Web Hosting

There are two types of web hosting as well as a combination of the two:

The University of Zurich’s Content Management System (CMS) Magnolia is a simple way for you to create and maintain webpages. 

It offers the following advantages:

• Design and content is separate. This enables you to focus on content.
• There are fully designed templates available to you. This saves design costs.
• The templates adhere to UZH’s corporate design.
• The templates are accessible and compatible with most browsers.
• The CMS is updated and connected with other information systems at UZH (e.g. LDAP, ZORA).
• We offer comprehensive training, advice, and support.

For more information, go to the CMS website (German)

Besides the CMS, the Information Technology Office offers a traditional web server. You can create websites using HTML files and add databases (MySQL, Oracle) and scripts (PHP).

For more details and support, visit Information Technology’s web hosting page (German).

A website can also be hosted in part in the CMS and in part on the traditional web server. This solution makes sense for:

• Content that cannot be generated through the CMS, e.g. web applications
• Complex databases

There are two options:

1. “Static” directory

This option is useful when you create most of your website in the CMS.
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2. Create part of the website in the virtual “cms” directory

This option is useful when most of your website is outside the CMS.

This requires a virtual cms sub-area on the traditional web server. These websites will then contain “cms” in their URLs, e.g. www.example.uzh.ch/cms/research.html.

Only Information Technology can create a virtual cms sub-area. Please contact them by submitting a request for support.