Joanne Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) So I'm just thinning out our website and just thinking... how awesome would it be to have a NEW website that doesn't use the lancsngfl server... Any company recommendations? What have you done with yours? I'm considering trying to make ours whiter, but I don't think white and navy blue look too great together... hmmm. I've done some concept graphics but I'm too scared to upload them straight to the site. So the website is: Cherry Fold Community Primary School : if you want a gander, give me ideas etcs. I've heard of primarysites and from what I've seen they do a good job. Here's a concept banner - assume website has white background... Edited June 27, 2014 by Joanne
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 Hi @Joanne check this out; Home | Harehills Primary School if you like what you see get in touch and we'll quote you happy. We handled design with the client @hallb15, gave them content management, and hosting. Very proud of this one. Cheers, Col ps - try and click the hopping bunny rabbit. 1
Joanne Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 Nice I like it. I'll buzz you through an e-mail now. 1
3s-gtech Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 First off - swap the navy background for a nice, almost white blue like E6F2F8. Makes it much easier on the eyes! See if you can set the width as a percentage rather than as a narrow central column - will scale better across various screen sizes. 1
Joanne Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 Thanks @3s-gtech unfortunately, the width is SET IN STONE by the awful software. I'll have a dez with your background colour choice... lemme see...
Joanne Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 argh! I'ma change it back... but if you are there... check it out :-/
3s-gtech Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 Thought the width might be set - didn't show in the CSS anywhere. That blue background is the work of the web devil though!
X-13 Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 Some of the comments are good. /* following required for IE6 for some reason */
Steven_Cleaver Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 We helped one of our Primary Feeder schools with there's using WIX they did want a sort of professional looking site Ulverley so style may not suite what you are after.
RichCowell Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Try Schudio too, they've done the ANME site, and I'm going to ask them about my school site next year too...
jinnantonnixx Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Blogger is free and you might be surprised what can be done. Take a look at some of the examples. Using Blogger and creating gorgeous websites http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/use-blogger-to-make-a-website.html This is done is Blogger itself http://www.sylvialiuland.com/2012/01/7-ways-to-get-blogger-blog-to-look-and.html Edited June 28, 2014 by jinnantonnixx
Joanne Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 I'm not good enough to design it myself. I need professional help with that Definitely need a company in to get me started. I'm just going to get together some prices and some examples and then put them to the new head teacher in September.
RichCowell Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I'm not good enough to design it myself. I need professional help with that Definitely need a company in to get me started. I'm just going to get together some prices and some examples and then put them to the new head teacher in September. I used to do websites myself, and have done them manually for various things, including the schools I've worked at, but just not got time any more - and especially since everything's gone down the CMS route... Our current site was done by a company called CMT Tech, but really impressed with Schudio's, which is why we approached them about the ANME site... nice and quick to load, and the back-end's fairly simple and organised - plus they're local to us in Bamber Bridge, and really helpful... They were meant to be at the meeting on Thursday but sadly were unable to attend at the last minute...
Joanne Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 All I've got in my head now is the Phil Collins song su-su-sudio!
creese Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I've quit my job here and part of my new venture will be webdesign.
edutech4schools Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 All my primary schools use Google Sites which is free. Very easy to set-up and add content. I would have a play.
witch Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 Both my schools use PrimarySite: Home Page :: Upton Junior School, Poole, Dorset Home Page :: Lockyer's Middle School, Wimborne, Dorset I am quite happy with them - apparently they are easy to update. I don't have to do it any more Yay!
Joanne Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah my first quote is off Primary Site. I like what they produce.
nyiss Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 We recently changed ours and now use School Spider, they basically did everything for us and its easy to use so the teachers can update themselves (fingers crossed!) Woodlands Primary
kaphc Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I use Primarysite a fair bit as well, they have just swapped onto a new content management ssytem which makes the pages even easier to update. Unfortunately, schools on the old system are not being migrated automatically and would have to pay a charge to move to the new platform. As an alternative you might want to consider School Website Design, Primary School Website Design, Secondary School Website Design, Prospectus Design, School Mobile Apps who also offer a add-on app which parents can download. The events and news on the website can also be synced automatically with the app. I am tending to find in primary schools that the website needs to be all-singing, all-dancing for Ofsted, visitors and prospective parents but that existing parents seldom look at the website unless they get a text from school telling them to, or it's a snow day. So this is why we are looking at a school app as another tool for effective communication with parents. 1
hallb15 Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I love our school website. I can 100% recommend the web developers at @VeryPC They took the time to listen to our requirements, make suggestions based on what they knew would work (and what wouldn't) and worked tirelessly to get our site design how we wanted it. Believe me, that was no easy task as there are so many interested parties in school who all want to have a say. VeryPC's web developers, Dan and Ben, came to visit our school to talk to SLT and we went through many iterations before settling on the final design. The CMS is bespoke, easy to use, and its fast. So much better than what we were using before. Since the initial launch we've been through some minor and fairly major updates and BenP has been brilliant. When I look at what we got, and how much we paid, I can't believe how much some of the other companies were quoting for a heavily template based site, with a clunky CMS. @Joanne PM me if you want to know more 2
Joanne Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 When Ben comes back from holiday he is going to speak to me about websites. Is yours the one with the rabbit? I've had a look
hallb15 Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 When Ben comes back from holiday he is going to speak to me about websites. Is yours the one with the rabbit? I've had a look Yes, the birthday rabbit. Hopefully you like the site, not just the rabbit!
Joanne Posted June 30, 2014 Author Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah it looked really good. You must be chuffed.
seawolf Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 I would recommend Weebly. You can pay them $500 to do a custom site design for you.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now