Launch
Good morning Catholic Family team,
By the end of this week, your website will be live!
Over the last couple weeks, I have seen Laura and Rochelle fill in their parish information with great success. On Diocesan's side, we have made all the requested changes and tested the mobile responsiveness.
Users
As for users, I have already created Laura and Rochelle user accounts. I have also created another account for the general use, if Laura and Rochelle were to leave. This account has access to create users, delete users, access to the meta slider, etc:
- username: parishadmin
- email: holyspirit.winfield@gmail.com
- password: #parish219@hssh
I know we had discussed Father and Danielle also having accounts. If you could please send me what you would like your usernames to be, I will create these accounts now.
Promotion
As for the launch of the website, don't forget to promote, promote, promote! Many parishes accomplish this by giving announcements in Mass, bulletin announcements, and flyers. Since you must turn in the bulletin about a week early, this can be added a week or two after the initial launch. Additionally, don't forget to add your new website address to the next bulletin.
Here are some promotional examples that helped another parish greatly:
Login/URL Change
When it goes live, the URL will change from http://catholicfamilyhs.diocesanweb.com/ to http://catholicfamilyhs.org. Once we are live, you will login by adding the same "/crownpoint" to the end of the url.
If you have any other questions, please let us know before Thursday so that we may address any issues/questions before the official launch. Thank you all so much for your hard work and cooperation in creating this beautiful and successful website!
Promotion
As for the launch of the website, don't forget to promote, promote, promote! Many parishes accomplish this by giving announcements in Mass, bulletin announcements, and flyers. Since you must turn in the bulletin about a week early, this can be added a week or two after the initial launch. Additionally, don't forget to add your new website address to the next bulletin.
Here are some promotional examples that helped another parish greatly:
Login/URL Change
When it goes live, the URL will change from http://catholicfamilyhs.diocesanweb.com/ to http://catholicfamilyhs.org. Once we are live, you will login by adding the same "/crownpoint" to the end of the url.
If you have any other questions, please let us know before Thursday so that we may address any issues/questions before the official launch. Thank you all so much for your hard work and cooperation in creating this beautiful and successful website!
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
Veronica,
The website looks great. I was able to change the featured image for Father Tom on the Outreach page.
For Danielle she would like her username to be danni_barnett
The website looks great. I was able to change the featured image for Father Tom on the Outreach page.
For Danielle she would like her username to be danni_barnett
Oh by the way at this time I think we are set for people to edit the website and Father Tom really doesn't have the time so we will just leave him out for now.
Danielle used to help with our old website so I will work with her to get her comfortable to edit the new site. I am waiting on some ministries to give us info for the website so I will work with Dannielle on getting that done.
Danielle used to help with our old website so I will work with her to get her comfortable to edit the new site. I am waiting on some ministries to give us info for the website so I will work with Dannielle on getting that done.
Danielle,
I am creating your account now. Is there a personal email that I can send the password to? The parishadmin account is currently using the holyspirit.winfield@gmail.com email.
Let me know if any of you need any help,
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
Veronica that is Danielle's email
Rochelle,
I understand now. I have just sent Danielle her user and password.
I understand now. I have just sent Danielle her user and password.
VEronica,
For the other Admin why don't you use holyspiritformation@gmail.com (mailto:holyspiritformation@gmail.com)
that is another account we use for faith formation but it is rarely used
For the other Admin why don't you use holyspiritformation@gmail.com (mailto:holyspiritformation@gmail.com)
that is another account we use for faith formation but it is rarely used
Rochelle,
Perfect. I have changed the parishadmin email to holyspiritformation@gmail.com
great because if Father Tom thinks hard enough he'll remember the password to that email. A few people here have it in case God decides to send a lightning bolt to take me out they will have access to pertinent information for someone to take over my job.
Hahaha, well I hope that doesn't happen! But I'm glad there is a system in place, just in case.
Good morning everyone,
I have created a file that shows what each page template will do. This will help if you ever decide to change up the layout of your pages.
This will be good to keep on hand for the future, as more/new people are added as users.
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
Thank you when will the website be going live officially?
I talked to Father Tom and we are going to do our big roll out at next weekend's Masses.
I am going to make the promotional announcements and I will forward them to Laura who can adjust them to fit their needs.
Thanks so much, Rochelle
I talked to Father Tom and we are going to do our big roll out at next weekend's Masses.
I am going to make the promotional announcements and I will forward them to Laura who can adjust them to fit their needs.
Thanks so much, Rochelle
Rochelle,
The website will be officially live by tomorrow afternoon. Does this work for you?
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
Yes, that's great! I'm so excited.
Hello Veronica,
I had a question for you, Rochelle and I where trying to edit the website, need to add information for the Music Ministry , I am using a Mac and when we try to edit by refreshing the edit button does not appear. Not sure if it’s because I am using a Mac.
Thanks
Dannielle / Holy Spirit Receptionist
I had a question for you, Rochelle and I where trying to edit the website, need to add information for the Music Ministry , I am using a Mac and when we try to edit by refreshing the edit button does not appear. Not sure if it’s because I am using a Mac.
Thanks
Dannielle / Holy Spirit Receptionist
Danielle,
I think the edit bar is not showing because you visited the Music Ministry page before you were logged in. Your computer automatically saves a memorized copy of the page that did not have the edit button.
That said, you will need to do a "Force/Hard Refresh" which will delete your computer's memorized copy of the page and should show the edit bar at the top.
In Safari, you can do a hard refresh by holding down ⌘ Cmd and ⇧ Shift key and then press R.
If you use a different browser, click here to see different ways to force/hard refresh.
Let me know if this helps. If not, give me a call tomorrow and I can connect to your screen and help you figure it out super quick.
Thanks,
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
Ok thanks Veronica , I will try it out and see what happens. If I need help I will give you a call. Have a Great Day!
Dannielle
Receptionist/Holy Spirit Church
Dannielle
Receptionist/Holy Spirit Church
Yes, if you have any issues, don't hesitate to call. We can help you figure things our super quickly.
Have a wonderful weekend Dannielle.
Have a wonderful weekend Dannielle.
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777
How do we get our website address visible in search engines for Holy Spirit and St Helens?
I have set our old website to redirect to the new one.
Thanks, Rochelle
I have set our old website to redirect to the new one.
Thanks, Rochelle
Rochelle,
Unfortunately, this is not something we can necessarily "fix," as it will become more "searchable" as more people visit it.
Thankfully, since you now have the old website redirect, the new website will get that "hit" and grow more searchable.
It is something that may take time, but will get better on its own.
Veronica Alvarado
Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
877-923-0777