Gabriel Archangel - Neenah, WI

Development Link and Training

Good morning Lori and Anne,

We have reached the point in development at which we share a link to the development site with you.

Training Sessions
The first training session typically takes ~2 hours and is done remotely via a screen share program. We will send over the meeting link and phone number in a later email. 

During the training sessions, we go over:
  • How to edit the homepage content
  • How to edit the footer
  • How to edit the menu
  • How to create/edit inner pages
  • How to create/edit posts
  • How to create/edit image galleries
  • How to create/edit online forms
Since this can be a lot, we break the training down into two sessions:

Session 1: Editing the site basics
Session 2: Editing the additional site features & answering follow-up questions

This is completely up to your learning pace and how much you feel comfortable covering at once. 

Development Site Link
Something to keep in mind is that the site is not quite completed yet, with the largest thing being mobile responsiveness. That said, it is best to look at the development site on a desktop computer, rather than a laptop or smaller screen. Mobile development/responsiveness is something that the developer completes after the training so that he can update any changes along with the original development!

Other than that, if you see anything that alarms you (design or functionality), please let me know and we can address your concerns.

Development Site URL: https://stgabrielparish.diocesanweb.org

Please let us know what dates and times work best for the training or if you have any other questions,

Thank you!

Alan Snodgrass
Web Consultant
877-923-0777

FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
Hi Alan, Thursday morning or Friday’s are the best days for me to do the training sessions. Can I talk to you sometime about my questions and/or suggestions?

Thank you so much


Blessings,

Lori Lynch
Parish Secretary
St. Gabriel Parish
920-722-4914
www.stgabrielparish.com
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
Good Morning Lori,

I will be doing the training with you. I can do next Thursday, the 25th, between 10AM and 1PM EST or next Friday, the 26th, between 10:00 AM and 2:30 PM EST. The training will be ~1.5-2 hours roughly. 

As for your questions and suggestions, we can schedule a time to go over them or we can talk about them at the beginning of the training session.

Let me know what date and time you'd prefer, as well as, which way you'd like to bring up your questions or suggestions.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
Friday, the 26th would be best for me.

Can you please start by changing the home page to say:

Welcome to St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church
a Catholic community of disciples………
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
Hello Lori,

What time on the 26th?

Also, I changed the text on the Homepage. This is easy to edit and you will have access to change it, which I will go over in our training if it ever needs editing in the future.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
How about 1:00?
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
Hello Lori,

I think that would be cutting it too close to the engagement I have at 2:30 PM to provide you with any time for questions and to make sure everything gets covered adequately. 12:00 Noon EST would probably be the latest start time on Friday for Training.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
That will be fine
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
Hello Lori,

Wonderful. I will send out the meeting information next week Monday.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
Some questions have come up from a new staff member, I hope you can answer them.


1. Can we do online registration for religious education?

2. Can we can accept online payments?

3. Is there a limit to the number of pages we can have or a capacity for documents/photos.....ie some places have a 2 GB max or 5 Or unlimited?
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
Hello Lori,

1. Yes, we will go over how to do online forms in the second training, so we can do a religious education registration form.

2. To accept online payments using forms, it depends on what system you have set up currently or what you would like to set up. With the form plugin we use, you can easily connect it with PayPal or Stripe, those are the two that we are used before, but you can also have it link to any other payment portal site.

3. There is a 5GB limit on the site and no limit to the number of pages/posts. I can tell you that currently the website as it stands is using 212 MB out of 5120 MB, so you can upload quite a bit more without much worry.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Lori Lynch, Gabriel the Archangel Staff - Neenah, WI
Thanks Cody, how many training sessions will there be and how far apart do you space them?

Thanks
Lori
TO THE CLIENT Cody Armock, Web Content Specialist at Diocesan
There will be two training sessions and we usually space them about a week apart, so you have time to practice the topics from the first training and bring any questions to the second.

Thank you,

Cody Armock
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777