With UIT’s new Vanity URL service you can create and manage custom Stanford URLs to redirect your website traffic.
Vanity URLs provide a shorter and more descriptive address that is easy to remember, type and share. For example, a URL like emailcalendar.stanford.edu is easier to type and quicker to identify than uit.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar.
With your custom Stanford URL, you can also use the service to create short links to direct people to specific pages. For example, a URL like emailcalendar.stanford.edu/register is simpler and more memorable than uit.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar/register.
Features
With the Vanity URL tool, you can:
- Replace a long web address with one that is shorter and more descriptive
- Use Stanford Workgroup integration to :
- Manage the Vanity URL destination
<domain>.stanford.edu goes to reallylongandunwieldly.stanford.edu/path1/path2/path3/bunchofcharacters/index.html - Renew, delete or set the expiration date on the Vanity URL or short links
- Add a short link on the Vanity URL to go another location <domain>.stanford.edu/<slug>
- Manage the Vanity URL destination
Designed for
Current faculty, staff, and students; departments, research groups, and officially registered student groups.
Requirements
- The Vanity URL must meet the requirements set out in the Stanford.EDU Name Assignment Policy.
- An organization's Vanity URL must closely and unambiguously match its recognized title.
- The Vanity URL must not already be in use or reserved.
Rates
Free of charge
Get started
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To create and manage subdomains or Short URLs, log in to the Vanity URL tool with your SUNet ID.
Get help
- For assistance, please submit a Help ticket.
- For more information about the Web Content Management Program see wcms.stanford.edu.
