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Turnkey Solution

Open Berkeley is a complete web solution for UC Berkeley campus websites: hosting, support, site launch, Berkeley Brand theme, continuous improvement.

Secure and Accessible

Our platform provides critical solutions to ongoing Security, Accessibility, and Maintenance issues.

Powerful Toolset

Campus employees with no prior web experience can use Open Berkeley’s powerful toolset to easily build effective websites.

Contact Information

Email address: web-platform@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail)

Email us with:

Questions about how to use Open Berkeley to build your site
General questions about the platform
Any other questions you might have

Optional Consulting

Do you need one-on-one help with your site, beyond our online documentation, basic email support, and training and Office Hours?

Please see Consulting if you'd like one-on-one help with your site, or would like to discuss a Sponsored Feature.

Training & Office Hours

Upcoming Training Sessions

February Open Berkeley Site Builder Training

February 11, 2025, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Register for February training(link is external)

March Open Berkeley Site Builder Training

March 11, 2025, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Register for March training(link is external)

April Open Berkeley Site Builder Training

April 8, 2025, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Register for April training

Upcoming Office hours

February Open Berkeley Office Hours

February 25, 2025, 12:00 pm to 1:20 pm

March Open Berkeley Site Builder Training

March 25, 2025, 12:00 pm to 1:20 pm

April Open Berkeley Office Hours

April 29, 2025, 12:00 pm to 1:20 pm

Online Help

Guides

Step-by-step guides on how to use the Open Berkeley platform:

Tips and How-Tos

Some helpful tips as well as general FAQs:

Publications Feature

The Publications feature allows site builders to create "Publication" content. Publication content items are documents such as journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. These content items display the "abstracts" (summary) for the documents, and the documents may be uploaded as files to your site, or linked to their source on external websites.

Read more about Publications Feature

How do I know when to use a Content Page, and when to use a Landing Page?

There are two primary differences between Content Pages and Landing Pages on the Open Berkeley platform:

Content Pages have one primary chunk of content, and customizing the page to add one or two additional widgets is OPTIONAL Landing Pages have multiple pieces of content of equal importance on one page, and customizing the page is REQUIRED

Additionally, special Hero widgets (Hero and Color Band) can only be used on Landing Pages.

Read more about How do I know when to use a Content Page, and when to use a Landing Page?

Class Listings

The Class Listing widget allows Site Builders to embed a filtered list of classes from the Berkeley Academic Guide. The Academic Guide is is a robust tool to help the campus community explore Berkeley’s curricula and find classes, with various filters available.

Read more about Class Listings

Listings Widgets

There are several "listings" widgets available, which allow you to show a listing of content with various display options. The workflow for constructing Listings widgets is to build your content first (i.e., create Content pages, News items, FAQ items, etc.), and then select Listings widgets that will display your content as desired.

Read more about Listings Widgets

People Feature

The People feature allows you to create content for individual people, which can be featured/listed in a few different ways. This feature is a good way to create and showcase a directory of people on your site.

Read more about People Feature

Data Visualization Widget

The Data Visualization widget allows you to embed accessible, interactive data visualizations created using Everviz (formerly Highcharts Cloud). Dozens of chart types and variations are available, including line, spline, area, column, bar, pie, and scatter charts.