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Site settings

The site settings define the properties of your web site and should be reviewed and modified as appropriate.

The Site Settings can be accessed by clicking on the Settings tab found on the top menu of the Web Office. Those that have permission to access this area are listed under the Administrator area of the Site Settings. To save any information that has been modified click on the Save Updates button on each page.

The Profile page lists your organisation's details. This information is displayed in your site's Terms of Use that are displayed when someone logs in for the first time. The Registered Charity Number will also be displayed on the footer of your web site. The Contact Person is for Endis Insight's use only, and will not be displayed on your web site.

Under Site Configuration the Primary Web Address is the web site URL that is used in all emails sent by the web site. Please contact Endis Insight to change this. The Site Email Address is the address that site emails are sent from. If this is not a valid address then some ISP's will reject the email, so this address should work, and any replies should be directed to an appropriate person.

The support section of our web site (churchinsight.com) can display the contact details of your organisation, so that any queries about the content of your web site can be directed to you. The details that appear are entered under the Web Site Help Information section. This should contain at minimum a contact name e.g.ChurchName Office, and an email address, but can also include a phone number.

The Search Engine Support section allows you to add keyword information to help your web site be found more easily through Search Engines. This does not need to be completed until the launch of your web site.

Address Book contains the settings that determines who will appear in the Address Book of your web site. Please refer to Address Book Policy for an explanation of the options available.

Policies displays the Acceptable Use Policy for your church web site. A link to this policy is displayed on the web site when posting messages and writing articles. The default policy should be reviewed and edited if desired and then enabled.  More information on the Acceptable Use Policy.

The Technical area can only be modified by Endis as it contains information that will affect the access of your web site.

Forums and Chatter
Forums and Chatter are the number one way of encouraging contributions and ownership of the church web site. They help keep people connected throughout the week: building real community. More ...
Discontinue old databases/email lists
The ChurchInsight system must become the primary contact database. More ...
Application process
How to process new user registration requests. More ...
Site launch
One of the most important parts of the site launch is to tell people about their new web site and give them their account information. More ...
Address book policy
One of the key features that makes your web site part of the community is the fact that every individual can have their own login account. More ...
Importing information
To get your web site off to a flying start, you can import your existing information into church insight. More ...
Independent Groups
There may be sub-sections in your organisation where it is more appropriate for the people involved to have a seperate address book. More ...
Address book
One of the key features that makes your web site part of the community is the fact that every individual can have their own login account. More ...
Chatter
Chatter allows real-time conversation between your web site visitors. More ...
Changing the web site content
Your ChurchInsight site comes with a set of groups containing an article that displays when the group is selected. To create new content to replace this, you first need to enter the Web Office. More ...
Updating your personal profile
Each member of your ChurchInsight site can update their personal and family details, saving you time. More ...
Changing the front page article
The front page of your website can contain an article that welcomes visitors to the site... More ...
Creating Groups
Personalise the structure of your ChurchInsight system to reflect the way your organisation works. More ...
Site Structure
Setting up the structure of your web site is one of the first tasks when implementing your site. The site structure is a set of folders and sub-folders. More ...
Creating a Group Folder Structure
One of the most important tasks when first setting up your site is to create a group structure that accurately reflects the life of your community. More ...
Example Group Structure
This example shows you how to structure a set of groups that represent part of the childrens work at a fictional church. More ...
Assigning Membership to Groups
Delegation is the key to making your web site successful. If only one person can administer the content of your site they will become a bottleneck in the site being used. More ...
Permissions
Delegation is the key to making your web site successful. If only one person can administer the content of your site they will become a bottleneck in the site being used. More ...
Personalising the About Us section
Your ChurchInsight site comes with a set of groups containing an article that displays when the group is selected. To create new content to replace this, you first need to enter the Web Office. More ...
Events
The web site calendar will ideally become the central point for sharing schedules throughout the church, with many different organisers contributing new events. More ...
Audio and Video
Your web site can become a source of teaching - making messages available throughout the week. Not only does this provide church members with access to material they may have missed or wish to listen to again, it expands your reach to visitors world wide More ...
Groups
Groups are a means for all the different facets of your church life to have their own expression - their own part of the web site. All of the content, membership and security options are implemented through the group structure - to empower users and enab More ...
Importing your existing Calendar
Existing calendar information can be exported as a Comma Separated file and imported into your churchinsight system. Follow these steps to save your Outlook calendar information to a file that can be imported by the Calendar import wizard. More ...
Themes and Layouts
The Themes and Layouts area allows you to change the appearance of your web site to create a complete visual style. As well as defining how your home page will look, this powerful tool allows you to create completely different styles for sub-groups within More ...

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