Websites for Research Labs

Owned by Marsha Berkman
Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

UT Information Technology Services offers two content management systems for lab websites:

University Blog Service

Features

  • Log in with your UT EID login information
  • Control the visibility of your blog
  • Customize the look of your blog with six available themes, including two UT-branded themes
  • Track statistics, including how many people have visited your blog
  • A Web address in the utexas.edu domain

Cost

  • University Blog Service is available at no cost to current faculty, staff, and students.

Additional Info

UT Drupal Kit (Managed)

Features

  • The following features are included by default with all "UT Drupal Kit - Managed" sites:

    • Cloud hosting on the Pantheon Web Hosting service
    • UT-branded "Forty Acres" theme with responsive design
    • Preconfigured content components
    • Drag-and-drop page layout tool
    • Embeddable Twitter feeds
    • Preconfigured WYSIWYG/rich text editor
    • Add-on content features:
      • News
      • Events
      • Profiles
    • Preconfigured roles for content editors
    • Metatag configuration to support Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
    • Google Programmable Search Engine for site search
    • Enterprise Authentication integration for content editor login
    • Automated CMS updates with visual regression testing, managed by ITS
    • Migration to future major versions of the UT Drupal Kit

    Customizations to the site's theme or functionality are not allowed in this service.

    • Customers wishing to use the UT Drupal Kit and requiring customization for their site should explore either:
    • "UT Drupal Kit - Custom" - Fully-managed and hosted site with customization and development support from ITS
    • "UT Drupal Kit - Self-managed" - Use of the UT Drupal Kit software without development or site management support from ITS

Cost

  • Most labs can expect to pay $300 annually.  "UT Drupal Kit – Managed" is centrally funded, except for Pantheon hosting costs, which can vary by site based on traffic. 
  • Please see Pantheon Service Plans for more information about hosting costs on the Pantheon platform. 

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