# Web publishing

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Last updated: November 6, 2024

The UW offers web publishing options that meet most needs, skill levels, and level of control desired. Below are many of the web publishing options available to UW students, faculty and staff. If you are unsure which option is right for you, check out our guide to [choosing a web publishing option](https://it.uw.edu/guides-by-topic/online-storage-publishing/web-publishing/choosing-a-web-hosting-option//).

## Web Publishing Options for Everyone

The following options are available to the UW community, and allow websites to be easily\
created without knowing HTML or prior web publishing experience.

**UW Google Sites** web publishing is available as part\
of the **Google Apps for Education** service. [\
**More about Google Apps**](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/software-computers/productivity-platforms/google-productivity-platform/ "UW Google Apps") | [**Sign up now**](https://uwnetid.washington.edu/manage/?google) | [**Go to Google Sites**](https://sites.google.com/) | [**Support**](http://www.google.com/support/a/uw.edu/)

## Web Publishing Options for Students, Faculty, Staff, Courses, and Departments

**Web Publishing on Central UW Servers** allows you to\
create your own website, including installing [WordPress](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/storage-hosting/shared-hosting/installing wordpress/ "Installing WordPress") and [Drupal](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/storage-hosting/shared-hosting/installing-drupal/ "Installing Drupal") on central UW servers.  [MySQL servers](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/storage-hosting/shared-hosting/using-mysql-on-shared-uw-hosting/ "Using MySQL on Shared UW Hosting") are also supported. [\
**Learn more**](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/storage-hosting/shared-hosting/ "UW Shared Web Hosting") | [Activate](https://uwnetid.washington.edu/manage/?service) | [Support](https://it.uw.edu/help/ "Get Help")

**UW Sites Network** provides an easy-to-use, UW-branded,\
centrally administered WordPress website. [\
**Learn more**](https://sites.uw.edu/ "UW Blogs Network") | [**Support**](https://sites.uw.edu/your-first-site/)

## Web Hosting & Servers for Web Publishing

**Pantheon** is a cloud web hosting provider offering powerful tools to build and maintain WordPress and Drupal based websites including enterprise grade security and 24/7 support. [\
**Learn more**](https://uw.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_entry&sys_id=ea82ae3ddb66338437ae9ec6db9619b7&sysparm_category=5942fc69db62bf40d6a77a8eaf96190b "Pantheon")

**UW-IT Hosted and Managed Servers** provide complete web server environments that can host websites using Content Management Systems like WordPress or Drupal, or custom websites. Servers can be self-managed or managed by UW-IT. [**Standard Managed Servers**](https://uw.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_entry&sys_id=218fc35ddb9a778037ae9ec6db9619b6&sysparm_category=5942fc69db62bf40d6a77a8eaf96190b "Standard Managed Servers") | [**Standard Hosted Servers**](https://uw.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_entry&sys_id=c1a4f2e5db1a7b8037ae9ec6db9619f2&sysparm_category=5942fc69db62bf40d6a77a8eaf96190b "Standard Hosted Servers")

## Specialized Web Publishing Options

**Publishing on UW Home Page Servers** supports the UW home page and other sites stemming off the root of washington.edu and uw.edu, and has different procedures and features than other central servers. [\
**Learn more**](http://www.washington.edu/marketing/web-design/) | [**UW Brand information**](http://www.washington.edu/brand/section/web/) | **[Documentation](https://it.uw.edu/guides-by-topic/online-storage-publishing/web-publishing/installing-and-maintaining-documents/)**

**Microsoft SharePoint Online** is a web-based platform that provides collaboration tools and tight integration with Microsoft Office 365.  For internal use only, i.e. no anonymous public web access available.

[**Learn more**](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/software-computers/productivity-platforms/microsoft-productivity-platform/collaboration-services/sharepoint-online/)

**Local Departmental Servers**. Your department may have web publishing\
environments already set up for your use. To see if any are offered and for more\
information, check with your local IT department.

## Explore Similar Services

**Hyak** offers high-performance computing clusters for researchers who have\
a need for a convenient, flexible, and cost-effective high-end computer systems. [**Learn more**](https://it.uw.edu/service/shared-scalable-compute-cluster-for-research-hyak/)

**Lolo** provides high-capacity storage for supporting both the Hyak cluster\
and storage needs of researchers campus-wide. [**Learn more**](https://it.uw.edu/service/shared-central-file-system-for-research-archives-lolo-archive/)

**UW-IT Managed Servers** is designed for UW departments, and leverages\
UW-IT’s expertise to offer a simple, efficient solution when you need servers deployed\
and managed. [**Learn more**](https://it.uw.edu/service/standard-managed-servers/)

## Web Publishing Resources

- [Add a UW Header & Footer to your Site](http://www.washington.edu/brand/section/web)
- [University Brand Guidelines](http://www.washington.edu/brand)
- Web Design Services on Campus
  - [Creative+Communications](http://www.pubserv.washington.edu/)
  - [UW Creative](http://depts.washington.edu/uwcreate/)

## Guidelines and Rules

### Terms of use and privacy policy

All UW-affiliated sites are required to link to the [UW Privacy Policy and Terms of Use](https://it.uw.edu/tools-services-support/storage-hosting/shared-hosting/tos-privacy/ "Adding the UW Privacy Policy and Terms of Use to your Site"). Student websites, including Registered Student Organizations, are not required to link to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

### Appropriate use of UW resources

Administrators are required to be aware of the [Appropriate Use](https://it.uw.edu/it-at-the-uw/it-governance-and-policies/appropriate-use/ "Appropriate Use") of UW resources and ensure their sites fall within these guidelines.