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WebsitesforMinistry

APresentationofDigitalDiscipleshipBootCampLifelongLearnersintheNewMediaAge

Copyright©2017DigitalDiscipleNetwork

Presenter

RuthEManlandro

Producer

AndreaSlaven


QuestionsandAnswers

• Pleaseusethequestionwindowontherightsideofthescreentoaskquestions.

• Weareawisdomcommunity;yourcommentsandadditionstothequestionsarealsoimportant

• PleaseusetheCHATorQUESTIONwindowontherightsideofyourscreentocontributeresponses


OurThreeSocialMediaTools


DevelopingOurDigitalMinds

Class Process


Objectives

• DeterminewhyaMinistryneedsawebsite.

• DefineToolstodevelopwebsites.

• Demonstrateanunderstandingoftheimportanceofcolor,layoutandfontforawebsite.

• Properlyuseimagesandmusicbyfollowingcopyrightlaws,obtainingpermissions,andfollowingthepoliciesoftheentitywhereyouareemployed.


WebsiteBasics


Whatisyourwebsiteexperience?

1. Ireadwebsites2. Ireadandcuratewebsites3. Icreatewebsites4. Iread,curate,andcreatewebsites


WhatisaWebsite?

LocationconnectedtotheinternetthatcontainsoneormorepagesontheWorldWideWeb


WebsiteTerminology

*• Domain• HTML

*• WhatistheWWW• URL:UniformResourceLocator

*• HTTP• IPaddress• Browsers:Safari,IE,Chrome,Firefox


WhyaWebsiteforaministry?


Basicsof

BuildingaWebsite


ChoosingaWebsiteTool

Considerations

CostofWebsite

EaseofUse

Modification


OnlineToolsToBuildABetterWebsite


DomainNames

UniquetoeachsiteMakesuretheyarelinkedtoyourparishemailIdentifiesthewebservertoconnecttoMakesureitisrelevanttoyourministry

• IndividualministrywebsitesarenormallylinkedtotheParishwebsite.ItisgoodtocollaboratewithyourParishWebmaster.MakesurethatyouhaveapprovalfromParishadministrationbeforepurchasingadomain.


ChoosingaWebsiteName–DomainName

1. DomainName=uniquepartoftheWebsiteUniformResourceLocation(URL).

http://www.acyberpilgrim.org

http://cursillopb.wix.com/cursillo

http://cathedralcfp.wix.com


2. Typesofdomainextensions

http://www.acyberpilgrim.org

ChoosingaWebsiteName–DomainName

Whatotherextensionsareyouawareof?

Thereareatleast14!


URL

PartsofaURLProtocol:httporhttpsDomainname:www.disclepship.orgPathname:/followjesus/Filename:newmedia.html

Example:http:www.disclpeship.org/followjesus/newmedia.html


• Home Page• About or

Profile Page• Categories or

labels• Sidebar• Archives

• Header• Footer• Links• Trackbacks or

backlinks• Pings• Tags• Template or

theme

PartsofaWebsite


• Don’tplagiarize(Getpermissionfirst)

• Don’tcommitlibelagainstsomeoneorsomething

• Don’tutilizemusicorimageswithoutpermission

• Don’tpublishpictureswithoutpermission

• Don’thaveaffiliaterelationships(sales)

WebsiteDont’s


9PointsToRemember

WhatContributestoWebsiteSuccess?


1. WritingWell

2. WritingOften

3. BuildingLinks

4. CommittingtheTime

5. HavingPassion

6. Socializing

7. ReadingMorethanWriting

8. BeingComfortableWithTechnology

9. HavingPatience

SuccessComesWith


RespondinQuestionarea• Whatareasareyoumost

comfortablewith?

• Whatwillbeyourchallengingareas?

1. WritingWell

2. WritingOften

3. BuildingLinks

4. CommittingtheTime

5. HavingPassion

6. Socializing

7. ReadingMorethanWriting

8. BeingComfortableWithTechnology

9. HavingPatience


WebsitePlatforms• Aplatformisadeliverysystemforyourwebsite• Someoptionsinclude:WordPress,WIX,Blogger• All3platformsprovidetemplateswhichgiveyouastartingpointtobuildyoursite


ContentManagementSystems

• Allinformationisstoredonaexternalwebserverenablingyoutomanageyourwebsitefromanywhereyouhaveinternetaccess


WordPressDashboard


WIXDashboard


BloggerDashboard


EditingTools

• Pictures- shouldbecompressedandloadwithin4seconds

• Text- shouldbeeasytoread• Themeortemplate- chosenineachtooldashboard

• Youusethesetoolsinthedashboardforeachtool


MinistryUseorPurpose• Definethewebsitetomatchtheministrypurpose

• Thescopeofthissiteisveryspecificinnature• Forexample:asiteforcatechiststogetlessonplansorRCIAparticipantstofindmoreinformationontopicscovered

• Notmeanttocompetewiththeparishwebsitebutaresourcefortheministry


Question• Whatparishministrydoyouthinkwouldbenefitfromit’sownwebsite?

