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I’ve just created a YouTube video on how to set up service pre-booking on your WordPress website using the Church Admin plugin Hope it helps! Do sign up for the email list to get the free PDF manual for the whole of Church Admin Plugin – http://eepurl.com/dFmsUT
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 11 secs | 0 Comments
Sometimes we need to get a message out to the church quickly… All across the world many churches are having to communicate quickly to their people that they can’t meet because of the current Covid-19 crisis. We sent out an email yesterday to let our people know we are still meeting and today I’m getting […]
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Safeguarding children with checkin and checkout As churches grow we need safe systems for making sure children are collected by their parents. The latest update (v2.2800) includes a simple paper based system for checking children in and out to Sunday school groups. The form screenshot above is on the Children tab of Church Admin. Check […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 5 secs | 0 Comments
Better Workflow Sometimes I want to edit our schedule/rota/roster quickly, so I’ve restored the inline editing feature and made it zing. Click an entry to make it editable. Hope you like it. On the front end users can pick a service and month easier too. No longer the early adopters! On of our best preachers is […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 38 secs | 0 Comments
Small groups Are vital for any church that is growing past 50 – they provide a great way of people caring for one another, discipleship and even friendship evangelism. The early church met in small groups and gathered the whole church together (Acts 2:42-47). In the Old Testament, Moses was told in no uncertain terms to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 5 secs | 0 Comments
I don’t carry cash very often and I can not remember the last time I used a cheque for a payment. I pay for most things by card now as do most people I know. Cash donations to our church have been decreasing reflecting that change, while online giving has increased. Last Sunday we started […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 57 secs | 0 Comments
On the 25th May 2018 all organisations within the EU will have to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GPDR). That’s a good thing surprisingly as our personal data will have to be handled more responsibly and with permission. If you are not EU based, it’s still common sense so do please read […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 36 secs | 0 Comments
There’s a myth among church planters and leaders that we will gather new disciples sitting behind a desk and creating content for the church website and posting on social media. I’m pretty sure you weren’t expecting that as a first sentence on a post about using a church Facebook page well. It’s true though! Don’t […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 0 secs | 0 Comments
Being the most welcoming church in your area is not rocket science and pretty easy to achieve. I’ve had some awful experiences visiting other churches over the years, from the large church with multiple services to the small baptist church that just haven’t taken the time to make sure they are welcoming new visitors. Think […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 34 secs | 0 Comments
You’ve spent hours praying and studying the Scriptures, time understanding the Biblical text and how it relates to your congregation. Then you preached your heart out! Maybe people responded to the Gospel, committed to do what the Scriptures called them to in the power of the Spirit. There is also an audience out there, on […]
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The latest version 1.0974 now uses the native WordPress Image Upload functionality for editing people.
| By Andy Moyle | 11 secs | 0 Comments
Sorry if you have been affected by recent crashes on upgrades and installs. I’ve not experienced it on any of my sites and test sites, so it was hard to fix. But 1.092 I’m informed is working fine
| By Andy Moyle | 12 secs | 0 Comments
Really excited about filtered address list for the latest update 1.0 You can check the boxes of the things you want to view. Spent my day off coding it, so if you’d like to bless me for the time spent on it…
| By Andy Moyle | 52 secs | 0 Comments
Version 0.964 brings a big under the hood change that makes the church admin plugin so much more flexible for growing and larger churches. You can now have multi level oversight of ministries. The key area were this will be useful is small group leadership. Once you get more than 5 small groups, groups need […]
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Apologies – somehow I have introduced a bug that auto emailed the next service rota every day – took two days to notice. A fix 0.943 will be uploaded tonight when I get home.
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Sorry there have been so many releases this week – I’ve got some new users who have been getting in touch with bugs, so have been fixing them. This version Fixes the shortcode Sorts out spacing between prefixes (like “van” or “van der”) and last names Internationalisation – Dutch is now done Small groups – […]
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For today’s release I’ve tidied up the setting page and added the option to not show modules you don’t use. I have re-coded email sending to a one page form. You can also specify a different smtp server to send email – like gmail. The old settings never worked properly and are no longer used, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 24 secs | 0 Comments
Today’s update does three things 1) It adds a most requested feature – classes. Still in infant form but there. What would you like added to that feature to make it better? 2) There are some language translation fixes 3) I’ve begun to make email sending multipart so text only email clients can read them […]
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Last night, I got an email pointing out a vulnerability in the shortcode that allows a malicious person to add some javascript to the address field, which would make the address list pages vulnerable to XSS hacks. I’ve gone through all the code for the whole plugin, making sure that vulnerability was plugged and not […]
| By Andy Moyle | 19 secs | 0 Comments
I’ve been finding scrolling down to find the right section of the church admin plugin a bit of a pain and the layout was looking a bit dated, so I have redesigned the layout using more native WordPress admin elements for v0.800. Hope you like it The follow up funnel section isn’t on a tab […]