{"id":1743,"date":"2021-03-05T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T20:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2022-09-13T02:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T06:04:17","slug":"hosting-and-domains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/topics\/hosting-and-domains\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting and Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OIT is the primary provider of website hosting at NC&#160;State, and their Web Publishing platform is the recommended hosting environment for WordPress sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Web Publishing platform allows you to quickly and easily begin using the <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/platforms\/nc-state-theme\/getting-started\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"35\">NC&#160;State Web Platform<\/a> created and maintained by University Communications and Marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A free level is available as part of the Web Publishing hosting platform. This level is a good option for individuals and smaller groups. Larger groups with more advanced needs will likely want to choose one of reasonably priced paid levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-ncst-link-list ncst-link-list layout-one-column\"><h2 class=\"link-list-section__heading\"><\/h2><div class=\"link-list__container\">\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"ncst-component__bold-link wp-block-ncst-bold-link\" data-ua-cat=\"Bold Link Block\" data-ua-action=\"Bold Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/\">Web Publishing <span class=\"nowrap\">Overview\u00a0<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domain Approval<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Third-level domain (something.ncsu.edu) requests go through a <a href=\"https:\/\/ncsu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=237d84bcdb3ef700ac40d9f0ce961912\">special approval process<\/a>. Requests are approved according to <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.ncsu.edu\/rule\/rul-08-00-15\/\">university policy RUL 08.00.15<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While third-level domains are the best choice in some scenarios, using a fourth-level domain (something.yourcollege.ncsu.edu) is often a more descriptive option. Fourth-level domains are not required to go through the same special approval process and are therefore easier to acquire and quicker to configure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are concerns about the length of a descriptive third- or fourth-level domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/\">Go Links<\/a> (go.ncsu.edu\/something) can be easily used to shorten domains and URLs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions? Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request\">go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OIT is the primary provider of website hosting at NC&#160;State, and their Web Publishing platform is the recommended hosting environment for WordPress sites. The Web Publishing platform allows you to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1731,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"OIT's Web Publishing platform is the recommended WordPress hosting service for university units.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3039,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions\/3039"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}