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Description

Schoolwires Academic Portal is a Content Management System (CMS) designed to reduce the time needed to create a school website. Using it, teachers can easily share homework assignments, test schedules and calendars, post learning content or announcements.

Its core has a modular structure for being easy to modify and add new functionalities through a plugin system. When buying a license some implementation, training and support services are included too.

System requirements

Server requirements

Schoolwires Academic Portal runs on a IIS Server (Windows Server 2003 operating system recommended) with ASP programming language and MSSQL database.

User (viewer of the website) requirements

Operating system:

• Windows (98, NT, 2000, Me, XP, XP Media Center Edition 2005, Vista)
• Mac OS 10.x

Browser:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or 7
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x (for Mac or Windows)
• Apple Safari 1.x

Administrator (editor of the website) requirements

Operating system:

• Windows (NT, 2000, XP, XP Media Center Edition 2005)
• Mac OS 10.x

Browser:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, or 7
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x (for Mac or Windows)
• Apple Safari 1.1

Also, other technologies such as JavaScript, SSL, Adobe Flash Player and Java Applets may be required for complete website viewing and editing.

Pricing

Schoolwires Academic Portal is a commercial application and a annual rental fee is applied, but the vendor has to be contacted for finding out the amount of it.

Features

Visual design features

• Design templates with editable template regions
• Template library
• Customizable dynamic navigation
• CSS support
• rich media support

Content authoring features

• online WYSIWYG editing
• wizard-based interface
• drag&drop editing
• instant page creation
• self-updating links and navigation
• shared file and image library

• web address mapping
• file and folder management
• spell check
• calendar

• file library
• link library
• article library
• directory
• maps and directions builder

Home page management features

• welcome message
• announcements
• headlines and features

Editorial control and workflow features

• complete editorial control
• automatic content expiration
• flexible content routing profiles

User and role management features

• extensive user roles and permissions
• custom user roles
• batch user imports
• user reports
• LDAP integration

Other features

• intranet pages
• share content by role
• broadcast email and content subscriptions
• email alerts
• personalized menus
• integrated help and support center

Communities

• Schoolwires Community and Support Forums
• CMPros - Content Management Professionals Community
• Discussions about CMS on CMSMatrix

See also

• Official website
• Compare Schoolwires with other Content Management systems