General Functions
Website Accessibility - Tips
Overview Parish Online has set your website up to meet the latest accessibility guidelines. However, how you add content will affect the accessibility of your website. Here's some things to bear in mind. Tips Use sentence case in everything you put ...
Adding and editing phone numbers on homepage
Overview Your website has the ability to display three different phone numbers; Phone Number Mobile Number Whatsapp Number To change the numbers; Log into the Admin Panel Select the General menu Scroll down to the numbers section and make the edits ...
Introduction to your Website Admin Panel
<br> Here's what the admin panel looks like. You Top Level Menu links are set up under the General heading of your dashboard. Please see the specific articles for Creating a News Article, Adding a Meeting, Creating Pages
Adding a Title to a Post
Overview Titles can be added to: News Articles Pages Events Entering your title Replace the text "News Article Title Here" "Page Name Here" etc with your title. Keep this concise, ideally less than 60 characters (or 7 words). Accessibility Hint: Do ...
Setting a Featured Image
Overview Featured images can be added to: News Stories Pages Events Method This is the image that will appear alongside your news story. Click the 'Set featured image' link to choose your image. Accessibility Hint: Remember to enter appropriate ...
Adding a Summary or Introduction
Overview Summaries or Introductions can be added to pages. These show in news or page previews, and at the top of the page itself. In the context of news, this is your chance to give a quick overview of the story. This text will be shown on link ...
Article Body Formatting
This is the full content of your story or page. We'd recommend only using the pre-defined Headers for formatting your document. This ensures best readability and accessibility. If you're pasting content from a Word document, for example, we'd ...
Scheduling Posts
Overview For a News article or Page, a date and time can be set to define whether the article is: Posted immediately, but its date is set in the past, so it shows further down a chronological list Posted immediately with the current time and date ...
Using the SEO Checker
Overview When publishing a news article or page, the content is automatically assessed for how well it'll be read by search engines. It's in your interest to make sure the content scores as highly as possible to ensure it reaches the largest ...
Using the Readability Checker
Overview The Readability analysis tells you how well the vocabulary used in the article scores. A better written article will receive more sustained readership. Method See what score the Readability checker is giving your article on the right-hand ...
Add a Gallery (Carousel)
Overview An image carousel displays multiple images in one location. It scrolls through the images at 3 second intervals. This is a great way to attract attention and make a page more dynamic. Accessibility Warning Do not add text to your images. ...
Add Google Analytics for your website
Overview Analytics allows you to see the number of users that visit your site, including what pages they're visiting and what technology and demography they have. By default there's no tracking set for your account. Set up tracking with Google ...