Groups

What are Groups?

Groups provide a way to organize People whose accounts you store in the Ekklesia 360 CMS (Content Management System). 

1. In Ekklesia 360:

   1. Sermons, Events, Small Groups, and Articles: Groups can be applied from the "Publish" tab.
      
      
      
      

   2. Staff: Groups can be applied to a Member from the "Account" tab.

2. On your ShareFaith site: Groups can be applied as a Filter to any of your Ministry Content Widgets.

How do I create a Group?

1. From your Ekklesia 360 Dashboard, Click "People" > "Groups"
   
   
   
   
2. Click "Add New Group"
3. Enter a group name.
4. Enter a brief description (this is for internal use only).
5. Enter a contact e-mail address for the group. They will receive notification emails.
6. Select if the group is public or private. This specifies whether this group and its content are publicly or privately viewable.  (A Group's privacy settings (Public/Private) affect whether the content published to that Group is viewable on the front end. Content published to a Public group is accessible by the public; content published to a Private group requires a member to be (1) logged in and (2) a member of the Group. Here's how to publish private content).
7. Select a series if desired. 
   1. Group Series is used for Staff Layout (usually labeled STAFF). Groups function as the categories for Staff (Pastoral Staff, Administrative Staff, Children's Ministries, etc.). 
8. Select members you would like to add to the group.
9. Select admins if desired. Admins can add/remove members from the group as well as edit content assigned to the group.
10. Click Add Group.

Looking for more from Ekklesia 360? Learn more about Groups

Categories

What are Categories?

Categories provide a way to organize content within the Sermon, Event, Small Group, and Article modules of Ekklesia 360 CMS (Content Management System). 

1. In Ekklesia 360: Parent and Child categories can be applied to a Sermon, Event, Small Group or Article from the "Detail" tab.
   
   
   
   

2. On your ShareFaith site: Categories can be applied as a Filter to the Sermon, Event, Small Group, or Article Ministry Content Widgets.

How do I create a Category?

Sermons

1. From your Ekklesia 360 Dashboard, Click "Content" > "Sermons"
2. Click "Add New Sermon" or click the title of an existing Sermon
3. Select the appropriate Categories, or click to "Add another Category."

Events

1. From your Ekklesia 360 Dashboard, Click "Events"> "Events"
2. Click "Add New Event" or click the title of an existing Event
3. Select the appropriate Categories, or click to "Add another Category."

Small Groups

1. From your Ekklesia 360 Dashboard, Click "Events" > "Small Groups"
2. Click "Add New Small Group" or click the title of an existing Small Group
3. Select the appropriate Categories, or click to "Add another Category."

Articles

1. From your Ekklesia 360 Dashboard, Click "Content" > "Articles"
2. Click "Add New Article" or click the title of an existing Article
3. Select the appropriate Categories, or click to "Add another Category."

Updated August 02, 2023 21:28