USD provides a WordPress solution which offers users a web-based content management system. This category is generally referred to as, "USD Sites". The system is USD-branded, but allows you to create your website with little coding knowledge, required web software, and with a larger degree of freedom from university branding standards.
A WordPress site is web space provided to any faculty, student, or staff by the unversity for personal or professional (e.g. teaching, research, or marketing) uses. Personal websites are powered by USD Sites, USD's WordPress server.
Instructions
You will need the following to request this type of website:
Contact Information
A valid MySanDiego username, password, and e-email address.
Website URL
Selection of a new web address (URL) for your WordPress site. WordPress sites are housed on our sites.sandiego.edu server and have URLs such as the following: https://sites.sandiego.edu/[sitename]/
Site Type
The type of site you need. The following are the options:
- Personal website
- Blog
Maintainers
The USD e-mail address(es) of anyone who will be helping you to maintain your website, if any.
Content
Content for your new website, including any text, images, and files (such as PDFs or Word documents).
Support
The USD Sites platform is self-service. However if you experience a technical issue with the system, please contact us using our online request form. This ensures that the first-available team member can assist you.
If you are a faculty member at the university, you are eligible for a faculty-ready website, which is partially completed with content. We also offer basic training on the following topics, which you can request when submitting your site request.
- Add/remove pages
- Add/remove menu items
- Update text content
- Update links
- Update media, such as images, video, etc.