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Changing the web site content
| Your ChurchInsight site comes with a set of groups containing an article that displays when the group is selected. To create new content to replace this, you first need to enter the Web Office. |
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Creating a new article
- Select a group folder where you would like the document to be located.
- Select the documents tab to display the current list of documents in this group.
- Click the start a new document task at the bottom of the work pane.
There are three types of document you can create on your web site:
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Article - general purpose document for publishing text and images. In some cases an article may also have provision for feedback e.g. registering for a conference or volunteering for help. |
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Advert - a banner notice that appears on the web site home page and used for drawing attention to events, articles, groups, recordings and other websites.
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Poll - a survey question on which site visitors can vote.
We will look at creating adverts and polls elsewhere.
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Creating an article
To create a new article:
- Click on the article option at the which type of document would you like to create? screen.
- Step 1 - add content to your article Begin by adding text and images to the new article in the contents view.The contents view is very similar in operation to popular word processing software. Enter text in the space provided; use the following buttons in the styles section of the toolbar to set the appearance of the text:
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If necessary, add a table to your document using the table section of the toolbar.
Tables are especially useful on web pages for helping to place graphics with text around.
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To add images and hyperlinks to your document use the image / link toolbar.
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The first row of buttons allows you to add an image to your article, toggle the image border, create a new hyperlink or remove an existing one.
Then, set the alignment of the image in relationship to the text.
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Hyperlinks can be used to direct the reader to other groups in your church, documents, events, audio and video recordings, rotas, members and external web sites.
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If you wish, you can also add interactive elements to the article to provide opportunity for feedback; use the form section of the toolbar to add these elements as follows:
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Add a text box, text field, check box or send button to your article.
Add a name or address field to your article. This information will be taken from My Profile if applicable.
Add a telephone number field or an email field to your article. This information will be taken from My Profile if applicable.
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- Step 2 - set the article properties Select the properties tab to configure these options:
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| Title |
Enter a title to describe the purpose of the article. |
| Author |
In most cases you should enter your name as the author unless you wish to publish the article on behalf of a group of people. |
| Summary |
Enter a brief synopsis to encourage people to read the article. You can also press the use image button to place a picture next to the article whenever it appears in a "recent articles" list. |
| Publish Date |
Enter the date when you would like the article to become available. You can also select a date when you would like the article to be removed; if you do not specify a removal date the article will remain on the website indefinitely. |
| Access permissions |
Select which groups of people visiting the website can see the article. You can also use this option to make the article available for syndication across the ChurchInsight network. |
| Feature this article on the website front page |
When this option is checked, the article will appear in the "latest articles" list on the front page of your web site. |
| Add any associated links |
Use this area to add links to the side of your article. These links can be to other groups in your organisation, documents, events, audio & video recordings, rotas, members and external web sites. |
- Step 4 - Publish the article Once you are happy with the content of your article set the publishing status at the top of the article editor to Published.
Click the save button to commit your changes and return to the documents view. The article will now be available on your web site.
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Editing and Deleting articles
To edit the contents of existing articles:
- Select the group folder whose contents you would like to edit.
- Select the Documents tab to display the current list of documents in this group.
- Click on the title of the appropriate article you wish to edit.
- Make your changes using the tools described above and save...
To delete an existing article simply click the  button by the article to move the article to the Recycle Bin. Content can be restored from the Recycle Bin.
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Group home pages
The About Us style of group, identified by the icon, will display only one article at a time. The Group folders and Features area on the other hand can display more than one article in the group. This is because each of these groups would normally have many articles submitted to them whereas the About Us area would normally contain only a few articles which can be separated into their own groups.
When more than one article exists in a group the articles are ordered by publish date, with the most recent at the top. The title, summary and thumbnail image are displayed for each article, just like the latest articles are displayed on the front page.
The group home page is the page that is displayed when you first enter a group, or if none is set then the description of the group is shown. The group home page is set by clicking the  icon by the relevant published document. The description of the group is set through the Advanced options under the Summary area of the group.
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