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Domain names are an important part of the university's identity and should follow a consistent structure in order to promote the university brand and help users easily navigate the �̾�����Ƶ web universe. 

Guidelines

Institutional primary domain names

The primary domain names for the �̾�����Ƶ institutions are:

• Keene.edu
• Plymouth.edu
• Unh.edu

Subdomains

Colleges and schools at �̾�����Ƶ are permitted to use the subdomain configuration college.institution.edu as in paulcollege.unh.edu. This allows college sites and sub-sites to have a simple URL. For example: paulcollege.unh.edu/graduate or ceps.unh.edu/chemistry.  

Software and tools hosted by external vendors that have a contract with �̾�����Ƶ ET&S Software Development, or approval from a dean, are also allowed the subdomain configuration toolname.institution.edu. For example: give.plymouth.edu.

Subsites

Other units with websites hosted at �̾�����Ƶ should use a subdirectory structure consisting of the institution’s domain name followed by a slash and the name of the department or organization. For example: institution.edu/name-of-department-or-organization.

Web applications

Whenever possible, it is recommended an application be hosted under the main website in a sub-folder. An example structure would be: ceps.unh.edu/application-name. Please with hosting web applications.

Naming conventions

Subdomain and Subsite names should be concise and have meaning to the user. They also should:

• Correlate with an organization's name.
• Work for email addresses and social handles.
• Employ dashes between words instead of spaces or underscores.
• Be lowercase. Intermittent use of uppercase letters can be confusing for users and disrupt SEO.

They should not:

• Conflict with other groups on campus.
• Include the articles "a" or "the," or special characters.
• Include acronyms unless they are universally recognized.

To request a domain/subdomain please . For more information about individual page URLs, please see the Links and Navigation guidelines.

Web applications

Whenever possible, it is recommended an application be hosted under the main website in a sub-folder. An example structure would be: ceps.unh.edu/application-name.

Some web applications for business processes or research require dedicated web services. ET&S provides a dedicated service for hosting custom web applications at webapps.unh.edu. URLs for these applications use the structure webapps.unh.edu/application-name.

Departments that host their own sites or applications also may implement a dedicated service for web applications such as:

• csapps.unh.edu/application1
• csapps.unh.edu/application2

If there is a technical reason a subdomain will not work in a sub-directory, please to have your subdomain reviewed by ET&S.

Using other domain names (.org/.com)

Sites should be set up using the website options available at �̾�����Ƶ whenever possible. In special cases a .org address may be allowed for partnership sites where website ownership is shared between �̾�����Ƶ and other schools or entities. Any .org name must not conflict with a unh.edu, keene.edu or plymouth.edu address.

Domain name management

ET&S manages domain names that point to �̾�����Ƶ websites or �̾�����Ƶ servers. Any address containing "UNH", "Keene" or "Plymouth” should be owned by either ET&S or another approved �̾�����Ƶ entity. Please . Unh.edu, plymouth.edu and keene.edu domain names may not be redirected to externally-hosted sites.

More about redirects and external redirects

Archiving

Domain and subdomain names are removed once a web page has been removed. To redirect a URL to another page, see the Redirects standard.

Support

For support, questions, or to request a URL or domain name, please .