====== Resources to host a Website for a Research Lab ======

You have several options for hosting a website. What you end up choosing depends on your specific needs. If you need assistance, please reach out via email to describe your request and we can consult with you to determine the best solution.

  * Contact us via email: [[socit@uci.edu|socit@uci.edu]]

Please keep in mind that //**our office does not provide assistance with creating your website**//, content or design. If you choose one of the options below hosted by Social Sciences, we will assist you with account creation and server-side configuration. You are responsible for the site creation yourself, or contracting with another third-party to do so.

===== On-Campus Options =====

==== Hosted by OIT ====

  * [[https://sites.uci.edu|Sites @ UCI]]
  * [[https://faculty.sites.uci.edu|Faculty Sites @ UCI]]
  * [[https://www.oit.uci.edu/virtual-server-hosting/|OIT Virtual Server Hosting]]


==== Hosted by Social Sciences ====
  * [[ss2k_acct_and_public_html|Free Social Science Domain account]]: You can have a website like ''%%www.socsci.uci.edu/~username/%%'' which is good for simple file hosting and basic websites, but requires you to create the site from scratch. There is limited PHP support, but no database or server writable directories allowed.
  * [[vm_hosting|Virtual Server Hosting]] - similar to OIT's option above, we charge $150 annually to run a virtual machine, which can be used to host your website. With this option, you can install any coding language and environment that you want, including databases, and you would have full control of the server setup. This is best when you need greater flexibility or complex hosting requirements.
  * __Physical Server Hosting__ in one of our dedicated Data Center rooms. Depending on your server's needs, we may be able to provide rack space for a server that you purchase in our air-conditioned and UPS protected server rooms. Please contact us to consult about this option.

===== Off-Campus Options =====

You can choose to contract with any third-party website provider or hosting solution. We can assist you with setting up your domain name so that you still have a website in the "socsci.uci.edu" domain, like //mylab.socsci.uci.edu//.