All Aurora WordPress sites need to have the UConn Banner and have a domain with ( .uconn.edu) to be compliant with the UConn Web Standards.
Requests with Non non-UConn domains (e.g., .org, .net, etc) will not be processed.
Your Aurora account will let allows you to make a website from within your web browser. View our list of current, planned, and potential features, and check our see the Aurora Knowledge Base for more information about this service.
Anyone using this system must agree to go through the online Aurora WordPress Training.
Cost
Fully subsidized to those listed as eligible in the following section.
Eligibility
Available to all Schools, Colleges, Divisions, Departments, Centers, Institutes, Research Labs, Projects, individual Faculty, or Graduate Students
Domain Name Guidelines
The University is working to improve our top-level domain structure, and xxx.uconn.edu is reserved for Schools/Colleges, regional campusesRegional Campuses, and interdisciplinary institutes Interdisciplinary Institutes and centersCenters.
You can build off an existing domain that would be appropriate for your website (e.g. For example, xxx.yourdepartment.uconn.edu).
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All 3rd level domain requests, yourrequest.uconn.edu, will be sent to Communications for approval. Additionally, we |
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xxx.center.uconn.edu
xxx.collaboration.uconn.edu
xxx.initiative.uconn.edu
xxx.institute.uconn.edu
xxx.lab.uconn.edu
xxx.office.uconn.edu
xxx.programs.uconn.edu
xxx.research.uconn.edu
Faculty, Graduate students Students, and Researcherswill can use the official UConn email address as a reference. For instance, if your email is firstname.lastname@uconn.edu, the website address will be firstname-lastname.scholar.uconn.edu.
All Registered Student Organizations and Student Activities must be approved through the Department of Student Activities
by filling out the Student Organization Website Form.
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A new account is created with a draft.sitename.uconn.edu temporary URL.
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Before the site goes live, it will be reviewed by University Communications, the Department Communicators if applicable as well as ITS Accessibility to ensure the site is accessible and following the Standard Guidelines. To avoid delays in the site going live, please make sure you have addressed any Standards and Accessibility issues before sending the Site Review and Go Live Request. Sites will NOT Go Live until they have been approved, please allow time for this process (1-2 weeks). |