You now have a choice of two ways to get your services and events and news and notices to appear on multiple churches. Option 1 is to use the 'copy' functions. Option 2 is to create the content at benefice level, from within the relevant benefice site, where you will be asked to choose which church(es) should display the content.
The benefit of option 2 (benefice listing) is that if you need to make an edit it will be reflected in all the copies at once, whereas with option 1 (copy) you would have to amend each copy individually. However if you are used to using the copy function you may with to continue using it for now until you become familiar with the benefice options.
Option 1: Using the ‘copy’ function
- Open your church in editor view, so you can see the editor menu. Show me how.
- In the editor menu click on services and events or news and notices.
- Click the pencil in top right of the item you wish to copy to another church.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page that opens and click copy.
- Select the church(s) that the item should be copied to.
- Click copy to save.
Please note: Once you have copied items to other churches, any subsequent changes to the original event will not be carried through to the duplicate events.
Tip: The copy button doesn't appear when you are first creating an item. Once you've populated all the details, save your service or event or news article or notice sheet and it will close. Then open it again by pressing the little pencil symbol on the top right of the event tile, then you will see the copy button.
Option 2: Creating the content at benefice level
- Open your benefice in editor view, so you can see the editor menu. Show me how.
- In the editor menu click on services and events or news and notices.
- Follow the instructions to create a service and event or news and notice, including the benefice site variations. How to add services and events. How to add news and notices.