This new space has been built ,for all BAS members to share, using an open source CMS known as joomla. Main credits go to Andy Suski of BAS and Konrad Malinowski in the British Council, who have made the technical transition possible.

The new page is meant to have a calmer and more professional look. It also has a more user-friendly feel! We still need to develop it fully for all of you to be able to enjoy it, but we are hoping that the first glimpse of what the site will look like will be enough of a teaser to get you to come back for more.

The CMS used means that BAS will be able to maintain and run this site absolutely free! We are also extremely grateful to the British Council for allowing us to use their server space.

We are hoping to launch the official site during the 2007 AGM, so keep on checking and make sure to be there for the event!

Joomla! features:

• Completely database driven site engines
• News, products or services sections fully editable and manageable
• Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors
• Fully customisable layouts including left, center and right menu boxes
• Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
• Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX

Extensive Administration:

• Change order of objects including news, FAQs, articles etc.
• Random Newsflash generator
• Remote author submission module for News, Articles, FAQs and Links
• Object hierarchy - as many sections, departments, divisions and pages as you want
• Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs and JPEGs online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
• News feed manager. Choose from over 360 news feeds from around the world
• Archive manager. Put your old articles into cold storage rather than throw them out
• Email-a-friend and Print-format for every story and article
• In-line Text editor similar to Word Pad
• User editable look and feel
• Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
• Custom Page Modules. Download custom page modules to spice up your site
• Template Manager. Download templates and implement them in seconds
• Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
• Banner manager. Make money out of your site