WebDesignForMinistry
custom websites for churches and ministries

Pages

How to create a page?

1.     Click the "Add a Page" link at the bottom of the Main Admin page. A form will open up like the image below:

2.     Enter a Title (Name) for the page. This is what will be seen on the navigation menu.

3.     Select the 'Section' you want the page to be in. (NOTE: when this page first opens up you will NOT see the 'Child of' drop down menu. In order to make this show up select any other section from the 'Section' drop down menu. If you want your page to be in the first section that showed up just reselect it then 'Child of' drop down will show up)

a.      Once you have selected a Section. The 'Child of' drop down menu will show up. From here you can either select 'No Parent' (This means you want this page to be a main page in this section or you can select any of the other pages already in the section. If you choose one of the existing pages this new page you are creating will become a child page of the one you selected.

4.     Enter a number into the Menu Position. This orders your pages based on the number you put in i.e. if you put in 3 it will place this page in the third position of the navigation menu.

5.     Enter content for the main body of the page into the 'Content' tab.

a.      If you want a side column to show up with additional information enter your side column content into the 'Side' tab

6.     Click the 'Save/Add Page' button at the bottom of the screen.

How to edit a page?

1.     In the Main Administration page click the 'edit' button to the right of whichever page you want to edit. This will open up the page to be edited. (Note: the title of the page will read, You Are Editing The "(title of your page)" Page

2.     From this edit page you may change the Title, Section, Menu Position and Content.

Calendar

How to create a calendar event?

1.     Click on the  'Calendar Admin' link at the top of the Main Administration page

a.      This open the Calendar with the "List of Events" displayed

2.     Click on 'Add Event' You are now in the Add Event page

3.     Enter an Event Name (this is what will be displayed in the Calendar)

4.     Select the date you want this to show up in the calendar

5.     Enter the content for the event. (NOTE: you can add images, links, video, etcÉ)

6.     Click on the 'submit' button at the bottom of the page

How to edit a calendar event?

1.     In the 'List of Events' page Click on the 'edit' button to the right of the event you
want to edit.

2.     Follow the same steps as Add Event

3.     Once you have made the changes you want click on 'update event' at the bottom
of the page

Bulletins

How to create a bulletin?

1.     Click on the 'Bulletin Admin' link in the main administration page. This will bring up the Bulletin Admin page displaying a list of current bulletins.

2.     Click the 'Create a Bulletin' link in the left hand column

3.     Fill in the form. (NOTE: you can select the run time between 1-3 weeks. Also NOTE: you can NOT select a start time less than 2 weeks out i.e if your start time is less than two weeks out you will get an error message and the bulletin will NOT be submitted for approval.

How to edit a bulletin?

1.     In the Bulletin Admin click on the 'edit' link to the right of the bulletin you want to edit.

2.     Make whatever changes you want in the form then click 'Save' if everything was completed successfully you will see a message just above "Editing new Bulletin" that will read, Bulletin has been submitted for Approval

3.     To go back to the Main Administration Page click on the 'Admin' link in the left column

Kiosk Reservation

How to reserve a Kiosk?

1.     Click on the 'Kiosk Admin' link in the Main Administration Page. This will open up the Kiosk Admin

2.     Enter your info into the fields, select a start date (Sunday), and how many weeks you want to reserve the kiosk, followed by contact info.

3.     Click save

4.     To go back to the Main Administration Page click on the 'Admin' link in the left column

Blog

How to create a topic?

1.     Click on the 'Add Topics' link in the left column.

2.     Enter the title of the topic you want to create and click 'Save Topic'

How to edit a topic?

1.     Click on the List Topics' link in the left column.

2.     Change the title of the topic and click 'Update Topic'

How to create and post a blog?

1.     To create a Thread (blog) click on 'Add Thread' in the left column. A blog form will show up like the one below.

2.     Fill in the Title of the blog, your name for Posted By and then select the topic you want this blog to be placed under from the drop down menu. Next write your blog in the WYSIWYG editor. You can add images, links, video, etcÉ

3.     Click 'Save Blog'

How to edit a blog?

