Personal Websites

Description

OIT offers Personal Websites for individuals on a people.ohio.edu/your-OHIOID URL. This service is provisioned with basic WordPress and is otherwise limited to the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript-based websites only. Personal Websites are for the purposes of sharing professional work, research, course materials, publications or related materials pertaining to the activities of Ohio University. This service is not intended for use as an archive of old websites or file storage.

Access

• Each site has a unique URL for administration, with the following format:

  • https://sites.ohio.edu/OHIOID/wp-login.php

• For additional support, review the Personal Websites Setup Guide.

Who can access

• Faculty and Staff

How to request access

• Contact the IT Service Desk with the following information:

  • Your OHIO ID

  • Type of request: Personal Website

  • Indicate whether you want to use WordPress or not

Terms of use

• Not to be used for official or departmental web sites

• No OHIO logos or marks may be used on personal pages

• No selling of goods or services

• OHIO digital policies apply

• OIT does not provide support or training for personal web pages

• No FTP (file transfer protocol) or SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) access is possible. File management must be done through the web browser file manager provisioned with the site

Features

• people.ohio.edu/your-OHIOID URL

• Supports HTML, CSS, and Javascript

• Supports WordPress CMS

• Unlimited Disk Space for website files

• Daily Data Backups

  • Backups are taken once per day and replace the previous day's backup. Requests for restoring a backup must be made prior to the next backup or the old data will be overwritten.

Additional resources

Service support

• Service Level Agreement: Websites

• IT Services Roadmaps

• Personal Websites Setup Guide

Get help

• Visit the Technology Help Center (help.ohio.edu) to get live support, view outages, and browse trainings.

Accessibility

Ohio University strives to make its digital resources and services accessible to all visitors, including those with disabilities who may also be using assistive technology. If special steps are necessary in order to improve the accessibility of experiences for end-users, those steps must be taken. 
 
If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access OHIO websites, videos, online forums, documents, or other information technology, please let us know. 
For further information about OHIO's digital accessibility resources, see:

• Digital Accessibility

• Office for University Accessibility

• Student Accessibility Services

• Ohio University's IT Accessibility Policy

Security

The Ohio University Information Security Office strives to educate and empower the University community to appropriately manage risks and protect OHIO’s information and systems. This effort is facilitated through policies, standards, and information security risk management program, as well as other tools and guidance that are provided to the University community. This modern approach creates a safe computing environment in which the University community can teach, learn, and conduct research. 

For additional information about OHIO’s security resources, see:

• Resources for students 

• Resources for faculty and staff 

• Resources for researchers