Smartblog is a customised Blog Application for Schools.

Smartblog provides a user friendly Blog platform for schools at cost effective prices, which  enables 

• School, Teachers, Students etc. to create pages/blogs
  
• Creation of Sub Domain for every user
  
• Cost effective and user friendly blogging
  
• Easy maintenance and upgrade facility to pod casting, SMS integration, chat rooms and bulk mailing
  

Features of Smart Blog

• Students can create blogs, after choosing from their respective Class Group
  
• Template Gallery to select appropriate and suitable designs
  
• Sub domains for each student (eg: studentname.schoolname.com)
  
• Mother Page for schools to showcase best blog, featured blog, blog register etc 
  
• Built in open source technologies  
  

Advantages

SmartBlog is the easiest way for schools to allow children to get to grips with social networking within a controlled environment.

• It takes only few minutes to have a professional looking site up and running
  
• Easy to create -you don’t need expensive or complicated web editors or web design software to create a blog
  
• Offers a variety of templates to choose from
  
• Easy to maintain - SmartBlog software allows you to post online, without FTP software
  
• Postings from anywhere, not just from your own computer. Posting can be from home, or from café or school
  
• Easy log in to the system and updating 
  
• Automatically move most recent post to the top, while archiving older posts by date or by topic, so no requirement to move web pages around
  
• Excellent way of sharing knowledge within the institution
  
• Positive way of getting feedback, and keeping your finger on the pulse, as readers react to certain pieces, suggest story ideas, etc
  

Technology

• Built in Open Source - PHP and My SQL 
  
• Easily upgradeable 

Authentication and Security measures

• User levels for Teachers and Schools to authenticate publishing
  
• No information or updates can be published without the permission of the pupils teacher
  
• All the content/communication can be monitored by authorities
  
• Secure hosting environment