UC San Diego faculty and staff may request a new site. Students may be added as a user after the site is created, but the initial request must come from faculty or staff.
Create an Account
Faculty and Staff should create an account before requesting a site. Log in to this site with your SSO credentials to create your account.
Request a New Site
Fill out this form and the Simple Sites team will create your initial site configuration:
Initial Site Configuration
Your site will be created with some example content:
- One Post
- Three pages: Homepage, Article Page, and a Blog Post Page
- One Comment
Customize Your Site
On each page will be instructions for how to edit those pages. You should change the image on the homepage by:
- Editing the homepage
- Click on the image.
- Select “Replace” and open the media library or upload an image of your choice.
- Select a new image
These instructions are also included on the homepage itself.
By default, your new site is configured as a basic website. You can also set it up as a blog.
Delete the pages you don’t need, and edit the content on the pages you want to keep. Add new pages and posts as desired.
Site visibility
The site is ‘live’ but is set to dissuade search engines from indexing it. You can make the site more restricted while you are building by editing visibility settings.
Technical Resources
For assistance, use the “Need Help” button located at the bottom right corner of your dashboard or edit page screen:
Explore the CampusPress Knowledge Base for more help.
Here are some key topics to get started with:
- Blocks – Content in Simple Sites consists of a variety of blocks. Learn about the available blocks and how to use them.
- Pages Overview – web page basics
- Posts Overview– blog post basics
- Categories and Tags – for blog posts
- General Settings
- Adding Links
- Working with Media (images, etc.)
- Delete Post
- Menus and Page Order
Bookmark the Help Center page for easy links to these and other help options.
Going Live
When you are happy with your site and would like search engines to be able to find it, edit the visibility settings. You can also choose to keep your site visibility more restricted if that suits your needs.