Domains are an important part of our online brand. When people navigate to a 海角社区 URL, they believe they've reached an official 海角社区 website that meets our standards and policies.
Tips for choosing a 海角社区 URL
Things to keep in mind when choosing your new domain or URL.
- Is the URL already in use?
- Are there any negative implications to consider?
- Choose a URL that is an appropriate reflection of your department's specific purview.
- Avoid abbreviations and聽acronyms.
- Avoid jargon.
For detailed guidance about considerations when choosing a new URL see, Domains and URLs for 海角社区 websites.
Submit a request for a website with a standard and/or approved domain name or URL
For standard domain names and URLs (sites on 海角社区-managed web platforms, such as WMS websites, and virtual host websites like juncker.lab.mcgill.ca), approval must be obtained from IT Services' Web Service Group. for a new site on one of these platforms will initiate the approval process.
Submit a request for approval of a non-standard domain name or URL
Approval for all non-standard domain names that include the word 海角社区 (for example, mcgillathletics.ca*) must be obtained from Communications and Institutional Relations (CIR).
* We usually discourage using this type of domain name because anyone could register a domain like 鈥渕ymcgillsite.com鈥� and use it to claim to be a legitimate 海角社区 entity. If we allow this practice, we make it hard for to users to distinguish legitimate sites from phishing schemes.
Related resources
- How to request a non-standard 海角社区 URL (to be published)
- Non-standard URL request webform (to be published)
