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Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Websites for 
Ministry
A Presentation of Digital Discipleship Boot Camp
Lifelong Learners in the New Media Age
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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If you experience audio or video trouble, use the question or chat box 
or send a TEXT message to our producer this evening  
Deanna Bartalini– 561‐543‐8958
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Questions and Answers
Please use the question window on the right side of the screen to ask 
questions.
Unanswered questions will be responded to in a 48 hour period and 
added to our class wiki
We are a wisdom community; your comments and additions to the 
questions are also important
Please use the CHAT window on the right side of your screen to contribute 
responses
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Ruth E Manlandro,
MAT Educational
Technology
Presenter
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Our Three Social Media Tools
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Developing Our Digital Minds
Class Process
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Webinar 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 regulations, 
obtaining permissions, and following the policies of the entity where 
you are employed
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Website Basics
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Website Terminology
Domain
HTML
What is the WWW
URL:  Uniform Resource Locator
HTTP
IP address
Browsers:  Safari, IE, Chrome, Firefox
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
What is a Website? 
Location connected to the internet that 
contains one or more pages on the World 
Wide Web
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Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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 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.
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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! 
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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 
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Content Management Systems
All information is 
stored on a external 
web server enabling 
you to manage your 
website from 
anywhere you have 
internet access
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WordPress Dashboard
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WIX Dashboard
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Blogger Dashboard
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Question 
What parish ministry do you think would benefit from it’s own website?
How would your ministry benefit from it’s own website?
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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?
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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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Blogger
Template 
& Theme
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Blogger
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Posting on Blogger
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WIX Site Editing Tools
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WIX Photo Editing
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WordPress Dashboard
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Posting on WordPress
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WordPress Themes
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
WordPress Sample Themes
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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/
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Question
WHERE DO YOU GO FOR IMAGES TO USE 
ON YOUR WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA?
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Resources
Web Style Guide by Lynch and Horton‐Yale University Press
Learning Web Design Niederst‐ O’Reilly
Transforming Parish Communications‐ Landry‐ Our Sunday Visitor
Copyright:
Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
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.
Copyright © 2015 Interactive Connections
Co‐Sponsored by
University of Dayton
Institute for
Pastoral Initiatives
University of Dayton
Institute for
Pastoral Initiatives
INTERACTIVE 
CONNECTIONS
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Diocese of St. Petersburg Diocese of Pensacola‐ Tallahassee
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Our Sponsoring Dioceses Include…
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