Little-Miss Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Hi, Now it's time for another dopey question from Little-Miss! I know there are a lot of posts out there, but none of them answer my question. I need the basics for adding a school intranet. I'm fine with web design, not a problem. It's just things like, what do i need, where does it live, how do i feed it out to other computers? I need the basics. We got server 2003 if that helps.
clarky2k3 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Install IIS on the server in question. Create a web site called intranet in IIS put your web pages into the Inetpub\wwwroot\intanet folder. On your DNS server point intranet to your web server ip address. We have the default home page set to http://intranet/ in group policy. 1
Little-Miss Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 As we're only small IT wise (primary School), we only have one server. The other is SIMS so i dont mess with that lol. That server is currently our DC, Print, File, DHCP and DNS. Is it ok to add IIS to that? Is it straight foward? I am a network novice, so please bare with me
Gibson335 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Little Miss...it really depends on what you want to do with the Intranet...you could simply go back to the old-fashioned way and just have IE default to the index page of your Intranet, storing all the web pages in a folder on the server...once inside the site it will work just fine...but it does depend on how far you intend to take it.
sparkeh Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 That server is currently our DC, Print, File, DHCP and DNS. Is it ok to add IIS to that? Is it straight foward? Thats how we run it at one of my schools and it runs fine. If you are asking how to add it, simply go to add/remove programs -> add/remove windows components and add IIS
Domino Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 If you want more communication/collaboration tools you couldn't go far wrong with sharepoint
Little-Miss Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 :)Sharepoint does sound very good. But i should probably start small first lol Could you tell me more about how you use sharepoint?
Domino Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Okay, well at my last school we had it setup as two distinct sites 1 for Staff all staff could post bulletins/students no access. Admin update calendar. caretaking, IT,etc all have a seperate site with sections for helpdesk, knowledgebase, etc 1 for Students all staff could post bulitins/students read only (except for School council who had a section) - also split into subjects to allow document sharing, calendars, etc Basically it was so extendable that staff started asking what we could do with it and it got more and more use. With it being AD integrated it meant no seperate logins and getting permissions set was easy.
dave.81 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I'm looking at doing a similar thing here. We currently have a basic intranet page on IIS but the pupils want to start running their own intranet page to replace the awful looking college newspaper. I think i'll just create a new site for them on IIS and letting them get on with it, to a certain degree anyway. They'll use the macromedia suite to do the site, although i have been asked about a blog/forum area so will have to look into how to do that.
JOrdan01070 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 if you have space and enough power i have just created a virtual server and installed xampp with joomla and this is going to be are intranet site it has taken less than 3hours to completly get up and running that also includes installing server 2003. Now i just need something to put on the site. Where in brum are you.
timzim Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 please bare with me That's the best offer I've had all week...
Little-Miss Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 That's the best offer I've had all week... lol!
chrbb Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 @little miss What's the aim of the intranet page, if it's just a collection of links etc you could just add a special home page to the school website. Then set it as home page using gpo. We've got a page on our website that isn't linked to any other page on the site ie - so pupils can't access it from home unless they remember the page name after co.uk which is unlikely 9as i've made it quite random. On this page we have links to safe searches, school login to Grid club, espresso and education city, school email etc. you can have a different one for staff, office staff etc. Just an alternative to using iis.
Domino Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 We've got a page on our website that isn't linked to any other page on the site ie - so pupils can't access it from home unless they remember the page name after co.uk which is unlikely 9as i've made it quite random. . is there anything on there they shouldn't have from home? and could you not edit the htaccess file to stop any but school ips accessing it?
Little-Miss Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 I've just installed IIS, then it started going on about security. Have i opened my server up to nasties now?
Domino Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Which Server is it installed on? the DC? and whats the situation, I assume you're behind a firewall...in which case not unless you're servers normally accessible from the web
clarky2k3 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Joomla is fantastic and really easy to get up and running fast. Consider installing XAMPP and dowloading joomla.Try it on your machine first for a test site. I use it for both our intranet and internet site.
chrbb Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 is there anything on there they shouldn't have from home? and could you not edit the htaccess file to stop any but school ips accessing it? It's hosted externally, so no idea! No there's nothing really they can't have from home except that grid club and education city (I think) have licences for only in school as oppose to home and school, so not a security issue just licencing. I maintain the school website so it's just an easier option for me.
Small_Pig_Dancing Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) Install IIS on the server in question. Create a web site called intranet in IIS put your web pages into the Inetpub\wwwroot\intanet folder. On your DNS server point intranet to your web server ip address. We have the default home page set to http://intranet/ in group policy. Hi, we have IIS set up on the box that we're using to host our intranet. We've put all the web pages and content in to inetpub\wwwroot\intranet but we've come unstuck with telling our main dns box to point http://intranet/ at it. How exactly do we do it as we don't want to mess things up? Thanks. SPD. Edited October 27, 2008 by Small_Pig_Dancing
Netman Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Hi, we have IIS set up on the box that we're using to host our intranet. We've put all the web pages and content in to inetpub\wwwroot\intranet but we've come unstuck with telling our main dns box to point EduGeek.net at it. How exactly do we do it as we don't want to mess things up? Thanks. SPD. In dnsmgmt mmc create a new alias (cname) entry in the forward lookup zone for your domain. Enter 'intranet' for the alias name and browse for the fqdn for the server you're hosting it on (eg. myserver.mydomain.local)
Guest Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) Personally i find Apache far easier to manage. Something like WAMP is a simple case of install, next next next finish, then drop your website files in the WWW folder in your WAMP setup. Install PHP 5 Apache MySQL on Windows : WampServer Once you get the hang of it you will be able to install a content management system like PostNuke or Joomla. Content management system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of content management systems The advantage of a CMS is that anyone can add content to it. You give them a username and password and they login and add things with a WYSIWYG editor. It means the office staff can add infomation to it such as events, news, etc. Teachers can add files and hyperlinks for others to use such as a list of common links the pupils use. Edited October 27, 2008 by Guest
Guest Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) aye, but sharepoint'll do all that too IMO sharepoint is far harder to get going. Certainly jumping in at the deep end. Granted i havnt had much time to play but ive never struggled to pick anything up before yet find myself at a loss in understanding how sharepoint all fits together, im yet to find any documentation explaining it in english rather than MSs illogical language. Edited October 27, 2008 by Guest
Domino Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 I can see what you mean, it is horribly documented, but I'd say its an easier solution for someone who wants something that'll work 'out of the box'. Its literally a single install on a 2k3/2k8 server. Then you've a working, ad integrated site. For intranet its awesome, but defo joomla or similar for a website
Guest Guest Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I'm not sure about IIS and Sharepoint, but I'd hazard a guess that WAMP consumes far less resources. Good point considering the server has several roles already. The OP may have to stick with a flat website if their server cannot handle MySQL.
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