Web design and development are crucial aspects to have a well-functioning website, but they are some of the least necessary skillsets to hold when creating and maintaining a website at NC State. This is because of the work that the university has done to create easy-to-use and flexible web systems for campus members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Understanding how to structure the pages on your site and write easy to navigate content are some of the most important skills required to create a useful site. These skills are independent of the specific look-and-feel of your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having a solid content foundation will also help you integrate your website into your broader communications and marketing efforts that may involve email, social media, and advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before you get started with your site, you need to have a high-level understanding of what will happen during each phase of the process. The website lifecycle<\/a> is broken into multiple, discrete phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you understand the overall lifecycle, you can begin procuring your web hosting<\/a> and identifying your site’s domain name. University Communications and Marketing has created and maintains the NC State Web Platform<\/a>. There is a Free Tier and a Premium Tier of this flexible WordPress theme. This is the platform that almost all NC State websites use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hosting and other support for the platform is provided by the Office of Information Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/h2>