1.     If you do not already see a list of threads click on the 'List Threads' link in the left column. This will display all the threads that have been posted.

2.     Click on the 'edit' link for the blog you want to edit

3.     A form just like the on above will open up with all the existing info in it. Change whatever you want and click 'Update Thread'

Definitions:

1.     What are pages?

a.      A page holds all the content i.e. text, images, links, video, audio, etcÉ for a particular link in a website.

2.     What are sections?

a.      You can have up to 5 sections. The sections are displayed along the middle of the website just below the header image

b.      You can name the sections anything you want and you can turn off any or all of them.

3.     What are parent pages?

a.      Parent pages are the first level of pages within each section. See image below

4.     What are child pages?

a.      Child pages are the second level of pages with each section. They are the child of a parent page. See image below.

5.     What are 'hidden' pages?

a.      Hidden pages are used to add content but no menu link. Using the image just above in the page "New Layout". Lets say this page has a list of events with small images and brief descriptions. In one of the events we want to provide more information (a lot more info with images etcÉ). We create a hidden page with the more detailed information. Now we just add a link in the "New Layout" page to this hidden page. If we had created a page with the additional information within one of the sections a link to the page would display in the menu and that is not what we want.

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)

Add images to a page

1.     Click the "Insert Image" button. The SPAW File Manager will pop up that looks like the image below.

2.     Either select an image already uploaded (see the list in the image above) or click the Browse button, navigate to the image on your computer select it and then click the upload button as seen next to the Browse button in the image above.

3.     To keep your images organized you can create subfolders. Click the folder button  to create a subfolder, then double click the newly create folder and upload your images there

4.     Once you have selected the image you want click 'OK'

5.     NOTE:  Your images must not be larger than 600px wide or 600px high.

Add links to a page

1.     Type in the editor what you want the link to say

2.     Highlight the text

3.     Click the link button at the top of the editor

4.     Enter the Complete URL (include http://)

5.     Select a target:

a.      _self will leave the current page and open up the linked page

b.      _blank will open up the linked page in a new window and leave the current window open

6.     Enter a title (the title is what shows up when you hover your mouse over the link

Link to a file

1.     Follow the same steps above but instead of entering a URL click the browse button

2.     This will open up the SPAW File Manager

3.     Select the image, file or flash that you want to link to

4.     Click OK

Add video to a page

1.     You tube

a.      Go to You Tube and the page with the video you want to display.

b.      Select the entire URL in the address bar of your browser and copy it

c.      Go back to the page you are creating or editing in your website

d.     Place your curser in the editor wherever you want the video to show up.

e.      Click the You Tube button

f.       Paste in the URL and click OK

2.     Flash

a.      In the WYSIWYG editor place your curser where you want the video to show up.

b.      Next click on the flash button  . A new window will open up that looks like the one below

c.      Click the browse button to the right . This will open the SPAW File Manager

d.     Select 'Flash Movies' from the drop down menu. This will open the folder that holds all the flash movies. See image below

e.      If the flash movie is not is not already in here click the 'browse' button at the bottom, search and select the flash movie from your computer, hit the 'Upload' button.

f.       Your movie should now appear in the list.

g.      Select it and click OK

h.     You can only upload SWF movies

Add Audio to a page

1.     In the WYSIWYG editor type in the name of what you want to call the audio link

2.     Highlight the text and select the link button

3.     In the Hyperlink window (see below) click the Browse button . This will open the SPAW file Manager

4.     Select 'Files' from the drop down menu

5.     Select an MP3 from the list or click the Browse button at the bottom and upload a new audio file.

Add paypal buttons to a page

1.     You first have to have a Paypal account and have already created an item in your account

2.     Copy the HTML code that Paypal gives you

3.     In the editor place your curser where you want the button to show up

4.     Click the HTML button   this will open the HTML window

5.     Paste in the code you copied from paypal into the text box (see image above)