Websites at UC San Diego
Last Updated: June 2, 2025 11:01:11 AM PDT
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Learn about your website options at UC San Diego, including how to have an effective presence on the web.
Website hosting
Workplace Technology Services (WTS) supports a number of options for hosting your site. Each includes software, training, and a support team to assure best practices. These include:
Campus Content Management System (CMS)
- General CMS sites: For campus and School of Medicine departments and centers with a public-facing focus.
- Blink: For departments with information aimed at faculty and staff.
- TritonLink: For departments with information aimed at students.
Simple Sites
Simple Sites is a managed WordPress hosting environment where you can create a basic website or blog with UC San Diego-branded templates that conform to accessibility standards.
Sharepoint
Microsoft SharePoint provides a collaboration workspace that integrates with Office 365 apps and services.
| Offering | Best For | Target audience | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Content Management System (CMS) | Campus and School of Medicine (SOM) Departments and Centers | Various (public facing) |
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| CMS: Blink |
Departments serving faculty and staff Staff organizations |
Faculty & staff (public facing) | As CMS, above, plus:
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| CMS: TritonLink | Departments serving students | Current students (public facing) | As CMS, above, plus:
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| Simple Sites | Basic sites with few pages
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Public facing or UC San Diego protected |
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| Microsoft SharePoint | Campus and School of Medicine (SOM) Departments and Centers |
Internal Facing: Faculty & Staff login required |
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Course sites
- Course sites are available from Educational Technology Services (ETS) and Medical Education Technology ( MedEDTech)
Other on-campus resources
- Jacobs School of Engineering’s Office of Engineering Computing: General website hosting and web development
- Scripps IT: For the Scripps community, including the Birch Aquarium, California Sea Grant and the Nimitz Marine Facility in Point Loma
- San Diego Supercomputer Center's Web & Database Hosting (SDSC WebDB): For any UC site. Supports WordPress, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, as well as custom applications and frameworks. A complimentary MySQL database is provided for use with the website.
- UC Health: For new Health system website requests, or support for Pulse websites, please submit a Health IS ServiceNow request.
- Options for advanced developers: Review this information for developing your own site or application.
Website training and resources
All web content
- Writing for the Web - General tips and specific guidelines for Blink and TritonLink contributors.
- UC San Diego Editorial Style Guide - Reference for consistent web writing style across UC San Diego sites.
- UC San Diego Brand Guidelines for Web and Digital Media - Guidelines for accessibility and consistency.
Resources for specific offerings
- Content Management System (CMS) 'how to' guide - Learn how to use the campus CMS.
- Simple Sites help center - Learn how Simple Sites can make small sites easy.
Campus Mobile Apps
- The UC San Diego Mobile App is a location-based mobile app that connects you to campus information such as real-time shuttles, news, events & weather.
Contact wts@ucsd.edu.
Note: this page has a friendly link that is easy to remember: https://blink.ucsd.edu/go/website