The first school website was published towards the end of 1996 and has undergone several major revisions since then. This is the sixth redesign.

This website has been designed and created by the Computer Services department of Hartismere school.

The content has been added by the staff, students and friends of the school.

The site uses a bespoke content management system written exclusively for the school by the Director of ICT.

Technical specs:

• Site engine code written in c# Asp.NET using SharpDevelop. [Over 12,000 lines of code!]
• 4 dedicated servers:
  • Microsoft IIS 6.0 Server [designated Apollon - virtual].
  • MySQL 5.1 Server [designated Cassiopeia - virtual].
  • Windows 2003 Storage Server [designated Herakles - virtual].
  • Symantec BackupExec backup with Robotic Tape Library [designated Phoenix - physical].
• Features including
  • Integrated Domain Authentication.
  • Online Reports for parents.
  • Integrated File Management.
  • RSS feeds (publish and import).
  • Integrated search engine.
  • Email notifications.
  • Rich text editing.
  • Automatic image optimization and manipulation.
  • Intelligent email address masking,
  • Authorized authoring for staff, students and parents.
  • Comments and rankings.