server space for your site until a maintainer is identified. ITS is not staffed to maintain or otherwise edit your website long-term.
Navigation
Creation of new navigation (i.e. information architecture) for your site. You can have a maximum of 5 or 6 categories in your navigation (depending on length of navigation items). This determines your primary (horizontal) navigation as well as your secondary (sub-page) navigation.
Introductory Statement
Development of an introductory statement for your website. This will be placed on your home page and serve as a welcome for visitors.
Banner Image
Selection of 1 banner image for your website. The sizing of the banner on most USD websites is 2100x350. You can refer to the USD Gallery for professional photography provided by the university for web and print purposes.
Contact Information
Selection of contact information for display on your website. This involves the following for your department:
- Phone
- E-mail address
- Office location
- Office hours
Content
Content for each page of your website. This should be provided as a Google Doc the URL of which should be included in the ticket you submit for this request.
Support
Attend a Cascade Server training to learn how to use the USD templates within our content management software. This training is mandatory before ITS can authorize a web account in the USD Content Management System. Cascade Server Registration is available online.
Request access to the CMS once you have attended training. To do this please submit an access request.
If you have any questions or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact us using our online request form. This ensures that the first-available team member can assist you.
Terms and Conditions
Please note: all websites on www.sandiego.edu are subject to change by Information Technology Services if there are technical or functional issues noted on the website. Information Technology Services will make every effort to notify you of any changes and the reason(s) for such changes