Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: School Websites

Monday, March 1, 2010

Re: School Websites

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
February 26, 2010 at 6:42 AM -0800 wrote:
>I am taking a hard look at my school's website and the resources require=
d
>to maintain the site with our current provider. I thought I would reach
>out to other schools to see how you are best managing your web presence.
>I was wondering if you would be
>willing to share some information about your website hosting with me.
>Here are some questions, but anything you are willing to share would be
>helpful.=20
>
>1. Did you create your website in-house, or did you hire a website
>developer?

In house
>
>
>2. If you created the website, what software did you use to build your
>site? If you used a developer, what company did you use?

FirstClass: Rapid Web Designer
>
>
>3. Would you do it the same way again?

Yes
>
>
>4. How are updates handled? Can you do them yourself or are the
>outsourced? How timely is the turnaround? Is there an added cost?

I do them mostly, but RWD allows for controlled distribution of content
areas (Admissions, development, alumni, etc.)
>
>
>5. Are you happy with the fees required to keep your website running? If
>you are willing to share ballpark figures, that would be helpful.

Very happy. Yearly it maint. costs are less than $1000 and initial costs
were under $10K....of course this is a layer added on to FirstClass.

Dave

David Baker
Mount Tamalpais School
Dean of Technology
Math Department Chair
http://www.mttam.org/
dbaker@mttam.org

>
>
>Thank you for you help!
>
>Beth Donahue
>Friends Academy
>North Dartmouth, MA
>edonahue@friendsacademy1810.org
>
>
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