- Term 4 Special - $1500+gst

Big Me Internet can quickly and easily get your school online with our Starter Website Package. We take care of everything you need to get your school on the web. We will handle the process of getting your domain name sorted with DET, setting up your CMS on our hosting servers and getting your initial content and school details online on a well designed and user-friendly website which will stand out from the crowd.

Your website will be upgradeable as you decide in the future and will also allow for easy updates by your staff. We'll let you know all the information we need from you, discuss your design vision and have your starter website up and running with a minimum of fuss and hassle.

The School Starter package represents exceptional value for schools. We design, build, set up and host your website on our high quality internet servers. All you need to do is provide us with the information, documents logos and photographs we request, select a colour scheme and design and we do the rest. Your website will be completed and on the web by the agreed date.

Your site is able to be upgraded at any time to include news portal features, social networking or any other tool you would like built into the site. Your options are wide open as we still install the same powerful Joomla Content Management System as we use for our most powerful and advanced sites.

School Website Starter Package Includes

Joomla CMS

Joomla 1.5x CMS Website:

The award winning, powerful content management system we use to run all other school websites. It is a brilliant platform which allows us to create amazingly versatile and great looking websites. It's advance back end allows you to upgrade your website and add any other features at a later date without major expense. It also gives you full control over content on your website and allows you to perform you own content updates with minimal training.

Hosting

Website Hosting:

First Year Free - $220 value! This package includes ongoing web hosting at $200+gst per year which will be billed on the anniversary date of your site going live.

Your site will be hosted on our state or the art high end mutlimedia servers in one of the best data facilities in the world in Miami, Florda, USA (pictured).

You are free to move to another host after 12 months if you wish and not locked into ongoing web hosting if you want to move elsewhere.

DOCMan

Document Repository:

You can easily place any school documnet on your school website for your community to download. PDF and Word documents of school newsletters, planners, policies, excursion forms etc can be accessed from your website easily. The process of uploading, ordering and listing these documents is taken care of by the various DOCman components and modules installed and set up in on your site.

Images

RokSlideshow

RokSlideshow is a mootools powered JavaScript slideshow that allows you to quickly and easily display a selection of images and transition between them. The slideshow itself is very flexible and easily customisable and offers a great alternative to flash-based solutions.

6 Customizable Transition Type: Fading, Zooming, Panning, Combo (Ken Burns Effect), Pushing, Wiping.
30 Customizable Wipe and Push transitions including bounce, linear, exponential, etc.
Alphabetical, Creation Date, Random, and Manual order modes.
Support for Image captions below the slideshow including support for titles and descriptions.
Customizable title, description font color and sizes with no extra css files.
Completely customizable transition and image durations as well as Pan and Zoom values.

Tools

Online Polls: Create quick polls on your website and survey your community about issues.

Email Contact List: Allow the public to send an email to your school or various people in the school from the built in email system built into the site.

Google Map: An embedded google map showing your school's location and satellite image from maps.Google.com.

Links Page:YouCMS contains a powerful website linking organiser. We wil lset up the categories for you and links to important sites for staff, students and your community.

Google Analytics: We embed the google analytics statistical software into your site so you can get easy to read and understand statistics about your website.

Support

Joomla Manual PDF: Your website manual is customised to your site so all images and explanations containd are easy to follow and relevant to your site.

Custom Quick Manual: Created to give you explanations of the most common features and tasks.

Online Support: Access to our member area where you have access to our message board, articles and support.

School Website Starter Package

Joomla CMS Website
Slide Show Image Rotator
Document Repository
Online Polls
Email Contact List
Google Map
Links Pages
Initial Set Up
DET Domain Setup
Custom Manual
One Year Hosting (usually $200 pa)

$1500+gst.

Teacher & Student Training

Paul Andrews of Big Me Internet is also a WACOT registered teacher and holds a DET ID. He is available for Professional Development of both staff and also teaching students in the classroom in getting the best from your website.

We create sites that are user friendly, functional and visually stunning to showcase your site to the world. We use the Joomla Content Management System which gives clients an amazing array of functions and design possibilities for their site and the ability to manage future updates themselves if they wish. We work closely with each client to ensure their site exceeds their expectations but not their budget.

Hosting is often an after thought, but it is of vital importance to your website. Your web host is responsible for making sure your website is available to surfers. Slow speeds and hosting errors can ruin the best designed sites. Big Me Internet owns state of the art multimedia web servers in one of the world's best and most secure data facilities in the world in Florida USA. You can be sure that your website will be available and online.

If you want your own website with regular updates but do not have the time, staff or ability to update it, Big Me Internet can manage your website for you. From regular updates, administrator services, moderation and user support, program modifications or content entry, we can perform website management to suit your needs and budget. Don't allow your site content to become stale or old, we can help you with all administrative tasks.