Web Publishing (WordPress)

NYU Sites (Google)

NYU Wikis

Web Content Management System (CMS)

 Web Hosting
NYU Libraries  

Faculty Digital Archive

Best suited
for...

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
for use by...

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
an account)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Ability to restrict
access to certain pages or entire
website

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
edit HTML

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Visitor or usage tracking/
reporting tools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Limited

Yes

FTP/SFTP/
Unix access

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

Ability to
use scripts (javascript, perl, php, etc.) and databases

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