Website Publishing Services Comparison
Web Publishing (WordPress) |
Web Hosting NYU Libraries |
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Best suited |
Personal, collaborative, internal, or teaching and learning websites |
Personal, collaborative, or internal websites |
Personal, collaborative, or internal websites |
Public-facing, central administration NYU websites |
Personal, collaborative, or internal websites |
Archiving and sharing scholarly digital works |
Available |
NYU community |
NYU community (including alumni) |
NYU community |
NYU staff and designees |
NYU community |
NYU faculty, and staff at centers, institutes, and departments |
Service automatically available to NYU community (without applying for |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Ability to restrict |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Upon request |
Yes |
Ready- made design templates |
Coming soon |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Mobile device-friendly |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Somewhat |
User-friendly (WYSIWYG) editing tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
n/a |
Ability to integrate forms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Ability to directly |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Visitor or usage tracking/ |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
FTP/SFTP/ |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Ability to |
No |
Limited |
Limited but extensible via requestable macros |
No |
Yes |
No |
Customizable CSS |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Integration with NYU Google Apps |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Plug-ins and add-ons available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Remains available after graduation |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
n/a |
Learning curve for beginners |
High |
Low |
Medium |
High |
High |
Medium |
Subscribable RSS feed or content update notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Supports structured, custom metadata |
Yes |
No |
No |
Pre-defined tags available |
Yes |
Yes |
Robust online and/or helpdesk support available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
By appointment |
By appointment |