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I have seen this before, when I saw it, it was down to the firewall resetting any connection after 5 mins. I suggest you check with RM.

Sorry localzuk should have said where it was it the list in system manager because its not alphabetical! Did it help ?

Have you looked at the Third Party Reporting stuff in the report engine? To see it you need to be a member of the CES Third Party Reporting Group in system manager. This gives you more info and it might be what your looking for.

If your after stat requirements your best bet is teachernet. Teachernet, New IM

We have used them since they started. They provide our support. Excellent Service and very friendly and helpful. We've used them for a variety of installations. If you wanna PM me to ask about em please feel free.

I fixed this a while back. To solve this I have a script that copies the start menu items to the C drive of the local machine at start up and then the group policy points at the folder on the C drive. If your other polices are set correctly it works like a dream. I can't remember the finer details at the mo but If you want further details just PM me.

Just thought I'd inform the forum with what was on the local news last night. Yet another Job Evaluation where the workers are unhappy. Council workers facing massive wage cuts (From This Is Lancashire)

We are about to change our corporate style and this includes changing the font to Ariel instead of good old times new roman. Anyone know how to change the font of the normal template and deploy it ? We have roaming profiles so each user has there own normal template so I'm not sure how to go about it. Is there a GPO ? I would like it to happen by deployment / logon script instead of asking the users to change it because we all know what hassle that will cause !

I would like to do the same. Use the footer to display the logos of the school. Did anyone manage this ? If so how ? I'm quite new to joomla.

It's really good ! Friends came over last night and we started playing at 9:30 and didn't stop until about 2am !

Thanks for the advise about the module suffixes. But mine also looks like the image above. The JSN Imageshow is missing from the simple template but yet it works on all the others . Help !

Thanks for the response. How do I do that ?

I'm spending the next couple of days moving the school web site on to the Edugeek package. It's brilliant! But the one thing I can't figure out is bullet pointed lists. I would like my bullet pointed lists to be double line spaced i.e. * Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3 Whenever I use the bulleted list button it won't do it. I've tried putting blank lines under each bulleted line but they disappear when I view it. The only workround I've found is to put the lists into tables and miss a row each time. I'm using the JCE Editor as per the instructions. Sorry if this question is really simple but I'm just getting to grips with Joomla.

Has anyone got a skills audit for staff ? I am trying to establish where I need to arrange training. On Office and smartboards. Has anyone got one they might let me have ? Or do you know of a good website ?

I know it’s not the usual "Hardware" but I'm sure that comms systems are also the responsibility of us techies! This weekend our phone system was hacked from outside school. The attack centred on our Voice Mail System/Auto Attendant (the auto answer system that answers every call "welcome to... press One for etc) The phone system spent 2 hrs and 5 mins calling international numbers until telewest shut down our lines. We didn't know that the voice mail system had the ability to make calls it's self (the function is enabled out of the box) As the calls were made by our "kit" the call charges are the schools problem. Talking to our comms provider this has happened in other places. I have done a brief web search for a checklist and the only found this link:- http://www.nortel.com/solutions/security/collateral/toll_fraud_1609.pdf We have now had the voice mail system stopped from being able to dial out. Check your systems before it's too late Hope this helps others from recieving large phone bills

Thanks for that link russdev . I couldn't find it anywhere

I have noticed recently that the BSF web site no longer lists LA's after wave 6. I'm sure there used to be a long list on the site of every LA and what wave they are in. It's gone... On Sunday The observer ran a article http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2209214,00.html that Lord Adonis The Schools Minister, stated: “Small schools have been successful in the US and they may have a part to play here in the future, if credible proposals are forthcoming”.and a report is due out tomorrow to prove this. I know it talks of "schools within schools" but is it just time before the decision is taken to stop the whole thing and review. Today in the press it appears the government are now investigating the academies http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-7072504,00.html Another report reveals that "Specialist schools programme had very little impact on exam results and was directed at schools with mostly better off families" http://education.guardian.co.uk/newschools/story/0,,2210064,00.html The other political parties are circling over possible labour back tracking http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7092340.stm Do you think these are signs that this bubble is about to burst ?

Nearly ready to go live with our site using the excellent Edugeek package. Today someone trying to sell me their CMS system said that joomla is not DDA Compliant and they e-mailed me the following statement "A statement from Joomla: "Current situation While we are committed to accessibility, we are aware, and regret, that our website does not comply with many WCAG/508 requirements, nor does it currently validate with XHTML 1.0 Transitional. The site is Joomla! based, and as such, will be compliant when Joomla! meets requirements. " I have looked through the forums about DDA . Should I be concerned or does the Edugeek Template solve some of the issues. Your comments please.

Yea we have a consent form for the Internet etc.. Thanks for the comment

Do you store student photographs in SIMS without parents / students signing a consent form ? I'm interested in your opinions as in chatting to various people some say we could store a picture of a student without consent because it is vital to the running of the school and others say you can't without a consent form. Any opinions would be welcomed. Thanks for your assistance.

Have you tried stopping and starting the service relating to FMS on the server or rebooting the server. We have found that FMS slows after the server being UP for a long time. I know this solution is like the Channel 4 IT Crowd "Have you tried turning it off then on again ?" but it works here.

First I would just like to say that the Edugeek package is excellent! I have installed Windows 2003 Server on a box and wamp and then the edugeek package. The site works apart from the file upload i.e. when you want to attach a file to a page. I select the file from the location and click upload and get "unable to upload file" its only a 10k test file, tried other files and the same thing happens. I have tried permissions in windows and I can't get rid of the greyed read only tick on the documents folder. I've tried FTP and changing the permissions and it just gives me errors telling me it can't. Any help would be great as this is my first CMS/web server experience.

Yea I'm avoiding "Other" because then the teachers will just use that for everything

Hi, I'm in the process of reviewing my helpdesk categories as we don't seem to have everything covered. We have :- Hardware Development Hardware Fault SIMS Development SIMS Fault SIMS Group Changes SIMS Timetable Changes Software Development Software Fault Training Health & Safety Purchasing Requests Printing Requests Servers - Automatic Responce What categories do you have ?

Hi Guys, What do you use to play DVD's on teacher laptops. I have run a search on here but there were issues mentioned about it being legal etc.. What are you all using ? Power dvd ? Any cheap/free legal solutions ?