Administration
The Administration option allows you to manage several aspects of your site from “behind the scenes.” To get there, click on Administration from the lower-left of your menu while in Edit Mode.
This page determines how accounts are handled within your system. It also contains some basic information (contact info) for your administrative account, along with the Time Zone for your site. It is important to note that user accounts can be administrative, with permissions to modify the various aspects of the site, or they can just be basic user accounts. The purpose of a basic user account would be to allow non-admin users the ability to view different aspects of the site locked down only for members, to post comments on blogs or comment walls where allowed, and to purchase files/media if that part of the system is activated.
Users can be managed individually or in groups. User Accounts The User Accounts page allows you to view/edit users within your system. You can view all users using the “All Users” tab, or only unapproved users by clicking the “Unapproved Users” tab at the top right. This is an easy way to bulk-approve of accounts as needed. Click the pencil next to an account to edit the account. By default, an account doesn’t have any special permissions, it is for viewing only.
The Domain Names tool allows you to set up domain names, or web addresses, to point to your site/sub-sites. To create one, click the plus icon to the lower right. From here, and depending on your web package, you can register a new domain name, transfer an existing name, use an external name, or create a sub-domain. (A sub-domain is based off of a regular domain name. For instance, if you own mychurch123.
The following tools are available to help with management of your site: File Manager The File Manager will let you see the files stored within your website structure. Note that this does not include live streaming media files, and it also doesn’t include the HTML/PHP files used to create your site (these are common to all users on our system and cannot be edited). It only shows your website media/document files.
You can create, delete, and duplicate pages directly from the admin panel. Simply click the “Pages” button in the left menu.
Your website can integrate two different types of calendars. To integrate a Google Calendar, see the Content Sections > Calendar instructions. There is also a simple onboard calendar which can be managed using this page. You can create new calendars here and title them, and then incorporate them into your pages using Add Section > Event List.
Create and modify media libraries to organize your media files. To access media libraries from the admin panel, simply click the Media Libraries button on the left menu.
Your website is equipped with the ability to sell files from a media library where you would rather not offer them for free. To enable the store check the Enable Digital Store box. Then, choose a payment processor from the drop-down box provided, and provide the requested transaction link information. To configure the digital store, add a Media Library Section to any content group. Hover over the section and choose “Section Properties,” then click the checkbox to “Enable Store.
If you use Square as a payment processor, click this option to configure it for use with your forms that require payment when filled out. Simply click the “Authorize Square” option, then follow the on-screen prompts to link your Square account. Once this is done, you can click on any form and choose “Form Settings,” then select “Square” as the payment processor for the form as needed.
Your website includes the ability to have an unlimited number of Photo Galleries. Users can click on thumbnails and scroll through image by image as desired. Most of the gallery management is done from the front end of your site. Just click “Add Section” in any content group and then select “Photo Gallery” as the section type. You can then add a new gallery or choose an existing one. For more information on using photo galleries, see Content Sections > Photo Galleries in these instructions.
Your site is equipped with an ulimited number of Membership Directories. These can be used to display contact and other information regarding your organization’s members, and can be secured down for access only with a username and password (highly recommended). This admin panel can be used to access membership directories that are not currently active on the site. For a full set of instructions on how to use the directories, see Content Sections > Membership Directories.
Create forms and view responses form your website’s visitors. To access this page, click the Forms button in the left menu of the Admin Panel.
Your website comes with a simple PayPal-based online store. Users can checkout with a PayPal account OR may use a credit card without having their own PayPal account, depending on how you set your PayPal account up. You first must create a PayPal account for business use at www.paypal.com. Once this is done, come to Administration > PayPal Store in your website and click the “Plus” icon to the bottom right.