Mary - Pinckney, MI

Website Content

Good Afternoon,


I wanted to quickly introduce myself as the content specialist that will be working with you on your new website. In addition to moving over your current content, I will be helping you create a website that is clear, concise and consistent in its content.  In addition to adding content that is helpful to any parishioners or visitors, I also strive to make parish administrators' lives easier by creating pages that are easy to edit and intuitive.

Content
During your consultation, you said that you wanted to move everything over from your current website. In order to do this, I will need the following information:

Also, if you have any images that you would like to send over to me, please feel free to do so at any point.  Thank you for choosing Diocesan and I look forward to helping you throughout this website project!

Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777

FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

Thank you for the detailed email, love it! I will be in the office tomorrow and will review the information more tomorrow.

Look forward to working with you.

Debbie Miller
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
No problem! I think it will be a lot easier to give you a to-do list upfront, so then things are not left to the last minute. Hopefully this will take the pressure off in the weeks between training and launching the website.

I look forward to hearing back from you and am excited to get this going!


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Debbie Miller <dmiller@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:dmiller@stmarypinckney.org)>
Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: website
To: Technology Coordinator <stmaryadmin@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:stmaryadmin@stmarypinckney.org)>

Thank you!

Which photos do you have? I am gathering photos now for new website.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 5:50 AM Technology Coordinator <stmaryadmin@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:stmaryadmin@stmarypinckney.org)> wrote:

Hi Debbie,

Here is her login info (please copy/paste to her in a new email):

https://stmaryschoolpinckney.org/wp-login.php
username: valvarado
pass: &uXtPny9SBzGzHKZcWaDLdTb

https://stmarypinckney.org/wp-login.php
username: valvarado
pass: 33&2J9QVotlCq1epwta*&@Q#

If she has any issues or questions, please feel free to have her contact me directly. I also have photos that I can share with her if she needs them.

Thanks,
Emilie
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
Thank you!

So, as we discussed in our phone call, I will wait to transfer page content. As you update/approve pages, you can let me know and I will move them over. OR we can wait until all pages are complete and then move things over.

It was lovely talking to you,


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
This is wonderful! 
I am an avid Google Docs user, so if you would  like to share the document with my account, please use the email valvarado@diocesan.com.

Do you think maybe you two could highlight the pages that you are ready for me to move over? Also, perhaps give me editing access so I can cross off the pages I have transferred. That way, I can check it once a week and know what to move.


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,
I added your email address to the Google document and went through and highlighted in Green, the information that is good to move to the new website.
We will continue to work on the School page as well.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Debbie Miller
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hello Debbie,


That works perfectly. Nice and visual.

Thank you,

Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

Is it possible to have a music ministry tab on the web page under parish life tab? For now, can you copy the info on music ministry from the ministries and teams section of the current website, please? Our music minister wants something different there eventually, but she is not officially on staff until June 1st. We are just looking for a placeholder for now. Thank you!
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
Of course!

I have added this information onto it's own page that will fall under the top-menu item, Parish Life. 

Additionally, does anyone at the parish have photos of St. Mary Pinckney? Events, the outside and outside of the church, etc. If not, that is fine. If anything, it gives me an excuse to visit St. Mary the next time I want to go to IKEA, haha!

Thank you,


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

I have some photos I can share with you, but we do not have a lot of professional grade photos of the building or anything like that to my knowledge.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
These are great! 

Thanks for taking the time to get these to me!


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
I've shared an item with you:

Witness to Hope 2017
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IIY2noyI0Y1xt8aQmteceEZfmj2GvaT1?usp=sharing&ts=5af49256

It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click
the link above.

Veronica,
Here is a link of additional photos we recently used for a campaign
brochure in the spring of 2018. Let us know if you have any questions.
Debbie
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
Hello Sarah & Debbie,

I will take today to go through everything. I made a copy of your document and have begun crossing things off and making notes.

Thank you,


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Wonderful. Thank you for the update Veronica.
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

I added one ministry to the ministry description document - Saint Joseph's guild. Thank you!
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Sarah,


Thank you for letting me know! I'll be sure to add it to the website.


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

Just checking in to see how things are going. Any updates?

Thank you,
Debbie
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hello Debbie,


So I know Kyle and I went over the document of changes you sent over.  Everything should be changed as needed.

I know I still need to speak to Sarah concerning the Religious Education and Sacraments pages' content, but may want to hold off on that since I think we are really to the point that a training would be best. As of right now, we are right at budget for content migration.

I know we were waiting for the school content before deciding on a training date, but I think it would be most beneficial now so we could get the ball rolling on the content and take that step towards launching.

