Upgrade instructions & detail
Upgrading your site is easy.
The annual cost for sites that remain on the schools service will be just £75+VAT. Sites that are already at the existing premium level will not be asked to pay this revised price until their next renewal.
To remain on the service you will need to upgrade your site to the new level before September 30th 2010.
| Site Plan | Free |
Old Premium (Discontinued) |
New Premium Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages | 50 | 100 | 150 |
| Images | 150 | 300 | 500 |
| Buttons | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| News Items | 30 | 50 | 100 |
| Calendar Items | 30 | 50 | 100 |
| Gallery Items | 30 | 50 | 100 |
| Documents | 15 | 30 | 50 |
| Links | 30 | 50 | 100 |
| Online Enquiry Form (inc. spam protection) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Guestbook | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Site Search Function | No | Yes | Yes |
| Website hosting | Included | Included | Included | Free website address ending .ik.org |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Technical Support | Free* | Free* | Free* |
| * Email support is provided free of charge 9-5 Monday-Friday. Visit support knowledgebase | |||
How to upgrade your site
Upgrading your free schools.ik.org website to the new premium service is easy. All you need to do is contact our support team by submitting a request via our help site at http://support.schools.ik.org and we will do the rest.
To help us action your upgrade request as quickly as possible please include details of your websites address, your username and the first and third digits of your password. Once upgraded an invoice will be added to the Payment Area in your websites account to enable you to make payment.
Before upgrading please note the following points:
Once a site has been upgraded payment will be due within 40 days after which unpaid websites will be suspended.
Payment can be made online via card or by Cheque or BACS (for LEA/Council payments).
Invoices can be downloaded from your sites' account area to pass to your LEA or bursar, for instructions please see this help article: Payment advice for Schools & LEA's
If you have any queries about the upgrade please contact our support team.