On (01/10/05 12:06), A. S. Bradbury wrote: > On Wednesday 28 September 2005 23:15, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I'm not sure whether this will help but we've been evaluating content > > management systems for a client; we installed and tried plone, > > PHPwebsite, drupal and joomla (from the ex-mambo developers). Long > > story short, we're recommending Joomla for a variety of reasons; when > > looking at hosting, we came across http://www.netshinesoftware.com who > > seem close to the joomla project. Netshine offers competitive hosting > > and may see supporting you as a worthwhile PR exercise ultimately > > expanding their userbase. > > > > Joomla would be an ideal platform on which to build your student > > newspaper. > > I certainly haven't counted Joomla out of the running. I am drawn to the > simplicity of Wordpress however, Drupal/Joomla certainly has a lot of > features, but as I would aim to focus as much as possible on the stories and > comments, I'm not sure whether it would be suitable. I'll be sure to look in > to it in more detail though. Thankyou. I am a governor of a local comprehensive school and it seems that there is funding available for ICT in education; for us a good source seems to be London Grid for Learning. Why not contact your LEA and see what they can offer?
I am sure that there is support available for student led initiatives somewhere. You might also explore OSSWatch: http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk Good luck Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
