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Websites for Ministry
A Presentation of Digital Discipleship Boot CampLifelong Learners in the New Media Age
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Presenter
Katie Choudhary
Producer
Kristi Jenkins
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Questions and Answers
• Please use the question window on the right side of the screen to ask questions.
• We are a wisdom community; your comments and additions to the questions are also important
• Please use the CHAT or QUESTION window on the right side of your screen to contribute responses
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Our Three Social Media Tools
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Developing Our Digital Minds
Class Process
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Objectives
• Determine 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 laws, obtaining permissions, and following the policies of the entity where you are employed.
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Website Basics
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What is your website experience?
1. I read websites
2. I read and curate websites
3. I create websites
4. I read, curate, and create websites
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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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Website Terminology
*• Domain
• HTML
*• What is the WWW
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator
*
• HTTP
• IP address
• Browsers: Safari, IE, Chrome, Firefox
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Where do Websites come
from?
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Why a Website for a ministry?
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Basics of
Building
a Website
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Choosing a Website Tool
Considerations
Cost of Website
Ease of Use
Modification
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Online Tools To Build A Better Website
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Domain Names
Unique 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 websites are normally linked to the Parish website. It is good to collaborate with your Parish Webmaster. Make sure that you have approval from Parish administration before purchasing a domain.
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Choosing a Website Name –Domain Name
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
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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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URL
Parts 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
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• 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?
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1. Writing Well
2. Writing Often
3. Building Links
4. Committing the Time
5. Having Passion
6. Socializing
7. Reading More than Writing
8. Being Comfortable With Technology
9. Having Patience
Success Comes With
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Respond in Question area
• What areas are you most comfortable with?
• What will be your challenging areas?
1. Writing Well
2. Writing Often
3. Building Links
4. Committing the Time
5. Having Passion
6. Socializing
7. Reading More than Writing
8. Being Comfortable With Technology
9. Having Patience
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Website Platforms
• A 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 Tools
• Pictures- 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 Purpose
• Define 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 Website
What 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 Website
Purpose
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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WIX
• Simple 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.com
• Free 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 Live
• Your 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 Permissions
• Parent 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
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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
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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
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Various types of attribution:– Great article
– Pages
– Sources within your website
– Quotes
– Images
Providing Attribution
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Question
Where do you go for images to use on your website/social media?
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Questions?
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• 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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Resources
• Web 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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