|
This round of updates include a major redesign of the homepage and a new homepage builder allowing drag and drop functionaility.
The new homepage builder will give churches the option to customise the look of the homepage by dragging and dropping different widgets onto the page. There are different widgets available and these are explained in more detail below.
Church Edit Pro: for churches that have Church Edit Pro it is now possible to have a separate homepage for members who have logged into the website, and a main homepage for visitors to the site.
Customisation for site visitors: if this option is turned on then it will allow visitors to the site to customise the layout and modules that they want on the homepage.
Different homepage widgets:
 |
Form
Forms can now be submitted on the homepage.
|
 |
Internal Search
Search through the web pages on your site.
|
 |
Internet Search
Search using Google, Yahoo or Microsoft Bing.
|
 |
Latest Articles
Automatically show the latest pages added to your site. This could be site-wide or for a partiular section on the site.
|
 |
Latest Audio
Automatically list the latest sermons added to the site.
|
 |
Latest Forum Posts (Church Edit Pro only)
Show the latest forums posts on the website.
|
 |
Latest Photos
Show the latest photos added to the site.
|
 |
Login/Member Welcome (Church Edit Pro only)
Login box for members.
|
 |
Voting Poll
A voting poll - NOTE: due to the limitations of older browsers the voting poll is available in a bar chart and not a pie chart.
|
 |
Rotator
Upload images to the Rotator and these can transition between each other with different effects.
|
 |
RSS Reader
Import information from other websites and display on the homepage.
|
 |
Text
Standard text content that you have written in the Editor.
|
 |
Upcoming Rotas (Church Edit Pro only). |
For help with changing your homepage layout please see the online help files accessed through your admin area and read the homepage builder feature.
Minor updates:
-
ability to delete multiple web pages at once.
-
publish dates for web pages - create a page and set a date it should appear on the web site.
-
RSS feeds - if RSS is turned on for individual folders then there is now an option to include sub-folders.
-
Preview draft pages - when editing or creating a page you can preview what it will look like in your website design by clicking on the preview icon (
 )
-
approval editing - when approving a webpage, the approver now has the ability to make changes to the page before it goes live
Completed forms can now be downloaded in CSV format and opened in your spreadsheet software.
We have updated the Photo Album feature so that photos are displayed in a nicer cleaner format on top of the existing web page.
| 
