Launch your portfolio website & showcase your skills. Get started with free DesignThat Cloud hosting (it's on us forever*)!
Our Student Offering Includes
- Free Website Builders (WordPress, SiteJet, etc.)
- SSD Storage Space
- Unlimited Monthly Web Traffic**
- Monthly Backups
- Free mydt.site Domain
- 10% Discount on All Domains
- Unlimited SSL Certificates
- Latest PHP, Apache, NGINX
- MySQL, PostgreSQL Databases
- Additional Discounts from Our Partners
Here's How It Works
Sign Up
Sign up with your university/college provided email address at the Launch Now button below.
Configure Account
Configure your domain name, and more.
Launch
You will be sent login details to your manage your account in the panel.
If you do not have a university/college issued email address you may sign up and will be contacted to verify your student status.
Supported Institutions
This is our list of supported institutions, if yours is not listed, click the button below to request it.
* Subject to yearly renewal on student status verification.
** Monthy FUP of 100GB. Subject to our hosting terms.
You can host any web -based project as long it does not go against our web hosting rules which can be viewed on www.designthat.cloud/legal.
There is a fair usage policy cap of 100GB on bandwidth. There is a 1GB cap on storage space, students can request additional storage space for free by contacting hosting support and providing use cases. Alternatively, students can upgrade to our paid plans with a discount.
No you do not, you only need to understand the basics of we hosting and how to navigate cPanel (the control panel) and you can use WordPress to build your site(s) without coding.
Students get access to basic support like all other users, for help with WordPress design, please see SwiftPress.
You will be allowed a period of 90 days from the end of your affiliation to either migrate away or upgrade to our paid plans before account termination. You will be given a discount on upgrade.
Absolutely, we deploy the highest security standards on our web infrastructure to ensure our customers stay secure and away from data breaches/loss. For more information, please see security.
Absolutely, we deploy the highest security standards on our web infrastructure to ensure our customers stay secure and away from data breaches/loss. For more information, please see security.
You'll get login details for our control panel where you can set up your domain name, choose a website builder, and start creating.
You can still sign up! We will then contact you to verify your status as a student.
Don't worry! Click the button to request adding your institution.