Overseal Village Primary School is our local primary school where we recently offered to revamp their existing site. Naturally we turned to WordPress to do the job. The staff there are not very computer literate so something was needed that they could easily maintain and update themselves.

The previous site had a lot of content on the front page which quickly became out of date, so we opted for a design that put only the relevant information on the home page, and all the content behind. We made use of various WordPress features, including some of the social plugins.

The site now automatically updates a Facebook page, keeping the local parents and carers updated with news and information. Parents and carers can also subscribe for email updates, which are automatically sent out when new articles are posted by the school. These features have allowed information to be pushed out quickly and efficiently to the community and keeps the school running smoothly.

Sections have been created for the classes, so teachers can also publish class information out to the parents.

So far the feedback has been very positive, with the staff and parents loving the design and features. It’s great to see the school embracing the new site and updating content on a regular basis. We are hoping that the site’s ability to push information out to parents and carers that the school can also start to reduce the amount of printed newsletters that need to go out in their book-bags.

Putting free hosting to good use are Leah & Mickael in preparation of their forthcoming marriage in Portugal later this year.

Like others, this site is based on WordPress and has been quickly assembled and deployed on Community Hosts’ servers.

Weddings are expensive enough these days – so why pay out for something in preparation for the big day when you don’t really need to? This is a great example of when Community Hosting comes into it’s own!

Do you have a site that is hosted by Community Hosts? If you do then get in touch, and let us know about it. You never know, we might feature it and get you some free publicity!

Overseal is a small village in South Derbyshire. www.overseal.org.uk was created and started back in April 2009 – and since then has been going from strength to strength. attracting over 13,000 page views. The site has been created using WordPress, and uses a modified template that was free. The site delivers local news, reviews, information and history to the local community and has also achieved the support of the local Parish Council.

Do you have a site that is hosted by Community Hosts? If you do then get in touch, and let us know about it. You never know, we might feature it and get you some free publicity!