There's a company in Leamington who have already developed the tools for
this. They're working with a number of museums already and they have a good
understanding of the sector
http://www.light-media.co.uk/ if anyone would like to contact them direct.
The guy to speak to is Tony Probert
Mike
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jon
Pratty
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Simple diy website hosting service
Echoing James' point -
it's been in my mind for some time that someone - CT, MLA or perhaps another
cultural digital organisation - could maybe commission a simple-to-use
bespoke Wordpress template setup aimed at typical museum sector
users/institutions/requirements.
Coupled with some off-the-peg cloud hosting [which the lead org could
wholesale] and some basic 'how to set one up' training, we'd be meeting some
really basic needs that are not often met in the sector.
JP
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
James Morley
Sent: 09 September 2009 15:28
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Subject: Re: Simple diy website hosting service
I'd echo thoughts re: Wordpress, though you'd also want your provider to
give some (simple)guidelines/training as to use. That said, there's a huge
amount of documentation out there anyway, and you'd probably just want them
to distil it down to the key bits for the particular site.
On the other hand I do know a friend, with no experience, has just used
Vistaprint for her new B&B (<plug>http://www.streamcombefarm.co.uk/ -
beautiful if you need to get away from it all and have amazing
food!</plug>). She found it good as an end user, even though at first
glance it's something I wouldn't touch with a barge pole! In fact looking
at the site from an SEO and accessibility point of view I still wouldn't
touch it with a barge pole for something in our sector, so maybe there's a
good lesson there?
In my view a little bit of investment with a good developer/host and
something like Wordpress would certainly pay dividends.
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Website Manager Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5759
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org
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> Suzanne
>
> I think Wordpress takes a lot of beating. You can either use
> their free, hosted version, or download the full, 'host it
> yourself' option, which allows for quite a lot of user-customisation.
>
> Slightly left field, Ning also does good stuff, though
> there's much less you can modify and customise about it.
>
> The good thing about Wordpress is that there are legions of
> Wordpress developers/customisers/supporters who can set one
> up for you, download updates when needed and make it look
> really good. It's entered the web ecosystem.
>
> JP
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> Sent: 09 September 2009 13:55
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> Subject: Simple diy website hosting service
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a service to provide the means for a very
> small organisation with no technical skills to make a website
> and maintain it.
>
> The most likely source so far is the ISP Namesco, which
> offers a basic diy online service to create a simple website
> and edit and it as time goes on. The advantage of this is
> that a single organisation will register the URL, host the
> website and provide email forwarding, as it is quite baffling
> for people to deal with separate sources doing different things.
>
> But other ISPs must do this too - and maybe there are other solutions.
> (I rule out BT from terrible past experience). I'm sure some
> people will have cracked this - suggestions welcome,
>
> Suzanne Keene
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