Overview
Custom Web publishing is recommended for official university departments and research units that want to publish Web sites and require Web hosting and a custom URL within the utexas.edu, utexas.org or utexas.net domains. The service can also be used for hosting content for custom domains, such as blantonmuseum.org.
Features
- A specialized name within the utexas.edu, utexas.net, or utexas.org name spaces, or a custom URL, such as blantonmuseum.org (domain names must be registered)
- Technologies including static HTML, Perl/CGI scripting, PHP, or ColdFusion; for custom frameworks, such as Ruby, Python, and .NET, please refer to the Virtual Server service
- Two e-mail aliases in the form of username@customdomain; for support of a larger number of mailboxes, ITS can host e-mail on the Exchange service
- 24-hour operator coverage with daily backups
- Access to Helix Streaming Media Server
- Access to an IBM Rational Policy Tester account for accessibility, broken links and other site quality issues
- Supports connections to a MySQL or SQL Server database
- Supports SSL-based authentication (requires an SSL Certificate)
- Consolidating your server needs by using ITS hosting saves significant power - approximately 6570 kWh per year per server
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Cost
Costs vary slightly depending on whether you select Windows or Unix technologies.
- Basic account for Windows or Unix technology
- Domain name registration and hosting
- Content hosting for Unix is $150; content hosting for Windows is handled on a contract basis
- Optional database in MySQL or SQL Server
- Optional VeriSign Certificate to support SSL-enabled authentication: $150 per calendar year for utexas.edu, utexas.org, utexas.net domains, and custom domains registered with the UT System Managed PKI program at Verisign; $400 per calendar year for custom domains that are not associated with the university.
