By reading this article you will realize how easy it is to have the Mobile Application (App) and Internet Page constantly updated with all your news.

This feature is available for any Kyrios ChMS subscription, from a Diocese to a catechist who simply wants to share information and content with everyone who might be interested. Using Kyrios, this is so easy that you will never need help again.

First of all, you need to have a valid subscription and with the Internet Page module active, for that and if you are not yet a subscriber, you must subscribe one of the following options:

• The Website service (which includes Website + App + Newsletters + Emails);
• The Parochial Management Plus service (which includes the Website + service for the entire management of a parish);

 

What should you know to understand the operating logic?

First of all, it is important to understand some concepts of how the various elements that allow the operation of an Internet page in Kyrios are combined.

Thus, in the module of the Internet page we have:

• Sections
• settings
• Menus
• Contents
• Events

Before we even move on to configuring a website, we must keep in mind the structure we want. In this sense, we must prepare the necessary sections.

You must first access Kyrios (https://portal.kyrioscloud.com) and use your access data to enter:

Sections

The logic of the organization of the content is based on sections.

Sections are a file style, used to classify content. These sections can then be linked to content and menus, so we can create content listings in a very simple and practical way.

By default, a subscription does not have any sections created, so we must create as many sections as we need.

To begin, we must create at least the news and events sections. These will be the sections that will serve to associate all the news to be published on the website and in the app, as well as the events. But you can create many more, for example, at the time of a Parish party it may make sense to create a section that aggregates all the content associated with that party and at that time that section may be highlighted on the page and in the app.

To create a section you must follow the following steps (in this case we will create the news section):

1. Open the sections by clicking on Internet page -> Sections
   
2. Then click  
3. The creation window will open, where you must fill in the fields:
   1. description - section name;
   2. reference - section name without spaces and without special characters;
      
   3. At the end click on save.

You should create all the sections you need.

But don't worry, you can create whenever you need.

 

settings

Now that you have the sections created (you must have at least the news section created), you must perform the main settings of your Internet page / App.

To do this, you must:

1. Access the website settings found on the Internet page -> Settings:
   
2. Here you must fill in the following data:
   1. The Url is responsible: you must put the address without spaces and without special characters that you want for your website. We advise it to be the name of the parish. This name will be associated with the kyrios domain, as an example if you put in this demoonline field the final address will be https://demoonline.kyrioschms.com;
   2. E-mail: the e-mail address will be used to receive the data that can be filled in the contact form on the Internet page;
   3. Sharing content (news / events) on the Kyrios mobile application: you must activate this option so that the Kyrios App can display your website. Having this option active you can tell your community to install the Kyrios App, so that they can set your subscription as default, thus making the App as if it were your App;
   4. Facebook url: if you have one, you must enter the address of your Facebook page here;
   5. Twitter URL: if you have one, you must enter the address of your Twitter page here;
   6. Youtube url: if you have, you should put the address of your Youtube page here;
   7.  Soundcloud Url: if you have one, you must enter the address of your Soundcloud page here;
   8. Main section - news section: you must select the section you have configured to associate the news (if you have not yet created the sections, see how to create them below);
   9. Right Section - Parochial Registry Office Content: Select the content that will present the timetable and information on the service's operation;
   10. Right Section - Eucharist Content: Select the content that will display the Eucharist schedule (if applicable);
   11. Right Section - Confession Content: Select the content that will display the confession schedule (if applicable);
   12. Right Section - Content of Visits to Patients: Select the content that will present the schedule of visits to patients (if applicable);
   13. At the end click on save to save the changes.
       

Menus

At this moment, if you have activated the option “Share contents”, you can now open the Kyrios application and you will find your subscription so that you can mark it as “Next” to follow all the news.

At this moment we are going to create the main menu of the Page and the App. We will access the Internet Page -> Menus:

Now we click on  or in  if we prefer to edit an existing menu.

In this example we will create a new menu, called The institution and within this menu I intend to find some sub-menu items, like this example:

The institution:

• Who we are
• Valences
• News
• Schedule
• Contacts

To create a new main menu item, I will then click on  and then fill out the form as follows:

