Web

Ohio University adopted Drupal (opens in a new window) in 2019.

Drupal is a free, open-source web content management framework web content management system that is easy to use and scalable. Drupal provides a back-end framework for at least 2.3% of all websites worldwide – ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites.

After conducting a review of several systems, the Web Services team decided to move forward with Drupal hosted on the Acquia Cloud Platform (opens in a new window) based on the following criteria:

• Security
• Architecture
• Maintenance
• Ability for staff to manage and update content
• Ease of migration
• Experience with Higher Education Institution

Drupal provides the following benefits to the University: 

• Standardized web presence on a common tool
• Centrally managed and supported websites
• Cost savings on licensing and hardware for departments and colleges
• Non-IT and non-UCM staff can manage content
• Increased functionality and easier reuse of content across our websites

If your website or content resides on a content management system other than Drupal, please submit a request form to initiate an evaluation with UCM on how best to migrate your site and/or content.

Due to the size of Ohio University's website and the importance of keeping it up to date, there are hundreds web contributors campus-wide in charge of managing online content for their college or department.

UCM maintains a web manager directory to locate primary contributors for each area.

1. You must obtain approval from the site manager (opens in a new window) of the OHIO subsite that you will be accessing.
2. The site manager must request the access using our UCM Request form.

Request Drupal Access

Only those who have been granted access will be able to log into Drupal with their OHIO ID. 

Drupal / WebCMS login (opens in a new window)

Fill out our request form and select "combination" as your request type. Please give us as much detail as possible. We will schedule a kick-off meeting to get all the details we need. 

Gabrielle Johnston 
Director of Marketing Services
johnstog@ohio.edu
740.597.1859