Although some of these platforms are supported by units outside of OUC (as noted below), send an email to web@brown.edu and we can help you understand the options
Official University websites
Platform
Drupal Cloud
Supported by
Central web teams in OUC and OIT
Drupal Cloud is a flexible web content management system (CMS) based on open source software. The University’s central web teams build and maintain Drupal Cloud to meet the needs of Brown's core web presence. Drupal Cloud is Brown's web content management solution for school and divisions, academic and administrative departments and programs, APC-approved centers and institute, offices and other official University units and initiatives.
Research, lab, conference and individual faculty websites
Platform
Sites.Brown (WordPress)
Supported by
Central web teams in OUC and OITM
Sites.brown.edu is a self-service platform based on WordPress for Brown faculty and staff who wish to host individual, lab, conference, or other non-departmental or non-administrative organization websites on the brown.edu domain. The site requester or owner is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the website. While other staff members, student employees, and research assistants from Brown can provide support, external vendors are not authorized to operate within Sites.brown.
Custom teaching, learning and research project websites
Platform
cPanel web hosting/LAMP stack
Supported by
Brown University Library
The Center for Digital Scholarship at the Library provides domains and web space for sharing digital research. This service is primarily a LAMP stack server, and is best suited for more experienced website builders. This service is available to Brown students, faculty, researchers, and staff who are engaged in digital scholarship projects with the Center for Digital Scholarship or Digital Learning and Design, or those who have a digital scholarship project that cannot be hosted on existing Brown solutions.
Student organization websites
Platform
Google Sites
Supported by
OIT
Brown offers Google Sites for student organization websites. Students can also use approved third-party services that have completed OIT's security review process for building and hosting websites.
Still not sure?
If you have questions about the appropriate place for your Brown website, contact us at web@brown.edu.