School website with teacher pages

[kevinritt]

Hello,
I have a school website that allows teachers to enter daily homework assignments. You'll see an example here: http://pickeringschool.org/cluster41.php?action=homework The teachers can log in and add weekly homework assignments. There are several 'clusters' of teachers that can do this and it's all set up in a database. I did this by using PHP and MySQL. I want to move the site to CMSMS but I don't want to lose this functionality. So my questions is can the same feature be used in CMSMS or can I integrate my custom PHP/ MySQL into CMSMS?

Thanks

[jmcgin51]

So my questions is can the same feature be used in CMSMS or can I integrate my custom PHP/ MySQL into CMSMS?

Yes.

You can do this either way with CMSMS.  Each teacher can be assigned to a group, and each group can be authorized to edit certain pages.  (Individual teachers - rather than groups - can also be allowed to edit certain pages, if needed.)

Without knowing more about what you're currently doing and how you're doing it, and what other requirements you have, I can't provide more specific solutions, but I feel confident that CMSMS can handle what you've mentioned so far.

[kevinritt]

Thanks for the reply.
Currently, the pages are set up so that teachers can add homework assignments for each day of the week (i.e. Monday - Friday). The info is sent to the database using PHP and the results are echoed out on the homework page. The pages are set up by group (or cluster) each teacher of the group has a section (e.g. Math, science, etc) to type in the assignments. The database does not store past assignments - the new ones overwrite what's currently on the site. Does that make sense or should I go into more detail - I am not sure how much info you need. Basically what I need is the ability for clusters to enter homework for each subject.

[jmcgin51]

I think you need to download and play with CMSMS, or try out one of the online demos (like php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=9&name=CMS%20Made%20Simple)

This is really the only way you'll know if it will work for you.

As I'm thinking about it, you could either just use pages from a default install, or use Global Content Blocks, or use something like the News module.  There are likely other ways that haven't occurred to me yet.

[JeremyBASS]

one thing you could do is a calendar with FEU updating... this is another way... set a cat for each teacher.. have them only post under they'er "cat" (I have many groups that do this in one site and the part are posted here)...

Great thing about CMSMS is there are 50 ways to skin the cat 

Hope this helps
Cheers
Jeremy