FOREST SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Technology Stack

Cloud based storage systems by AWS.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon that includes a mixture of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and packaged software as a service (SaaS) offerings.

Microsoft Exchange Online is a hosted email for business.

GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. Make gets its knowledge of how to build program from a file called the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and how to compute it from other files.

GoDaddy's website builder, formally called Websites+ Marketing, is an online editing and publishing tool that helps users make a responsive website with no technical knowledge required.

MonsterInsights is a Wordpress plugin for Google Analytics.

Yoast offers plugins to improve SEO and optimize web sites and blogs.

YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones.

GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual private servers and virtual dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security.

Gravatar is a service for providing globally unique avatars and was created by Tom Preston-Werner. It is owned by Automattic, having integrated it into their WordPress.com blogging platform.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript.

JavaScript is the programming language of HTML and the Web.

Lightbox is a script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.

G Suite is a suite of apps from Google which offers a number of tools to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, store files, and manage data.

MailChimp list management features help users organize and target their list for sending. They automatically remove bounce backs and unsubscribes from their list.

Microsoft Outlook is an personal information manager from microsoft which helps users communicate, manage schedules & find what they need quickly & easily.

MembershipWise provides membership software & event management system for WordPress, SquareSpace, Weebly and other websites.

WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for Wordpress