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I know you posted this a year ago but I was wondering if you ever arranged anything? I've just moved to a school in Bournemouth so would be interested if you have.

Hi, not used here I'm afraid. I had a feeling that the primary in Kingsteignton may be running Frog.

Hi Gents/Ladies, Does anyone in the South West use Frog as their VLE? If so, would you be able to share your experiences?

Would anyone on the forum be interested in the creation of a new regional forum for network managers - somewhat along the lines of ANME? As I'm in Bournemouth and tight on travelling time, I envisage it being based around Poole and Bournemouth and primarilly for NMs in the Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch areas with an open invite for the rest of the region as wide as practicable. I would initially look to meet for coffee and a natter with a view to making it a half termly affair with a specific focus each time. I will also be polling my NM friends who are not Edugeeks on this. Let me know what your thoughts are and if you would like to be involved.

Same!! Started off in Plymouth, then went cornwall.... Now N-somerset But live in Bristol

Though i'd say hi, i'm from a school in Bristol

@Rosi_B Where in East Devon Rosi?

Just a quick hello to all the members in the South West, I am new and from Devon:-)

Hi everyone, North Devon Techy here.

Hi to every1 on here - I'm from East Devon

Yep...I walked passed Hardenhuish the other day actually! Work's only about 10 mins away...

Round the corner from me.

I'm in Chippenham, Wiltshire...but am actually a Notherner...

Hi Steve, Just the general jist of the architecture, user permissions modifying the look etc etc. I didnt really help that i didnt have a lot of time to get the site up and running so didnt really have a chance to sit down and read about it. E107 however was easy, straight from the install it was easy to understand how everything worked. Darren

@dblight What did you find a nightmare in Joomla? Steve

Didn't realise anyone was still using this thread otherwise I would have replied sooner! I used Joomla! for our website, compared all the alternatives at the time (Drupal, Mambo, Mediawiki, Wordpress, etc.) and found it to be the best solution. It's been running for nearly three years and I've been extremely happy with it, easy to set up and use once you get your head around it. Running on a Linux box, very solid. Chris

Happy belated Birthday !!

I was 58 yesterday and the little grey cells are depleting fast but I have persevered with Joomla and learn more about it daily. Not yet completed the site need to tidy up a few things for validation. In think on balance it's beenworth doing - I have certainly learnt a lot through it. What amazes me is that web developers offer sites for a few hundred squid - I suppose once you are proficient it becomes old hat. Whatever, I take my wooly hat off to them!!

How did you get on with this project? I tried to use Joomla for a private project and found it to be a complete nightmare, ended up using E107 CMS in the end. Darren

Thought it was about time I joined this group and said hello. Hello! I am currently doing - and have been for the past year and a bit - the job fooby used to do here at Teignmouth Community College.

I was an South West Tech. I worked in a school in South Devon. Steve

Hi speckytecky, if you are using the standard SWGfL hosted package then no, as it does not have any SQL back end. You would have to upgrade to the advances web hosting package, and go for the linux version, that way you get MySQL and all should be good - well appart from the ICT budget which will be shelling out an extra £170 a year for the upgrade!!! And no, you don't only have to use front page!!

You can use Joomla! Have seen Schools in Devon with Joomla as there website. Where is it going to be Hosted?

Hi all - Hardenhuish School in Wiltshire and I've just told a few other people on a mailing list we have to join up. Normally found in the hardware and virtualisation forums talking about SANs and VMware. Chris

Can I come in here? Dorset techs know full well I am not a true techie but I'm willing to learn!