Is there a day or time that works best for you and the staff? The training typically takes ~2 hours and are scheduled M-F from 9 am - 2 pm.


Before I forget, here is what we still need. If this content is ready, then we can actually put it onto the website during the training to give it a real-life issue, trial run!
  • Parish Pastoral Council description
  • Education Commission description
  • Lay Ministry Schedule
  • All School Content
Thank you and I look forward to talking to you about it!


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Education Commission

The education commission assists the principal in the continual improvement of the school in education and development.

Finance Council (Please change the title from Finance & Administration Team to Finance Council)

The finance council assists the pastor in making financial decisions and is advisory and consultative in nature. The members review the parish budget and receive regular financial statements. In cases where large expenditures are involved, the pastor must receive a vote of approval from the parish finance council.

Parish Pastoral Council

The pastoral council assists the pastor in forming the pastoral plan for the parish. The council’s main purpose is to investigate, reflect, and reach conclusions about pastoral matters to recommend to the parish priest.

Worship Commission (Information forthcoming)

Attached is the Lay Minister Schedule

FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,
Below is the Worship Commission information:

Worship Commission

The Worship Team assists the pastor and deacons in the planning of liturgical celebrations and coordinates the efforts of those who assist with the celebration of the Mass throughout the liturgical year. The team is composed of representatives from the following ministries: Altar Servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Greeters and Ushers, Liturgical Art and Environment, Mass Captains, Music Director including choir and cantors, Pro claimers of the Word, Three Minute Message.
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Debbie,

I've been catching up on recent emails, and things are looking great! I have one comment on this description, though. Should we choose if we are using the word "team" or "commission" and not switch? I think the website says "teams", but I can't remember... If you don't think it's a big deal, then no worries!
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

I am sorry for the delay in formally requesting this, but I've been away on training. I heard the website is almost ready to launch, and no one has contacted me about my page. I am taking students on retreat and then going on vacation. The only time I will be in the office between now and launch is next Tuesday and Wednesday. Right now, my only major appointment on those days is a meeting on Tuesday at 2pm. Do you someone from your office have time to talk next week please? Thank you!
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
I've shared an item with you:

Website data for Music ministry.docx
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1py34ERTyqJ_mnhcSCU4Ka4qynubBBAVuNQkO3N-Q4JY/edit?usp=sharing&ts=5b30fc6c

It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click
the link above.

Hi Veronica,

Below is the information for the Music Ministry Page, Kathleen Rea is the
Music Minister Director for St. Mary, krea@stmarypinckney.org. I will also
forward another attachment from Kathleen that was sent over in Publisher,
however, we do not have Publisher as a program here, wondering if you
could open the attachment. Thanks, Debbie
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hello Debbie,


Thank you for sending over the Music Ministry information. I will move this over when I move the school content. 

As for the publisher file, I cannot access it, but I do know that she could Export the file as a PDF so that I can access it.

In the meantime, I will see if one of our computers here in the office has publisher. 

Thank you,

Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

I just want to make sure I did not miss you. Am I supposed to call you? If so, Debbie is not in, and I do not have your number. Can you please call me at 734-878-2217.
Thanks!
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hello Sarah,


I just tried calling with no answer. I am actually working from home today, so feel free to call me at 281-995-1406 when you get the chance. 

Thank you,

Veronica Alvarado 

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

On the old website, for St. Mary School, there is an outdated video on the HOME page under ABOUT Us. The first video listed, please remove on the new website when the content is transferred over and replace with the below youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--SEQzmy0hM

This new video removes the language of a $25o0 scholarship, that is no longer available.

Debbie Miller

Financial Coordinator
734.878.3161 x 219
www.stmarypinckney.org (http://www.stmarypinckney.org)
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Debbie,


I have updated the new website to display the newest video.
Additionally, all the school information has been moved over.

I look forward to talking to you later today,



Veronica Alvarado 

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

Thank you for the update.

For the school pages, please carry over the school crest. This should be part of all the info.

The church and school are under one roof physically, but the school needs the crest symbol identity.
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Kathleen Rea <krea@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:krea@stmarypinckney.org)>
Date: Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: St. Mary Web page
To: Debbie Miller <dmiller@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:dmiller@stmarypinckney.org)>

Hi,
I like the way that it is looking. A couple things that I would like changed is I would like my contact info to include a phone #, and I would like that to be at the top of the page somewhere. I also didn't see the audio space for a recording. Thanks so much, Debbie.

