How to update your church website

Bean Creek MBC. Use Site Helper on your phone or computer.

Before you start

Open this address: site.actionableops.com
On a computer, click when this guide says "tap".
The screen shows a practice copy of the website, the "preview". Your changes show on the real website only after step 5.
The helper can change only words, photos, and events. It cannot change the colors or the design.
Only one person can make changes at a time. If a different person makes changes now, try again later.

Change words and photos

1Log in

Type your email in the box. Tap "Send me a code".
Open your email. Find the 6-digit code. The code works for 10 minutes.
Type the code. Tap "Sign in".
If the code does not come, wait 1 minute. Then ask for a new code.

The sign in box

2Tap what you want to change

Use the "Page" list to find the correct page.
Tap the words on the website that you want to change.
A box shows around the words.

A box around the time 11:00

3Say what it should be

The helper asks, "What should it say?"
Type the new words in the box below "Tell me what to change". Tap "Send".
Use your own words. For example: "Make it 11:30."

The helper asks what it should say

4Check it

The helper shows a list of the changes. Read each line.
If all of the lines are correct, tap "Yes, do it".
If a line is not correct, tap "No, leave it". Then tell the helper again with different words.
Look at the preview. Make sure that the change is correct.

The list of changes to check

5Put it on the website

Tap "Put it on the website".
Wait for the message "Done. Your website is updated."
Tap "See your website". If you do not see the change, wait 2 minutes. Then look again.

The Put it on the website button

6Undo a mistake

Tap "Undo last change".
The helper tells you which change it will undo. Read it. Tap "Yes, undo it".
The helper removes that change from the website. To undo the change before it, do these steps again.
Before step 5, you can tap "Throw away my changes". This removes all of the changes in the preview.

The helper asks to undo the last change

7Change a photo

Tap the photo on the website that you want to change.
Tap "Replace this photo". Choose a new photo from your phone or computer.
The helper asks what is in the photo. Type a few words. This helps people who cannot see the photo.
Do steps 4 and 5.

The Replace this photo button

8Add a page

Tap "Add a page".
Choose the type of page: an announcement, a ministry, or a different page. For an event, see step 10.
Answer each question. Tap "Send" after each answer.
Do steps 4 and 5.

The helper asks what kind of page to add

The calendar

9Open the calendar

Tap "Calendar" at the top of the screen.
The list "Coming up" shows the events that come next.
To go back to the website, tap "Back to editing".

The Calendar button and the Back to editing button

10Add an event

Tap "Add an event". Type the name of the event. Choose the day.
Choose the time that it starts, and the time that it ends if you know it. For a full day, tap "All day".
Type where it is. If it is at the church, leave this box empty.
You can add details and a photo, or skip them.
Tap "Check it". Then do steps 4 and 5.

The form to add an event

11Make it repeat

Before you tap "Check it", find "Does it repeat?".
Tap "Every week" or "Once a month". For once a month, choose which one.
If the event stops, choose the last day. If not, leave that box empty.
Read the sentence below the form. Make sure that it is correct.

The Does it repeat question

12Change an event

Find the event in the list "Coming up". Tap "Change".
Change the name, the day, the time, or the place.
Tap "Check it". Then do steps 4 and 5.

An event with the Change and Remove buttons

13Remove one date or every date

Find the event in the list "Coming up". Tap "Remove".
If the event repeats, the helper asks, "Just this one, or every time?"
To remove one date, tap "Just one day". Then tap the date.
To remove every date, tap "Every time".
Do steps 4 and 5.

The helper asks, Just this one, or every time

14Share an event with someone

Open your real website. Tap "Menu", then "Calendar", then the event.
Find "Save it or share it".
On a phone, tap "Share". Choose how to send it.
On a computer, tap "Copy the link". Paste it into an email.
You can also tap "Send by text" or "Send by email".

The Save it or share it buttons

Who to call if something looks wrong: Dale

Phone: [Dale's phone]

The code does not come. First, look in your junk mail.
The website does not show your change after 2 minutes.
A page or an event that you removed still shows on the website.
The helper says, "The helper is resting until next month."
"Undo last change" does not correct the website.