Audience

• Russell Labs faculty, staff, and students; Hub staff

Overview

Russell Labs No Longer Hosts or Supports WordPress Websites

A few years ago, we retired or moved existing websites elsewhere (DoIT or CALS Web Services).

Who to Contact For Support if You Used to Have a WordPress Website at Russell Labs

Contact CALS Web Services via this form.

How to Tell if CALS Web Services Hosts Your Existing WordPress Website

Look for a dark gray bar at the bottom of a page:

Alternatives for Faculty Lab Website Hosting

CALS Web Services and WiscWeb (DoIT) offer website hosting services for faculty lab websites.

Notes on CALS and WiscWeb Website Support:

• They offer website hosting – an unfurnished house.
  
  
• You are responsible for furnishing the house, cleaning and maintaining it (creating content, updating it, and checking for broken links).
  
  
• They can answer questions about your website.
  
  
• Both providers offer training resources on how to update content on your website.  The resources may include instructions and webinars.
  
  
• Please plan ahead – both hosting providers serve wide audiences.

Questions

• Contact CALS Web Services for:
  
  
• Support for an existing WordPress website they host
  
  
• To ask about new WordPress websites
  
  
• Contact the DoIT Help Desk for:
  
  
• Support for an existing WordPress website WiscWeb hosts
  
  
• Restoring old websites:
  
  
• We cannot restore old websites created by students who once worked at Russell Labs. 
  
  
• Check the Wayback Machine in the Internet Archive. 
  
  Websites do not live forever. They require ongoing maintenance to stay compliant with campus and federal laws.
  
  When you leave a website behind, you abandon it.  Hosting providers may remove abandoned websites.