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Debbie Miller <dmiller@stmarypinckney.org (mailto:dmiller@stmarypinckney.org)> wrote:

Kathleen,

Below is a link with the beginnings of the work on the website. If you don't think Diocesan is on the right track, let's talk. I will be in Tuesday AM.

http://stmarypinckney.diocesanweb.com/parish-life/music-ministry/

Thanks!
Debbie

Debbie Miller

Financial Coordinator
734.878.3161 x 219
www.stmarypinckney.org (http://www.stmarypinckney.org)
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

I have completed three homilies for the website. They are m4v files, since they are from final cut pro. I tried garage band, but I am not as good with it, and I couldn't figure out how to make fine edits in the audio. I will see if I can convert them to a mp3, if necessary. Should I share them with you to get them on the website for launch? Thanks!
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Sarah,


You should actually be able to upload the m4v files directly to the website for use. There is no need to convert them to mp3 format.

According to the WordPress Codex, specific media files are supported by the CMS for uploads. Supported images include .jpg and .jpeg, .png and .gif. Supported audio files include .mp3, .m4a, .ogg, and .wav. Several video files types are supported as well including .mp4 and .m4v, .mov, .wmv, .avi, .mpg, .ogv, .3gp, .3g2.

When you get the chance, please email the homilies to valvarado@diocesan.com so that I can put them on the website. 

Thank you,


Veronica Alvarado 

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica,

Sounds good. My only concern is that the m4v has nothing visual. It's just audio and a black screen. Will the website play it as a video with just a black screen then? I just want people to hear the audio. Thanks!
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
It will actually show up as an audio file. Here is an example of the black music player bar it will appear as:




Veronica Alvarado 

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Sarah Salow, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Perfect! I'll have a few for you soon!
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
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TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Good morning Debbie,


Are you meaning the background of the entire page? Unfortunately, we did not build this function into the website. 
We could, however, add this as a function for all pages (static, slightly transparent background image behind all text, or plain white if no image is selected). Of course, your bulletin contract web allowance only covers up to $5,250 and this would cost an estimated $350-490 extra. 

Please let me know if this or something similar to this is something that you are interested in adding to the website.


Thank you,


Veronica Alvarado 

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Thank you Veronica for the information. Do you have suggestions of how to "AMP" up the pages? The ministry pages are bland. I guess we are looking for something to entice people to sign up on this page. Suggestions?
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
I've shared an item with you:

Action Items for New Website 6-25-18
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QMBy_sy9BYl26XjnpCbtfjEmFVs_pZK6wq5oj2lp9iI/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CKqgkJYB&ts=5b462830

It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click
the link above.

Hi Veronica, Please review the attached Google document with changes. We
are still seeing font on the home pages that are overlapping that was one
comment that the staff came back with, the font seems to vary on desktop vs
laptop. Could you check into this? I will be out of town today through
the rest of the week I will have access to email. Thank you Veronica.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Debbie,


For the ministry pages, I suggest adding specific contacts and, most importantly, images. Like you said, we want people to WANT to join. The best way to do that is to add picture of actual ministry events or ministry members in action.
For making pages more vibrant, again, I suggest the use of images to help. Additionally, we have the Banner section for you to use. An example of the banner is found on the Become a Parishioner page, where you can select an image background, title, text, button title, and button link. You can add these to any pages. 

As for the Google Document, I have gone through and marked what we can go over during the training. There are one or two things that Kyle will have a look at.

Last, I hope you enjoy your days out of the office and will contact Sarah if I have an urgent issue.

Thank you,

Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Thank you Veronica for the prompt reply. Sounds like a great training coming up.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
Haha, we will most definitely learning plenty!



Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
Yes! We use a paid-for plugin called Gravity Forms, which I have already installed and set up for you. 
We will go over the basics and can then go over more in-depth items in the second training. I typically save the in-depth items for another training because after 1.5 hours of learning WordPress, it can be overwhelming and a lot to remember.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

 

Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Hi Veronica, Great! Thank you for the prompt reply. When can we set up a training on the Gravity Forms? Sarah and I are so excited!

Debbie
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
I am available nearly any time from July 23-26. Is there a time that works best for you?


Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
Let me check some dates and get back with you.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
That sounds good. Simply let me know and we can get it all worked out.



Veronica Alvarado

Web Department, Diocesan
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Debbie Miller, St. Mary (Pinckney, MI) Staff
I've shared an item with you:

8/31/18 Last Changes Prior to Launch
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zkx0-eecTYkszyuyjjAMdQ6QD0rLs6cPkJMlPrZ8O7c/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CL2p0uAD&ts=5b611de8

It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click
the link above.

Please review the list of changes to the header and footer on the various
pages and the notes of links that are not correct. I will be in the office
in the afternoon. I still have not heard yet about the username and
password yet from our Tech Support Company. I will pass the information as
soon as I hear back.
Thank you.
Debbie Miller Cell (810) 599-8213