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The parish office

Sacrament requests, online giving, parish broadcasts and your parish website. 21 articles.

  1. Adding a parish eventPut a novena, retreat, meeting or fundraiser on the parish calendar, choose who can see it, and repeat it on a schedule.
  2. Adding a ready-made designed sectionPick a finished section from the Add list, see it with your own details first, and put it on your page in one click.
  3. Ask your parish: the assistantAsk a question in your own words and get a short answer with links to your records, or press Brief me on this week.
  4. Building your parish websiteA tour of the Website menu: what each part does, and a good order to set up a new site.
  5. Colours, fonts, logo and bannerSet your website's colours, fonts, logo, crest, banner photo and browser tab icon.
  6. Editing a section on the pageClick a section to change it, type over its words, add new sections, move them around, and undo a mistake.
  7. Finishing a section that is not readyWhat an unfinished section looks like on the page, and how to open its settings and fill in what's missing.
  8. Giving a parishioner a claim codeGive a parishioner an 8-character code so they can link their new account to the record your parish already keeps of them.
  9. Groups and messages for parish staffHow groups fill themselves from your records, and how to use threads, mentions, direct messages, reports and the parish office inbox.
  10. Inviting staff to your parishInvite a secretary, treasurer or other helper by email, choose their role, and see who hasn't accepted yet.
  11. Letting each page change part of a shared blockKeep one block the same on every page, and still let each page change a heading, a photo or a button link for itself.
  12. Making a page from a templateStart a new page from a ready-made layout, or start a whole website in one go, then fill in the words.
  13. Making your website on day oneAnswer three short questions, get a finished website to check, then publish it with one button.
  14. Moving your staff WhatsApp group to EcclesiaOneMove the parish staff group, and other WhatsApp groups of staff, to groups that fill themselves from your records.
  15. Publishing and draftsWhat Draft and Live mean, how to publish a page or its changes, schedule it for later, take it down, and go back to an earlier version.
  16. Sacraments, from request to certificateHow a request becomes a signed register entry and a certificate, who does each step, and how to correct a signed entry.
  17. Saving your own templates and designed sectionsSave a page or a section you like, then use it again on new pages without building it twice.
  18. Sending a message to your parishWrite a message, choose who gets it and how, mark the urgent ones, and see how it went out.
  19. Setting up online givingConnect the parish bank account, check the name, and find every gift on the Online giving and Finance pages.
  20. Using the TrashWhat happens when you delete a page, an article, a form or a photo, how to undo it, and how to bring it back within 30 days.
  21. Your Contact page and its formMake a Contact page, build the message form, publish it, put it on the page, and read what people send.