Web Development & Hosting

Web Development and Hosting

Web Development and Hosting iconOIT provides a space online to faculty, staff, and students for a number of different purposes. Faculty, staff, and students may request web space on people.smu.edu for individual or instructional websites. Departments and student organizations may request web space, which is housed directly on the smu.edu, blog.smu, or people.smu servers.


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Web Hosting Options

OIT provides webspace to faculty, staff and students for a number of different purposes. Use the chart below to find the right solution for you needs.

www.smu.edu (Sitecore)

Public or marketing content of official 51²è¹Ý departments or sites that support official 51²è¹Ý business—this is 51²è¹Ý's main web content authoring system. Content for this server is managed with the Sitecore Experience Platform™.

blog.smu.edu (WordPress)

51²è¹Ý uses CampusPress, powered by WordPress, as its main blogging platform and is available at blog.smu.edu. Hosted blogs are available for classes, departments, and student organizations.

people.smu.edu (WordPress)

Like blog.smu, people.smu uses CampusPress, powered by WordPress, as the blogging platform individuals, allowing faculty, staff, and students to quickly and easily build and customize websites.

smu365 (Sharepoint)

51²è¹Ý365 is available for departments and groups needing internal (intranet) sites, especially those needing SharePoint functionality.

wiki.smu.edu (wiki)

Wiki.51²è¹Ý, powered by Atlassian Confluence, is available for departments and groups needing internal (intranet) sites, especially those needing wiki functionality.

s3.smu.edu (wiki)

The S3.51²è¹Ý server is designed to host departmental web content that is not compatible with the Sitecore environment.

Please note: Whenever possible, all public web content for a department should reside on Sitecore and utilize the approved templates and branding. Any exceptions must be requested and will be reviewed based on need.