The Krieger Web Services Team hosts sites for Krieger School departments, programs, and faculty. All custom websites will have a url on the sites.krieger.jhu.edu domain (i.e sites.krieger.jhu.edu/example) and be built in WordPress.
WordPress runs on a managed, shared environment with many themes and plugins pre-installed. Users do not have to purchase any software or hosting. You simply need to manage the website through your browser.
What sites we support
We support the following types of websites:
Academic Departments, Programs, Centers, and Institutes
KSAS Web Services manages websites for entities classified as full-time, on-campus undergraduate and graduate programs (Homewood) under the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences in the Academic Catalog.
We train and work with administrators in each applicable department, program, center, and institute to ensure content accuracy, quality assurance, and familiarity with our WordPress content management system.
Faculty, Faculty Labs, or special department-related student groups
If requested, personal websites for faculty, faculty labs, or special department-related student groups are managed by the KSAS Web Services team. Any student group must be registered with the Office of Student Leadership and housed within a KSAS department.
KSAS Web Services will work with users in each entity to ensure content accuracy and quality assurance but may not provide detailed training. The KSAS Web Services may recommend that these sites be managed elsewhere.
Offices that specifically serve KSAS students, faculty, and/or staff
Websites for offices or entities that specifically serve KSAS students, faculty, and/or staff and are organizationally within the Krieger School are usually managed by the KSAS Web Services team.
The team will work with administrators to ensure content accuracy and quality assurance.
Depending on the intended audience and project scope, the office or entity may be encouraged to manage their web presence themselves as a university Sharepoint site, or on the Universal WordPress theme managed by Central Communications and JHU’s Technology Innovation Center (TIC).
What sites we do not support
- Offices or entities that may be organizationally housed in KSAS but serve students, faculty, and/or staff for the wider university community beyond the two schools on the Homewood campus. These websites will be managed by the TIC and their universal WordPress theme and setup, or by external vendors.
- These sites will not be the responsibility of the KSAS Web Services Team.
- We do not build websites for events, conferences, or courses.
- We do not provide support for content that is classified as “restricted” or requires authentication or password-protection.
- All Web Services’ hosted websites are intended to be publicly available.
- Users looking for authenticated websites should consider a Sharepoint communications (for disseminating to larger groups) or teams (for small groups) site.
- Otherwise, users should place sensitive and secure documents on a University IT-approved tool, set appropriate permissions therein, and link to it from the public WordPress site.
Other Policies
- Your website will have a
sites.krieger.jhu.edu/exampleurl. - Users cannot add their own plugins or themes due to security, accessibility, and maintenance reasons.
- Websites that have no or very minimal content added to the skeleton within 90 days of creation date will be removed without notice.
- Completed websites must contain at least 3 unique pages of content
- All websites must have a minimum of one, and a maximum of three, editors. Find out more about editing on the Using Your Site page.
Request a Website
To start using WordPress to manage the website for your research center, institute, lab, or faculty profile, simply:
- Read through our policies on hosting and costs, domains, and themes
- Explore the theme options available to you
- Please fill out the new website creation request form. We will review your request and reply within 72 hours.