The University offers two content management systems for lab websites:
University Blog Service
Features
- Log in with your UT EID login information
- Control the visibility of your blog
- Customize the look of your blog with six available themes, including two UT-branded themes
- Track statistics, including how many people have visited your blog
- A Web address in the utexas.edu domain
Cost
- University Blog Service is available at no cost to current faculty, staff, and students.
Additional Info
- https://sites.utexas.edu/
- Questions? Contact help@sites.utexas.edu
UT Drupal Kit (Managed)
Features
The following features are included by default with all "UT Drupal Kit - Managed" sites:
- Cloud hosting on the Pantheon Web Hosting service
- UT-branded "Forty Acres" theme with responsive design
- Preconfigured content components
- Drag-and-drop page layout tool
- Embeddable Twitter feeds
- Preconfigured WYSIWYG/rich text editor
- Add-on content features:
- News
- Events
- Profiles
- Preconfigured roles for content editors
- Metatag configuration to support Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Google Programmable Search Engine for site search
- Enterprise Authentication integration for content editor login
- Automated CMS updates with visual regression testing, managed by ITS
- Migration to future major versions of the UT Drupal Kit
Customizations to the site's theme or functionality are not allowed in this service.
- Customers wishing to use the UT Drupal Kit and requiring customization for their site should explore either:
- "UT Drupal Kit - Custom" - Fully-managed and hosted site with customization and development support from ITS
- "UT Drupal Kit - Self-managed" - Use of the UT Drupal Kit software without development or site management support from ITS
Cost
- Most labs can expect to pay $300 annually. "UT Drupal Kit – Managed" is centrally funded, except for Pantheon hosting costs, which can vary by site based on traffic.
- Please see Pantheon Service Plans for more information about hosting costs on the Pantheon platform.