Dynamic Internet Presence for Schools (DIPS)

A new way for your school to have a dynamic website

What is DIPS

DIPS is a new way for schools to have exciting, dynamic websites. All websites work best when the data they contain changes frequently, and where they tailor the content for different types of visitors. DIPS offers:-

Modern, clean, fast web design
Staff and Pupil access to add new pages
Mailing list for parents, governors and interested members of the community
Wizard led pages for adding information
Wizard for bulk emailing of links to new documents, letters etc
Built in Gallery
Built in web forum for staff and pupil discussions
Customise colours and layouts
The whole site is fully searchable
Specially designed and tailored for schools needs by people actually working in schools

Advantages

No coding necessary - we do all the hard work
Easy upload of pictures and documents
Keep interested people informed about events at school, work and changes to the website
Help files built in
Free support available through Davas-Online forum

Security

All accesses logged
Administrator control over user and mailing list entries
Web forum has adminstration control of users and IP blocking

Technical details

Sites hosted on fast Linux server
Meta-tag support from site settings - for Internet Search Engines
Core program runs using PHP - PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
Data stored as SQL database - compact and efficient
Data backup included

Cost

The basic cost of the DIPS system is as follows

£270 one-off fee for webspace and core program. Upgrades to the core program will be made by Davas-Online centrally
£60 one-off fee for registering and hosting a domain in the schools name
£100 per annum for maintaining the domain name and webspace
Further customisation options available on request

(Note all prices exclude VAT at the current rate)

How to try it

We have a demo version of the site (fully functional, but we periodically remove all the data) click here to access