glennda Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Does anybody know of any software which can be used to submit notice's to. Just simple things that staff can email items to - something along the lines of posterous but I need to be able to host it internally for confidentiality reasons - although they shouldn't put confidential information on. Something Just so staff can say Assembly Today is Cancelled etc. also an added functionailty would be to have it be auto-removed after a day.
dhicks Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Does anybody know of any software which can be used to submit notice's to. Not offhand, but it doesn't sound difficult to write - you've just got to have something which checks an email address every minute or so and updates an HTML file appropriatly. How would you have it handle security? An open email address to which anyone could just post anything might get interesting if the children work out the address. You could have the application only accept emails from [email protected]er where "username" is also in a given Active Directory security group. You could also have people include a password at the start of the email, but I'm guessing that would confuse some people (they'd forget the password, they'd forget to put the password in the first place, they'd put it at the end not the start of the email, etc).
glennda Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 I don't think i would have an open email address - probably setup a mailbox in Exchange then restrict sending to a group - Say the all staff group on the mailbox properties. I didn't want to have to code one myself but if push comes to shove then I will! More me not being bothered to do so!
Edu-IT Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Why not just use something like WordPress blog? Can be installed within minutes and I'm sure it has email to post option. Post to your blog using email « WordPress Codex You can set timeout on your articles etc.
glennda Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Why not just use something like WordPress blog? Can be installed within minutes and I'm sure it has email to post option. Post to your blog using email « WordPress Codex You can set timeout on your articles etc. i'll give that a go see how I get on - cheers
glennda Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 I looked at wordpress but don't have pop3 support so can't use that. I'm thinking of just coding one myself - to be honest i've looked into it and just thinking creating a form to submit to a table in mysql and then set up a php page to display first 20 posts which have not expired.
Edu-IT Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Would you be willing to share it if you did make one?
glennda Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 I can do - I'ts not going to be complicated. Just a few simple php scripts and a database. I'll pm you the info once its finished if you like
Edu-IT Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 That would be great! We have an area on our main page that would be better if it was dynamic. All it does is house text so this sounds perfect!
glennda Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 I've got it working in chrome - just IE doesn't like it yet!
Edu-IT Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 It does but it's a faff to have to login, then launch SIMS. Plus some of our curriculum machines which staff use more frequently don't have SIMS on then.
glennda Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 It does but it's a faff to have to login, then launch SIMS. Plus some of our curriculum machines which staff use more frequently don't have SIMS on then. Exactly that - plus its extra strain on sims. I'm hoping this sort of thing will remove the need for all staff emails. We can then restrict who can send all staff emails.
glennda Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 Yes I have now - just trying to solve another problem. I am trying to setup so it will not display posts that have passed there relevant until date (as specified in the form submitted.) if you don't need this function i can send you a copy of what i have.
Edu-IT Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 That function will be helpful so I can wait. Wasn't rushing you! Just wondered as IE is a pain. :-D One useful function, not sure how easy it is to achieve, would be stickied messages? I.e They always appear at the top.
glennda Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 I've solved that little problem now - I can look into the possibility of doing the stickied message idea - but you know what staff are like they will all tick the option to have it stickied! as it is all so important!
glennda Posted March 8, 2011 Author Posted March 8, 2011 Did you manage to work out how to sticky things? To be honest I didn't really look at it, I'll take a look when i get a chance.
Vikrant Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Hi, A web based notice board or message board is available at generalcomputing.in Cheers Vikrant Does anybody know of any software which can be used to submit notice's to. Just simple things that staff can email items to - something along the lines of posterous but I need to be able to host it internally for confidentiality reasons - although they shouldn't put confidential information on. Something Just so staff can say Assembly Today is Cancelled etc. also an added functionailty would be to have it be auto-removed after a day.
glennda Posted March 16, 2012 Author Posted March 16, 2012 I knocked something up with php and mysql in the end
garethEds Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Hi, A web based notice board or message board is available at generalcomputing.in Cheers Vikrant any downlad link to try it out?
Vikrant Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 any downlad link to try it out? Would be uploading the software and related instructions tonight.
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