Feature Friday: How Giddens School Transitioned from Open Source to Finalsite Open source website solutions, such as Wordpress, are often very appealing to schools for their affordability and ease of use. However, implementing an open source solutions can pose some unanticipated problems and expenses, such as hiring a professional to develop your website, putting your school's data and security at risk, slow load times, and greater challenges with integrating student information systems. If you also work as a small shop — on a team of one to three people — these challenges become even more acute. That's why making the transition from an open source solution to Finalsite Composer was no question for Giddens School.Amy Bresslour, Director of Institutional Advancement at Giddens School, star

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