Web/CMS Products
How to evaluate a CMS (or in PDF format)
FrontPage
- Easy to use if familiar with Word/Excel
- Often already on computers (no extra cost)
- May require "extensions" and generate bad code
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Example: Dougherty County School System
Dreamweaver
- Dreamweaver is for design with Contribute for user updates
- Used by SAU and under evaluation by Cam
- Contribute must be purchased and installed on each computer
- Inexpensive: $90 per copy; $1200 for school
- Vendor: Adobe
- Example: Ray School Test Site
SchoolCMS
- Easy to update by non-technical staff
- Cost: setup $1600 + annual cost $2700
- Cost includes hosting
- Modules already adapted for schools
- Company PowerIT started in 2002
- Currently serves 260 schools
- Web demo and test site are available
- Vendor site: SchoolCMS
- Examples:
Shelton Public Schools
Westbrook Public Schools
Hope Charter School
CMS400
- Powerful CMS used by many industries and schools
- Cost about $27,000 then $4500 per year starting in year 2
- Does not include hosting
- Can provide web demo
- Company started in 1998
- 15,000 customers
- Vendor: Ektron
- Examples:
Whiteface Schools
Portsmouth Public Schools
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Bishop's School
Richland School District Two
Manila
- Offered by ValleyNet
- Inexpensive: $300 setup + $130 annual
- Easy to update
- Limited design and formatting
- Limited amount of space
- Vendor: UserLand
- Example: Town of Hanover
Virtual Town Hall
- Probably not appropriate for schools
- Handles agendas, minutes and calendars very effectively
- Easy to update
- Cost: $4000/year for 15 users
- Vendor: Virtual Town Hall
- Examples:
Town of Lebanon
Town of Lyme