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Web Development & Interface Design provides central web hosting services to meet various campus needs.
Departmental Web Hosting
Departments, projects, labs, and other official KU academic and administrative units are eligible for up to 500 MB of web hosting space on either www2.ku.edu or web.ku.edu, depending on the intended use. Additional storage space can be arranged to meet departmental needs.
Approved departmental accounts may also obtain database hosting using either MySQL or Oracle.
To request a web hosting or database account, please complete this form.
Personal Web Hosting
KU faculty, staff, students and approved affiliates are eligible for 50 MB of personal web hosting space on people.ku.edu. Please read the memorandum of understanding to become familiar with the terms and conditions associated with using your personal web space.
You may sign up for this service when creating your KU Online ID, or if you already have a KU Online ID, you can add this service to your account.
Personal web space does support PHP and Perl via suEXEC, but must be requested.
Info on connecting to your personal webspace can be found here: Dreamweaver: Defining Your Site (PDF)
Groups Web Hosting
Groups registered with the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC) are eligible for 200 MB of web hosting space on groups.ku.edu. For more information about group registration or to request an account, please contact SILC at orgs@ku.edu.
Virtual Host or Domain Hosting
If you are hosting your department's website with KU, you are allowed to register a free virtual host (e.g. www.provost.ku.edu) or purchase a .org domain (e.g. www.kuband.org) for your site. More info can be found in the Hosting a Domain documentation.
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