UNM Website Hosting Open Forum June 9, 2016 Participate on your device Submit your questions for this forum now

Requesting hosting (and sites) Get ready with your device!

Requesting Hosting Before selecting a development platform, it is important to consider how you will host your website UNM IT offers 3 main options – see Webhosting Feature ComparisonWebhosting Feature Comparison If cPanel meets your needs, you can request hosting as follows: 1.Request a department or club netid if you do not have one 2.Request a cPanel hosting account at siterequest.unm.edusiterequest.unm.edu 3.When cPanel s you account information, login and create an Addon Domain 4.After a few hours, your site (Addon Domain) will be available on the internet There are various reasons you may prefer to stay on our dept2 hosting platform – if so, no worries. Request hosting on dept2 via Help.UNM (takes longer than siterequest.unm.edu because the process is manual)

Choosing a development platform Depending on your needs, there are a variety of ways to develop a website at UNM Use Cascade Server (WCMS) 1.Take the online, self paced training at webmaster.unm.eduwebmaster.unm.edu 2.Once complete, request a Cascade website at webmaster.unm.edu (not from UNM IT – weird right?)webmaster.unm.edu 3.Once the webmaster provisions your Cascade Site, use FastInfo 7497 to set it up for publishingFastInfo 7497 Use WordPress, Drupal or another CMS If you opt for a CMS/web application, using cPanel + Softaculous is HIGHLY recommended Build from scratch (HTML/JavaScript/CSS) For many cases, Cascade Server is the best fit (very secure, very easy to use)

WordPress and web application hardening Get ready with your device!

Top 3 recommendations Always keep WordPress (or any other CMS) and its components (like themes and plugins) up to date Use CAS for administrator and user authentication (if feasible) Force your entire site to use SSL (HTTPS)

How? Updates Use Softaculous in cPanel – set it and forget it Use the SFTP Updater Plugin – FastInfo 7441FastInfo 7441 CAS Authentication Use the CAS Maestro Plugin – FastInfo 7440FastInfo 7440 SSL (HTTPS) Step 1: Test with the UNM use HTTPS pluginUNM use HTTPS Step 2: If all works, submit a ticket to IT to redirect your site to HTTPS

Selling merchandise and collecting donations on your site Get ready with your device!

Selling Merchandise Use TouchNet MarketPlace Already implemented and approved – get up and running very quickly Funds collected are deposited into UNM accounts (for your department) Free to setup and use, BUT credit card processing costs 2.5% - 3.5% of each transaction (budget 4% to be safe) Example: UNM IT’s MarketPlaceUNM IT’s MarketPlace Contact Patrick at the Bursar’s Office to request a store and add productsPatrick

Collecting Donations Use UNM Foundation site Already implemented and approved – get up and running very quickly Donations collected, recorded, and deposited into UNM accounts (for your department) Example: UNM IT – David J. Northrop Internship ProgramUNM IT – David J. Northrop Internship Program Establish an allocation and index herehere Request an online giving page herehere

SEO and UNM Search Get ready with your device!

SEO: How are sites ranked Content Title Description Links URL Images/Media (alt text)

SEO: Webmaster Tools (Search Console) Google Webmaster Tools Bing Webmaster Tools Free Useful for: Diagnosing pain points (key words) and adapting your content accordingly Removing your site’s old or erroneous URLs from search results Submitting crawl requests so your site’s content is up-to- date in search results

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