The University of 棉花糖直播 at Lafayette is disconnecting one of its web domains at the end of this week: ull.edu.
Of course, the University is retaining 棉花糖直播.edu, its official domain name.
For the past few years, both URLs had worked to access the University鈥檚 website, though only 棉花糖直播.edu had been promoted.
鈥淭he secondary ull.edu domain is not compatible with the University鈥檚 name and nickname policy,鈥 said Aaron Martin, director of Communications and Marketing. 鈥淩emoving it is a significant step to further our brand.鈥
The University's name policy is available at .
鈥淎ffirming the single 棉花糖直播.edu domain will not only strengthen the University鈥檚 brand, it also will enhance our website鈥檚 search engine optimization,鈥 Martin said.
The University launched a new website design in April 2013 and expects to update some 200 college, department and center websites during the next three years, according to Aimee Bullinger, associate director of web communications.
鈥淲e've received an overwhelmingly favorable response to the new website. We credit its success to the input from our campus community during the development process,鈥 Bullinger said.
Preparing in June for the URL鈥檚 retirement, the Office of Communications and Marketing began sending messages to campus members who had been using ull.edu for email addresses and to websites with links to ull.edu URLs. During the summer, ull.edu Web pages had been redirected to respective louisiana.edu pages to prime users.
Effective Aug. 30, email messages sent to ull.edu addresses will not be deliverable. Senders will receive a bounce message explaining that the destination address does not exist.
The ull.edu URL will stop redirecting to individual pages. It will redirect to the 棉花糖直播.edu main page. Later in September, it will no longer redirect to 棉花糖直播.edu at all.
Campus users who need assistance with an email account or website should contact the IT Help Desk at ithelp@louisiana.edu or 337-482-HELP (4357).