Information Systems & Services Howard University
Web Site Hosting Services

Below is a full list of services offered for those who qualify for web site hosting. More information is available on the Web Site Hosting @ Howard page.

  • 100 MB of web space for all web sites except student organizations. Student organizations have 25 MB of web space.
  • SSL-FTP (recommended) or basic FTP access (on-campus only).
  • A web address using the www.howard.edu domain name (e.g. http://www.howard.edu/mydept/)
        - or -
    A web address using a domain name set up by the department (e.g. http://mydept.howard.edu/ or http://mydept.org/).
  • Monthly web traffic reports and/or access to raw log files. * §
  • Server-side redirects. * §
  • Custom directory index(es). *
  • Custom error pages. *
  • A full backup everyday at 5 a.m. This is not tape backups at this time. **
  • A backup to DVD at the beginning of every month. **

* Available only on request.
** Backups are for all web sites together. A single DVD is kept in ISAS for each month. DVDs or CDs are not created for individual web sites. Copies of web sites or web pages for a specific month are available on request.
§ Student organizations do not qualify for this feature.

Services not currently offered:

  • Server-side scripting such as Perl, ASP, PHP, or ColdFusion.
  • Database access.
  • Server-side includes.
  • Hosting of the following files types is not allowed.
    If you would like to host these file types, a formal request must be made with justification.
    • Audio (MP3, etc)
    • Video (AVI, MOV, MPEG, etc)
    • Executables (EXE, VBS, BAT)
  • A development site.
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