All University affiliated organizations are eligible for web hosting accounts. All content published on a UAA web server is subject to the University of Alaska Anchorage Appropriate Use Policy. The following are examples of organizations that are eligible:
- Administrative Departments
- Academic Departments
- Student Clubs
- Institutes
- Research Centers
- Any official University-sponsored organization
Department Hosting Types
- Content Management System
- General Web Hosting
Content Management System
UAA adopted the use of CommonSpot Content Management System (CMS) by Paperthin. The CMS is built using ColdFusion scripting and resides on a UNIX platform. The CMS provides an easy way for departments to manage content through web forms without the need to have scripting skills, such as HTML, ColdFusion, ASP, and ASP.NET. All Administrative department web sites should be using the CMS. Academic units (colleges and schools) are also eligible to use the CMS. These projects involve the entire college or school.
General Web Hosting
Organizational web sites hosted on UAA's webspace have the website URL http://sitename.uaa.alaska.edu/. The hosting server is a Win 2003 server. The hosting server provides the ability to create custom scripts using ColdFusion, Frontpage Server Extensions or ASP. For ColdFusion data-driven sites, a datasource can be requested. Below are some of the options available with general web hosting.
General Web Hosting Webpage Publishing
To put up a website you will need an FTP client. You can get an FTP client at the downloads page under the heading "FTP Clients". To publish your web content, use the following FTP information:
- FTP Host: sitename.uaa.alaska.edu
- Username:
- Password: assigned
General Web Hosting Space Allocation
- 20 MB
- Requested increase to 50 MB
- Over 50 MB requires a site assessment conducted by IT Services
If General Web Hosting does not fulfill the department need, the department may purchase a server and host it in the IT Services machine room. IT Services will not provide support for the hosted server.
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