2. Drupal
3. Yes
4. We take a tiered approach to content updates. Our website content manage=
r
maintains the most visible content, e.g., most of the home page content. 50
faculty and staff members who manage school programs got trained to manage
their own areas of the site. On top of that, another 200 teachers and
students have posted content to their individual classroom pages and blogs.
If you're talking about website software updates, I do them, as the
webmaster.
5. We pay no fee to keep our website running. We do run our own web server
and replace that computer periodically ($3800 every four years, or $80/mont=
h
if you divide by 48 months).
More information: http://www.kassblog.com/tag/drupal/
Richard
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Richard Kassissieh
Director of Information Technology
Catlin Gabel School
kassissiehr@catlin.edu
www.kassblog.com
On 3/1/10 8:28 AM, "Dave Baker" <dbaker@mttam.org> wrote:
> 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
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>> 1. Did you create your website in-house, or did you hire a website
>> developer?
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> In house
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>> 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?
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> FirstClass: Rapid Web Designer
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>> 3. Would you do it the same way again?
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> Yes
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>> 4. How are updates handled? Can you do them yourself or are the
>> outsourced? How timely is the turnaround? Is there an added cost?
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> I do them mostly, but RWD allows for controlled distribution of content
> areas (Admissions, development, alumni, etc.)
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>>=20
>> 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.
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> 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.
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> Dave
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> David Baker
> Mount Tamalpais School
> Dean of Technology
> Math Department Chair
> http://www.mttam.org/
> dbaker@mttam.org
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>> Thank you for you help!
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>> Beth Donahue
>> Friends Academy
>> North Dartmouth, MA
>> edonahue@friendsacademy1810.org
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