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Websites for Ministry
A Presentation of Digital Discipleship Boot CampLifelong Learners in the New Media Age
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Ruth E Manlandro, MAT Educational Technology
Presenter
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Our Three Social Media Tools
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Developing Our Digital MindsClass Process
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Webinar ObjectivesDetermine why a Ministry needs a website.
Define Tools to develop websites.
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of color, layout and font for a website
Properly use images and music by following copyright regulations, obtaining permissions, and following the policies of the entity where you are employed
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Website Basics
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Website TerminologyDomain
HTML
What is the WWW
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
HTTP
IP address
Browsers: Safari, IE, Chrome, Firefox
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What is a Website? Location connected to the internet that contains one or more pages on the World Wide Web
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Basics of
Building a Website
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Choosing a Website ToolConsiderations
Cost of Website
Ease of Use
Modification
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Online Tools To Build A Better Website
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Domain NamesUnique to each site
Make sure they are linked to your parish email
Identifies the webserver to connect to
Make sure it is relevant to your ministry
Individual ministry should not purchase a domain, but should be linked to parish website. Make sure that you have approval from Parish administration before purchasing a domain.
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1. Domain Name = unique part of the Website Uniform Resource Location (URL).
http://www.acyberpilgrim.org
http://cursillopb.wix.com/cursillo
http://cathedralcfp.wix.com
Choosing a Website Name –Domain Name
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2. Types of domain extensions
http://www.acyberpilgrim.org
Choosing a Website Name –Domain Name
What other extensions are you aware of? There are at least 14!
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URLParts of a URL
Protocol: http or https
Domain name: www.disclepship.org
Pathname: /followjesus/
File name: newmedia.html
Example: http:www.disclpeship.org/followjesus/newmedia.html
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Home Page
About or Profile Page
Categories or labels
Sidebar
Archives
Header
Footer
links
Trackbacks or backlinks
Pings
Tags
Template or theme
Parts of a Website
Go to: http://bit.ly/iLuXYw
Don’t plagiarize (Get permission first)
Don’t commit libel against someone or something
Don’t utilize music or images without permission
Don’t publish pictures without permission
Don’t have affiliate relationships (sales)
Website Dont’s
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9 POINTS TO REMEMBER
What Contributes to Website Success?
Writing Well
Writing Often
Building Links
Committing the Time
Having Passion
Socializing
Reading More than Writing
Being Comfortable With Technology
Having Patience
Success Comes With
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Website PlatformsA platform is a delivery system for your website
Some options include: WordPress, WIX, Blogger
All 3 platforms provide templates which give you a starting point to build your site
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Content Management Systems
All information is stored on a external web server enabling you to manage your website from anywhere you have internet access
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WordPress Dashboard
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WIX Dashboard
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Blogger Dashboard
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Editing ToolsPictures‐ should be compressed and load within 4 seconds
Text‐ should be easy to understand
Theme or template‐ chosen in each tool dashboard
You use these tools in the dashboard for each tool
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Ministry Use or PurposeDefine the website to match the ministry purpose
The scope of this site is very specific in nature
For example: a site for catechists to get lesson plans or RCIA participants to find more information on topics covered
Not meant to compete with the parish website but a resource for the ministry
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Question What parish ministry do you think would benefit from it’s own website?
How would your ministry benefit from it’s own website?
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Process of Developing a WebsiteWhat is ministry mission?
Creation of website to support mission?
How will success be measured?
How does this website fit in with Parish website?
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Creating Outline/Map of WebsitePurpose
Title
Pages/topics
Page content
In all things, remember KISS
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Blogger Goggle product
Free
Can get a domain name without the “blogger” extension for a small fee
Themes/designs are a bit elementary
Looks like a blog as opposed to a website, but that’s what it is primarily meant for
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BloggerTemplate & Theme
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Blogger
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Posting on Blogger
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WIXSimple to use drag and drop features
No need to know HTML
Free if you only want basic features and “wix” in the domain name
Different price packages based on features desired
Can upload documents and PDFs to the site
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WIX Site Editing Tools
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WIX Photo Editing
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WordPress.comFree with ”wordpress” in the domain name
Fairly straightforward to use
You can tweek it to look more like a website than a blog if you want, but some features are not customizable
Lots of themes, both free and for a fee
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WordPress Dashboard
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Posting on WordPress
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WordPress Themes
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WordPress Sample Themes
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Publish or Go LiveYour site is not available for public viewing until you publish it or hit a “go Live” button
Work can be saved in “draft” form until you are ready to publish it
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Parish Vs Ministry Website Use
Ministry•Fits the needs of the ministry
•Can be 1‐2 pages
•Uses: information, materials, collaboration
•Pictures and information specific to the ministry
•Site Map is short based on the number of pages
Parish•Fits the need of the Parish
•Sections are divided by Ministry
•Can include: About us, contact information, Ministry information, Pictures of Church, Church Tour
•Site map is detailed and includes all information needed
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Parish vs Ministry Websites Samples
Parish Website◦ Radius: https://www.radiuswebtools.com/parishes◦ eCatholic: http://www.ecatholicwebsites.com/
Ministry Website◦ Baptism: http://stedbaptism.blogspot.com/ Deanna◦ Claudia http://holyfamilycc.weebly.com/
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Copyright PermissionsParent Permission‐ permission forms; follow the policy of your entity
Content◦ Where do you get content◦ Write your own◦ Get from elsewhere
◦ Copyright rules apply
Emphasis◦ Font‐
◦ Italics, bold, underline
◦ Style◦ Colors utilized
The rules of copyright are a bit blurred in the online world, but the safest path to follow is one that errs on the side of being more conservative.
‐ Susan Gunelius, Blogging for Dummies
http://www.delicious.com/ccerveny/copyright
Teaching Copyright ‐ http://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs
Understanding Copyright and Fair Use
CC licenses are designed to give the owners of original work a way to share that work more freely (and allow other people to build on that work) by protecting the owner of the original licensed work without applying a full and highly restrictive copyright to it.
http://www.delicious.com/ccerveny/creativecommons
Using Creative Commons Licenses
Various types of attribution:◦ Great article◦ Pages◦ Sources within your website ◦ Quotes◦ Images
Providing Attribution
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QuestionWHERE DO YOU GO FOR IMAGES TO USE ON YOUR WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA?
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Questions?
WIX Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0y_aclKYoYiiQOcmCPscYx1LynyDl0TV
Auburn University Copyright
http://www.auburn.edu/citizenship copyright_for_teachers.html
FairUse Information
http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair‐use‐faq
Tutorials
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ResourcesWeb Style Guide by Lynch and Horton‐Yale University Press
Learning Web Design Niederst‐ O’Reilly
Transforming Parish Communications‐ Landry‐ Our Sunday Visitor
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Homework Reminders
Remember to go to our class blog to continue our conversation about this topic.
Please complete assignments for this module posted on the class wiki before the next webinar
If you’re behind on assignments, start fresh with this week’s Website topic and “catch up” later.
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