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University of Minnesota Personal Web Space has been retired
Effective on June 30, 2017, the University of Minnesota’s Personal Web Space has been retired. This retirement was announced in July 2016. Personal websites hosted with this service appear in the format www.tc.umn.edu/~username. Other services with similar URL formats, such as d.umn.edu/~username and umn.edu/~username will not be impacted.
The University has several full-featured services that users may choose from to provide more functionality and ease of use. Available options for site content and development include:
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Google Sites: For anyone needing easy-to-use website creation, including student organizations.
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Drupal Lite: For departments and others with University of Minnesota affiliation and doing official University business. Not available for sites used for non-University business. More information about Drupal Lite.
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Departmental Web Hosting Service: For departmental sites. Not available for staff, faculty, alumni, retiree, or student organization sites.
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Moodle or Canvas: For course sites. Learn more about the University's learning management system.
As of June 30, 2017, all Personal Web Space website content has been retired and is inaccessible online. Users may request their archived files until December 31, 2017 in order to transition sites or content to a new content management platform. For more information or questions regarding archived files or transitioning a site, please contact Technology Help.