Request a new blog

Important! Please read the following before filling the form:

  1. Log in at least once to the blog service with your university credentials before requesting a new site. Admin rights cannot be granted unless you do, so please do it now if you haven’t already. You can log in here. The same requirement applies to any users you wish to add to your site in any role (e.g. Administrator, Editor, Author, or Contributor).
  2. The folder part of the blog/site address must be at least 9 characters long and may contain only lowercase letters (a–z), numbers (0–9), and hyphens (-). Any unsupported characters will be replaced with hyphens (-). If the requested address is fewer than 9 characters long, we will extend it by adding a suitable suffix, such as -blog.
  3. The use of blogs must comply with the University of Helsinki’s user policies and terms of use. General user policy principals/restrictions apply and you can revise them here. Also, the rules of conduct for the blogging platform can be found here.
  4. Blog / site requests are usually processed during office hours. Sometimes the requests might take longer, so please have patience.

    Blog Title

    This is the name that will be shown on the front page of your blogsite. You can rename it afterwards from the blog dashboard.

    Short name for blog address.

    blogs.helsinki.fi/

    Your name

    Your email

    Type of blog

    Please indicate the type of blog you are planning to host. This information is not binding and will not affect the management of your site. It is collected to help the platform administrators monitor service usage.

    Please choose the category that best describes your blog.

    Estimated blog life cycle

    This information may be used by platform maintenance when considering the removal of blogs that no longer have active administrators. Under normal circumstances, blogs with administrators are not removed, regardless of the estimate provided here.

    How long do you expect this blog to remain active?

    Estimated archival value of the blog

    This information is used to assess whether the blog’s content has long-term archival value and should be retained on the platform indefinitely. If a blog is determined to have archival value, it may be retained on the platform regardless of the life-cycle estimate provided above, even if it no longer has administrators.

    Do you expect this blog to contain content of lasting value that should be retained on the platform indefinitely?

    Additional notes (optional)

    You can provide additional information here, such as the desired site administrators besides yourself, further details about the blog’s expected life cycle or archival value, or any other information about the blog that may be useful for platform maintenance.

    If there are technical problems using the form you can send an email containing the same information as above to blogs@helsinki.fi.

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