New WordPress Site Request – UTHSC WordPress

Request a WordPress Site

Please complete this form if you need a new site created:

Personal Information

NetID *

First Name *

Last Name *

Address

Lab/Office Address *

City *

State *

Zip Code *

Website Information

Site Name *

Name of the site, i.e., Data Mining and Machine Learning Laboratory

Site Description or Tagline

Site Description or Tagline - ie News from The Health Science Center)

Purpose for New Site

Provide a brief description of the new site

Proposed Subdomain (URL) *

Name Rules and Options:

URL addresses will end in .uthsc.edu. Only lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-) are allowed, i.e., johnson.uthsc.edu, cancer-study.uthsc.edu, etc.

Certain sites will have an additional subdomain: Lab sites all end in .lab.uthsc.edu, personal sites will end in .people.uthsc.edu, news and research sites end as .news.uthsc.edu, and custom sites await approval.

Alternate Subdomain *

In the event that your first choice for a site name is taken, enter an alternative one here:

Additional Editors

Request an Additional User

If you would like to grant an additional person editing privileges for your site, please complete this form with their information:

Other Requests

Create a Static Front Page

By default, the index page of your site is a ‘posts page,” a landing spot for any posts you create. It will display site posts beginning with your most recent one. Create Your Own Site (this site)contains just such a page:

If you prefer a front page that is “static,” – ie has fixed, manually entered content – please request a static front page. Your existing posts page will be converted to a news page, and that news page will be added to your site menu. The screenshot below is an example of a static front page.