Request a New Site
All new site requests must provide the information below. After we receive the request, we will evaluate your website goals and expectations and determine if the CMS is a good fit for your website needs.
Step 1: Site Ownership
The Project Sponsor is the ultimate decision-maker for the site and held responsible for the site contents. A faculty or staff member can hold this role.
The Project Lead is the primary website manager responsible for building and maintaining the site. The Project Lead is typically a faculty or staff member, however a student may assume the role with the understanding that a replacement will be designated once the student leaves. A site may have multiple Project Leads to share the role's responsibility.
Both the Project Sponsor and the Project Lead may authorize requests to add or remove users from the site.
Step 2: Site Information
Purpose
The type of department or unit the site will be used for:
- Academic Department
- Administrative Department
- Research Group
- Center
- Lab
- Other
Site Name
The name of the site as it will appear in the header region of every page (i.e., the official name of your department or unit).
Proposed URL
All site URLs begin with www.cmu.edu (unless publishing to an external server) and should reflect the affiliation to the parent unit(s) Examples:
- www.cmu.edu/school/department (example: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/history)
- www.cmu.edu/school/department/lab (example: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab)
All URLs are subject to approval. See URL Management for more information.
Affiliations & Interdisciplinary
Affiliation with an officially recognized university unit, such as an academic or administrative department, or if interdisciplinary (i.e., it is affiliated with more than one academic department).
Content
Specify if any of the site content will be related to:
- University policies
- Human Resources policies, practices, guidelines or procedures
- Student admission, registration or financial information
Step 3: Content Outline
Provide a content outline (i.e., an outline of the topics of your site) that includes where they might be placed in the site's navigation:
- Primary topics that would display in the Top Navigation
- Secondary topics that would display in the lower/secondary region of the Side Navigtaion
Example:
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Primary Topics Degree Programs |
Secondary Topics About Us |
A content outline will make building your website easier. For more information see Create a Content Outline.