Content Management Systems (CMS) have become a standard component of church Web sites. With an effective CMS, your church will be able to fully maintain every aspect of its Web site without any special hardware, software or training.
Faithwebsites Professional (FWS Professional) has been developed to meet the Web site needs for any Christian ministry. This edition of Faithwebsites is completely customizable, scalable to grow with your needs and has the power of any high-priced Content Management System (CMS) that you might find in the secular market. With FWS Professional, you will never feel restricted with your Web site again!
Here are some of the features of FWS Professional:
NAVIGATION BUILDER
At Faithwebsites, we have revolutionized Content Management Systems with our navigation builder. Using a simple graphical interface, you can fully maintain your entire Web site map. The navigation builder allows you to add, edit and delete pages. With it, you will be able to activate and temporarily deactivate pages. Best of all, you will no longer need to worry about any "dead links" on your Web site. It is all completely automated.
UNLIMITED SITE ADMINISTRATORS
With Faithwebsites, you will be able to maintain complete control of your Web site while sharing the maintenance responsibilities. As a Primary Site Administrator, you will be able to add any number of site managers and can dictate their precise permissions.
STAFF PROFILES
You can set up staff profiles with pictures and introductions for each staff person. Let your visitors get to know who you are before they visit, and make them feel more comfortable.
MEMBERS DATABASE WITH EMAIL CAPABILITIES
Want to get better connected? You can use our online members database to organize member information in a place that is accesible to all your members (or whoever you stipulate.) It is also easier to update in this environment than to re-print a new directory every time someone's information changes. Plus, there is a built-in email tool that you can use to communicate with all your members, or with specific groups within your membership. For example, your Sunday school superintendant can use the email tool to send emails to all your Sunday school teachers, and your worship leader can use it to send emails out to all of your worship team members.
AUDIO/VIDEO
With more and more internet users having high speed internet, audio and/or video is a great way to engage your web site visitors. With Faithwebsites, you can upload a video to a free video service like Google Video, YouTube, GodTube or GospelTube. Once your video is uploaded, they will convert it to a universal Flash file. Faithwebsites makes it easy to embed that video directly on any web page.
LINKED CALENDARS
Calendars are a vital component of any ministry's communication. With Faithwebsites, you can add as many calendars as you like, wherever you want them. After inserting your calendars, you can link them together so that events that are added to an individual calendar can also appear on a main calendar. If you can think of an application, this calendar probably already has it! We also have an "upcoming events" tool that you can place on any page that automatically takes events from whatever calendars you choose for a period of time that you define and displays them in a side bar on your home page or any other page in your site. No more updating that pesky "coming events" item on your website! You can also use the email tool with your calendars to automatically send out a weekly reminder about upcoming events for the next week or ten days.
PHOTO GALLERIES/SLIDE SHOWS
Posting pictures on the Web is always a hit. With Faithwebsites, getting the pictures on-line has never been easier. Staff will be able to upload pictures directly from their digital camera to the Web site without having to first manipulate the picture. The CMS will automatically resize and optimize the photos for you. Best of all, this tool has no restrictions. You can add unlimited photo galleries, albums and photos to your site. Our slide show tool is a big hit for use on home pages - simply upload the photos and they automatically get put into an eye-catching slide show!
I-FORM / SURVEY BUILDER
Does your Web site need to be more interactive and useful? With Faithwebsites' I-form builder, you will be able to create on-line forms and surveys in minutes. When users fill out these forms, you can set up email notifications and capture all data in a back-end database. The I-form builder even includes all the tools you will need to analyze and summarize this data. You can even set it up to display results from quick surveys.
USER-SIDE SECURITY
Does your ministry want to create a section on your site that is only accessible to your members, staff, or some other group? Faithwebsites will allow you to dictate which pages on your site need to be password protected. Our experience with Web site security will prove to be valuable.
COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE
At Faithwebsites, we have an extensive list of tools. However, if you are looking for a feature that has not been mentioned, be sure to contact us. Most likely, we have already developed something similar to your need. If not, we can certainly develop a tool to your specifications!
