What is a Content Management System?
A Content Management System (CMS) is a culmination of Web 2.0 technologies that allow you to manage content of any kind. The content is delivered through a web site which allows extended access outside normal school hours.
A CMS can be used to tell the world about your school, or to deliver learning resources, you can even have your own helpdesk and lots more.
Web 2.0 and Open Source
Pryer Solutions advocates the use of open source products and in particular Joomla, Moodle and Wordpress are industry standards for creating different kinds of open source CMS. Below you'll find a selection of CMSs developed by Pryer Solutions, each with quite different purposes...
School IT ExpertThis is an information portal for IT evangelists to get help in deploying cutting edge IT solutions in the education sector. The web framework used is Joomla. |
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School PlaysThis site presents original plays, poems, songs, pantomimes and stories, that might be used in Primary schools. Joomla is the framework used for this site. |
HelpdeskThe helpdesk site allows clients to report and track problems that they are experiencing with their IT deployment in their school. Again the framework used is Joomla! |
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Courses siteThis is the courses site for School IT Expert. Here visitors can sign up for an online course for a wide range of topics, all related to supporting IT in education. The web framework used here is Moodle. |
St Mary's Parish, DunstableThis is an information portal for the parish of St Mary's in Dunstable. Here local parishioners can find out what's happening in their respective churches. There's even a prayer centre where parishioners can pray for one another. The web framework used is Joomla. |
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On Track EducationThis is a resource gateway for On Track Education. It is a central repository site for teaching staff to access important documents. Joomla is the cms used here. |
Photography showcaseThis site is simply used to present the photographer's showcase images, and a contact page. The Joomla framework is used here. |
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Pryer Solutions BlogThis is a blogging site. It is used to publish the latest activities and thoughts going on at Pryer Solutions. The platform used here is WordPress. |
Primary SchoolThis is a demonstration template for a primary school. This CMS uses the Joomla framework. |
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High SchoolThis is a demonstration template for a high school. Again this is a Joomla CMS. |