This page provides guidance on how to request a new website and provides options for UCL branded sites, departmental web space and non-UCL branded sites.
There are three types of new website requests:
- A UCL branded Drupal website.
- Departmental web space for a website that uses technology other than Drupal, for example to support your research. This excludes content management systems such as Wordpress.
- A non-UCL branded website or non-Drupal site such as Wordpress, for example to support a multi-partner initiative where UCL is not the lead partner or where the site needs functionality not supported by Drupal.
Website for a multi-partner project:
- If the UCL is the lead partner, follow the steps for 1. a UCL branded website built on Drupal.
- If UCL is not the lead partner, follow the steps for 3. a non-UCL branded website.
Contact faculty / departmental communications
Check the proposed new website URL conforms with the UCL URL Policy. We will send all new website requests for approval by the Domain and Eligibility Committee so do try to ensure your proposed URL meets the policy. Your Faculty Communications Manager should be able to advise.
I work in Professional Services / an Office of the Vice Provost:
Check the proposed new website URL conforms with the UCL URL Policy. We will send all new website requests for approval by the Domain and Eligibility Committee so do try to ensure your proposed URL meets the policy. We will liaise with the appropriate senior site editor or digital communications manager as required.
Your faculty or department manager will get in touch with the digital experience team and send in the website request to them.
Approval by the Eligibility Committee
Digital Presence will review the request and will send it to the university's Domain and URL Eligibility Committee for final approval. Digital Presence will inform you of the Committee's decision.
- Discuss your request with your departmental Computer Representative. If you'd like to host a site built on a content management system such as Wordpress, follow the steps below for non-UCL branded websites
- If your Computer Representative approves the request, you should then complete a departmental web account request form
- We will review the request and if agreed, an account will be created and you will be informed of the details in due course
- If you need a MySQL account, email MySQL-Support Team after the departmental web account has been set up. For more information about MySQL, check out the MySQL database service webpage
- You will need to follow the procurement process. This includes sourcing your own suppliers and web hosting companies. These sites will not have UCL branding or a ucl.ac.uk URL