• Title - will have the name of the menu: The institution
• Section - in this case, as I don't want you to open any content, you just have to present the sub-menu, I leave it blank
• Content - in this case, as I don't want you to open any content, you just have to present the sub-menu, I leave it blank
• Layout - in this case, as I don't want you to open any content, just present the sub-menu, I leave it blank
• Sub-menus - this is where we will create the menu items, which will be associated with contents or sections (if there are no contents or sections, they should be created and later associated).
  • Who we are - let's create the submenu, for that we click on the icon  which is next to the order column and our sub-menu line will appear, which we will fill in as follows:
    • Order - here as our first element is (this field is used to order the order of the elements) we will put the number 1
    • Title - Who we are
    • Section - is blank, because we want to display content
    • Content - we select the content that has already been created with the presentation of who we are
    • Layout - in this case, as it is a page to present content, we must select “News details”;
  • Valences - let's create the submenu, for that we click on the icon  which is next to the order column and our sub-menu line will appear, which we will fill in as follows:
    • Order - 2
    • Title - Valencia
    • Section - it is blank, because we want to present content, however if we wanted to present a list with the different valences and in which each valence would have its presentation, here we should select the section
    • Content - we select the content that has already been created with the presentation of the valences
    • Layout - in this case, as it is a page to present content, we must select “News details”;
  • News - let's create the submenu, for that we click on the icon  which is next to the order column and our sub-menu line will appear, which we will fill in as follows:
    • Order - 3
    • Title - News
    • Section - You must select the News section (or the one you created to display the news)
    • Content - is blank, because we want to display the content listing for a section
    • Layout - in this case, as it is a page to present a list of contents, we must select “List of news”;
  • Schedule - let's create the submenu, for that we click on the icon  which is next to the order column and our sub-menu line will appear, which we will fill in as follows:
    • Order - 4
    • Title - Agenda
    • Section - You must select the Agenda section (or the one you created to display the Agenda)
    • Content - is blank, because we want to display the content listing for a section
    • Layout - in this case, as it is a page to present a list of contents of the agenda type, we must select “List of Agenda”;
  • Contacts - let's create the submenu, for that we click on the icon  which is next to the order column and our sub-menu line will appear, which we will fill in as follows:
    • Order - 5
    • Title - Contacts
    • Section - is blank, because we want to present a contact form
    • Content - is blank, because we want to present a contact form
    • Layout - in this case, as it is a page to present a contact form, we must select “Contact form”. On this page the subscription contacts will appear and if you prefer you can choose to associate normal content with all contacts instead of using a typified form;

The final aspect is this:

We must create the various menu items that are necessary for the Website.

After this step, the Website and App are fully configured and from this moment on, we only need to add content and events. So this is the simple and routine task that any user can do. By the way, did you know that you can create and manage your own users, defining what each one has access to? see how on here.

 

Contents

Whenever you need to introduce a message, news, presentation content, etc ... you must do so in the contents on Internet page -> Contents:

To insert simple content such as content Who we are, the steps and data to complete are as follows:

First click , then fill in the following fields:

Mandatory:

• Title: Who we are
• Highlight image: you must select a highlight image for the content. The image must be on your computer.
• content: it is mandatory to have something in the content for it to be saved. Here it should contain all the content to be presented.

Optional:

• Sections: if it were content to appear in a section, you must select the section, as is the case with news, in the case of loose content it is not necessary to have a section.
• Summary: you should put a sentence that helps your visitors to understand the basis of the content. Very useful in the case of news.
• Content author: by default the user who is creating the content appears, but it can be changed to the name of your choice.
• Content location: serves to geographically associate a location reference to the content.
• Image author: you can fill in the image author.
• Image location: serves to geographically associate a location reference to the image.
• Keywords: serve to improve the search for content and association with search engines.
• Publish: by default the current date and time appears, but you can change it to a time and day when you want the content to appear online. You can also schedule the removal of content automatically from online.

Events

The events are similar to the contents and can be managed at in Internet -> Events:

To insert a simple event such as scheduling an appointment catechists meeting, the steps and data to complete are as follows:

First click , then fill in the following fields:

Mandatory:

• Title: Catechists Meeting
• Agenda: here you must set the start date and time and end date and time
• event location: must indicate the event location
• content: it is mandatory to have something in the content for it to be saved. Here it should contain all the content to be presented.

Optional:

• Highlight image: you must select a highlight image for the content. The image must be on your computer.
• Summary: you should put a sentence that helps your visitors to understand the basis of the content. Very useful in the case of news.
• Image author: you can fill in the image author.
• Image location: serves to geographically associate a location reference to the image.
• Keywords: serve to improve the search for content and association with search engines.
• Publish: by default the current date and time appears, but you can change it to a time and day when you want the content to appear online. You can also schedule the removal of content automatically from online.

Final aspect

In the end, these contents and events will appear both on the Internet page, with a similar aspect to this (there are several templates available to present the content and we can create custom layouts, if you have any doubts, contact us):

Internet Page - Homepage

Website - Who we are

Website - News

App - choice of subscriptions to follow

App - menu

App - news listing

App - News - Details

App - events

 

Join Kyrios ChMS now and have your page and app online effortlessly and without delay:

• Website service (which includes Website + App + Newsletters + Emails) available to any institution, group or movement;
• Parochial Management Plus Service (which includes the Website + all parish management service);

Count on us, we work every day to make Kyrios ChMS the best solution to help the Church in its mission.

 

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