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The App menu page controls what appears in the menu of your Our Church app. From here you decide which items church members see, what order they appear in, what each one is called, and whether an item is visible to everyone or only to logged-in users. You can also add your own app content pages and blog post categories to the menu, and copy ready-made button code to link to any item from within your pages.
Finding the App menu
Go to the App section of Church Admin. Click the App menu heading to expand it — the heading toggles the menu table open and closed, so if you don’t see the table straight away, click the heading once.
The first time you open it, Church Admin builds a default menu for you automatically. Any app content pages you have created and any changes you make are saved from then on.
Understanding the menu table
Each row in the table is one menu item. The columns are:
| Column | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show | Tick to include the item in the app menu, untick to hide it. Changes save instantly. |
| Only logged in user sees item | Tick to hide the item from visitors who aren’t logged in. Useful for personal items like a member’s own rota or group. |
| Item | The label shown in the app. Click the text to rename it (see below). |
| Content type | Where the item comes from — default app content, your own edited app content, or a posts category. |
| Button code in app | Ready-made code you can copy to create a button linking to this item. Click the clipboard icon to copy. |
| Remove | Removes the item. Only your own app content pages can be removed here. |
| Restricted | Notes any access limits — for example items that only staff with the right permission can use. |
Reordering the menu
The menu items are drag-and-drop. Click and hold anywhere on a row and drag it up or down to change where it appears in the app. The new order is saved automatically as soon as you drop the row.
Renaming a menu item
Click on any item’s title in the Item column and it becomes an editable field. Type the new name, then press Tab to save — not Enter. This lets you use friendlier or shorter labels than the defaults (for example “What’s On” instead of “Calendar”).
Showing and hiding items
Use the Show checkbox to control whether an item appears in the app menu at all. Untick anything your church doesn’t use to keep the menu clean and focused.
The Only logged in user sees item checkbox limits an item to members who are signed in. This is ideal for personal pages such as a member’s own schedule, group or prayer list, which only make sense for a logged-in user.
A few core items — Home, Account, Logout and Notification settings — are marked Always Available and can’t be hidden, because the app relies on them.
Content types
The Content type column tells you where each item comes from:
- Default App content — the built-in app pages such as the address list, calendar and rota.
- Your edited App content — custom app content pages you have created yourself.
- Posts Category — a blog post category you have added to the menu (see below).
Copying button code
The Button code in app column gives you a snippet of HTML for a button that links to that item. Click the clipboard icon next to the code to copy it, then paste it into one of your app content pages to create a working in-app button. The exact code depends on the item’s type — Church Admin generates the right snippet for you, so you don’t need to type it by hand.
For reference, the three patterns are:
Default app content:
<button class="tab-button" data-tab="#itemname">Your text</button>
Your edited app content:
<button id="myButton" class="button" data-page="itemname">Your text</button>
Posts category:
<button class="tab-button" data-tab="#category" data-catname="categoryname">Your text</button>Note: the button code works from app version 2.6 onwards. If your app was built before that, update it before relying on these buttons. For the broader technique of linking inside the app from images and buttons, see Adding app links to an app page.
Adding blog post categories to the menu
Below the table there is an Add post categories to App menu choices section. Choose a category from the dropdown and click Add category, and that category’s posts become available as an app menu item. This is a simple way to surface things like a news feed, devotionals or notices inside the app.
Removing items
Your own app content pages have a Remove item button in the Remove column. Click it to take that page out of the menu. Default app pages and always-available items can’t be removed — if you don’t want them showing, simply untick Show instead.
The Restricted column
Some items are marked Restricted to people with permission — for example Attendance, SMS replies and the Contact form. These appear in the app only for members whose account has the relevant permission, so ordinary members won’t see admin-only tools.
Resetting the menu
At the top of the App menu section there is a Reset App menu to default link. If you make a mess of the menu or want to start again, this restores the standard set of items and ordering. Note that this clears your customisations, so use it with care.