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There are many different services you can use to build a web site for your UGA Department, Center, Institute, Program, Faculty, Lab or Student web site. These are services like wix.com, weebly, wordpress.org, etc. There are a few rules you need to be aware of before making any decisions about using one of these services. Please look at your specific case to find out the process and requirements

Official UGA

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web site using UGA domain on Third Party Hosting or Services

An official UGA web site is one that provides information about official UGA academic or non-academic programs, and used uses the UGA trademark and name. 

Requirements

  • Regardless of whether the service is free or paid,

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  • you are committing to terms of use on behalf of UGA

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  • - you must get the requisite approval through Procurement, UGA Legal Affairs, and Infosec. (is there a source for this? )
  • You must use the UGA trademark and name to identify your site as an official UGA web site. Follow the trademark and licensing requirements in doing so. https://brand.uga.edu/university-logos

Non-UGA web site using Third Party Hosting or Services

Requirements

If your site does not use the UGA trademark or name, then you are free to use whatever third party service you would like. However, your web site does not qualify to use a UGA domain.