• Howwouldyourministrybenefitfromit’sownwebsite?


ProcessofDevelopingaWebsite

Whatisministrymission?

Creationofwebsitetosupportmission?

Howwillsuccessbemeasured?

HowdoesthiswebsitefitinwithParishwebsite?


CreatingOutline/MapofWebsite

Purpose

Title

Pages/Topics

PageContent

Inallthings,rememberKISS


Blogger

• Goggleproduct• Free• Cangetadomainnamewithoutthe“blogger”extensionforasmallfee

• Themes/designsareabitelementary• Lookslikeablogasopposedtoawebsite,butthat’swhatitisprimarilymeantfor


BloggerTemplate&Theme


Blogger


PostingonBlogger


WIX

• Simpletousedraganddropfeatures• NoneedtoknowHTML• Freeifyouonlywantbasicfeaturesand“wix”inthedomainname

• Differentpricepackagesbasedonfeaturesdesired

• CanuploaddocumentsandPDFstothesite


WIX SiteEditingTools


WIX PhotoEditing


WordPress.com• Freewith”wordpress”inthedomainname• Fairlystraightforwardtouse• Youcantweek ittolookmorelikeawebsitethanablogifyouwant,butsomefeaturesarenotcustomizable

• Lotsofthemes,bothfreeandforafee


WordPress Dashboard


PostingonWordPress


WordPress Themes


WordPress SampleThemes


PublishorGoLive

• Yoursiteisnotavailableforpublicviewinguntilyoupublishitorhita“goLive”button

• Workcanbesavedin“draft”formuntilyouarereadytopublishit


ParishVsMinistryWebsiteUse

Ministry• Fitstheneedsofthe

ministry• Canbe1-2pages• Uses:information,

materials,collaboration• Picturesandinformation

specifictotheministry• SiteMapisshortbased

onthenumberofpages

Parish• FitstheneedoftheParish• Sectionsaredividedby

Ministry• Caninclude:Aboutus,

contactinformation,Ministryinformation,PicturesofChurch,ChurchTour

• Sitemapisdetailedandincludesallinformationneeded


ParishvsMinistryWebsitesSamples

• ParishWebsite– Radius:https://www.radiuswebtools.com/parishes

– eCatholic:http://www.ecatholicwebsites.com/• MinistryWebsite– Baptism:http://stedbaptism.blogspot.com/Deanna

– Claudiahttp://holyfamilycc.weebly.com/


CopyrightPermissions• ParentPermission- permissionforms;followthepolicyofyourentity

• Content– Wheredoyougetcontent– Writeyourown– Getfromelsewhere

• Copyrightrulesapply• Emphasis

– Font-• Italics,bold,underline

– Style• Colorsutilized


Therulesofcopyrightareabitblurredintheonlineworld,butthesafestpathtofollowisonethaterrsonthesideofbeingmoreconservative.

- SusanGunelius,BloggingforDummies

http://www.delicious.com/ccerveny/copyright

TeachingCopyright–https://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs.html

UnderstandingCopyrightandFairUse


CClicenses aredesignedtogivetheownersoforiginalworkawaytosharethatworkmorefreely(andallowotherpeopletobuildonthatwork)byprotectingtheowneroftheoriginallicensedworkwithoutapplyingafullandhighlyrestrictivecopyrighttoit.

http://www.delicious.com/ccerveny/creativecommons

UsingCreativeCommonsLicenses


Varioustypesofattribution:– Greatarticle– Pages– Sourceswithinyourwebsite– Quotes– Images

ProvidingAttribution


Question

Wheredoyougoforimagestouseonyourwebsite/socialmedia?


Questions?


• WIXTutorialshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0y_aclKYoYiiQOcmCPscYx1LynyDl0TV

AuburnUniversityCopyrighthttps://www.auburn.edu/citizenship/copyright_for_teachers.html

FairUseInformationhttps://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair-use-faq.html

Tutorials


Resources

• WebStyleGuidebyLynchandHorton-YaleUniversityPress

• LearningWebDesignNiederst- O’Reilly• TransformingParishCommunications- Landry-OurSundayVisitor


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