Request A New Site

Interested in building a School of Medicine (SOM) website?

Getting Started

Please review our “Getting Started” page which provides an overview of the School of Medicine’s web system. It covers features, eligibility, access requirements, unsuitable content, and data security. It also outlines site development options.

Pick A URL

The default URL of all School of Medicine websites is med.unc.edu/sitename or med.unc.edu/department/sitename. For example: med.unc.edu/pathology and med.unc.edu/htcenter. Divisions, labs and centers that have their own (separate) website will have a URL that is an extension of their department website. For example, the URL for Allied Health Sciences is med.unc.edu/healthsciences. The URL for their Radiologic Science division is med.unc.edu/healthsciences/radisci.

Assign A Site Administrator

Each website is require to have a Primary Site Administrator. This person is considered the business owner of the website and its content.

Training

Anyone who is assigned the Administrator role, is required to attend our Introductory Web Training class. The SOM IT Web Team regularly offers virtual training sessions that teach the fundamentals of WordPress. We also have extensive documentation in our User Guide that shows you how to use the SOM web system. View our training schedule.

Site Creation

Within a week of your New Site request, the SOM Web Team will provide you with an empty site that needs to be populated with content.

What's Next?

Plan Your Content - Great website content is not only well written, it's also well-organized so that users can easily find what they need. Start by identifying the major topics of your website (Research, Directory, Education, Services, etc.). Consider those topics for your main (top) menu, write the corresponding copy and find photographs to compliment. You can save yourself valuable time by preparing your ideas and organizing your information before building your site.
Build Your Website - Add content to your new website. Remember to keep styling consistent across pages and make pages easy to read by including section headings, links and clear calls to action. Remember to follow accessibility guidelines when creating your content
Launch Your Site - Launching a site means you are ready for your site to be accessible to the general public. To help prepare, we have created a Site Launch Checklist to ensure your site meets all necessary standards.
Post Launch - Keep your site up to date! Even after your site is built you need to ensure site content is accurate and accessible.

Request A Site

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Intent(Required)

What is the purpose of the site and how will it further the School of Medicine's mission?

What do you want the site name to be?

For example, Department of Neurosurgery, Family Medicine, Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders.

What URL extension do you want?

The site's url will be www.med.unc.edu/sitename or www.med.unc.edu/department/sitename

What department or administrative unit is responsible for this website?(Required)

Supersite Name

This allows you to display the department or an affiliated site name above the main site title. This is optional.

Supersite URL

What is the URL of the affiliate/supersite website?

Who will be the primary site administrator?(Required)

Please list their name and Onyen. This is the person that the Web Team will get in touch with if there are any questions or issues with the site.

Primary Site Administrator's Email:(Required)

Has the primary site administrator attended our Introductory Web Training course?

All website administrators are required to take our Introductory Web Training course.

Yes

Don't know

Does anyone else need access?

Review our user roles documentation to determine which level of access should be granted.

Name (first & last)

Onyen

Access Level

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