This page provides guidance on how to request a new website and provides the different options available to UCL departments.
There are three options for new websites.
1. I need a web presence (my content is fully UCL owned)
Your web content should sit on an existing UCL-branded website on www.ucl.ac.uk built in the central Drupal content management platform (CMS). The content will be housed in the most appropriate area of the UCL website.
For academic content, this is likely to be:
- A faculty site
- A central research site
- Or most appropriate academic section
Central UCL content for public audiences will sit in the global information architecture under the main sections of the central menu: Study, About, Research, Engage.
Please contact your faculty or central service Site Owner in the first instance. You can find these on the Digital Experience Sharepoint site along with more information about how we can support your web presence:
If you can demonstrate that your UCL-owned website or web application cannot be hosted in Drupal or on www.ucl.ac.uk then it may be a candidate for UCL's web hosting container service.
2. Web hosting for applications non www.ucl.ac.uk websites (ISD managed)
If you have a web application that cannot be hosted in Drupal, then you may wish to opt for a lightweight container for webhosting. This is managed by ISD and we are currently offering PHP-based web applications.
To use this service, we need an active owner, who agrees to the automatic updating of underpinning technologies, including but not limited to PHP and SQL versions, to maintain security compliance. This service offering is hosted in the public cloud within UCL’s tenancy, and as such incurs a cost for what is used (average £300 per annum). If you need webspace to host a web application you can find our more on our service page:
Webhosting Container Service page
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