Creating and Editing Cards for Your Connect Page

Creating Cards

With Church Connect, you can create cards for your page. Each card serves a specific purpose. For example, you might create a card to let people know about an annoucement, or you might create a card so that people can register for an upcoming event. There are several different card types that you can create, depending on what you're trying to accomplish.

Before we dive more into the types of cards and examples on how to use them, let's walk you through the process of creating a basic card. For our first card, we're going to make a quote card with our favorite Bible verse. Click the "New Card" button.

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Name the card. For this card let's call it "Bible Verse". Under the card type, select "Quote Card".

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There are several types of cards you can create for your Church Connect page, but the basic setup for each card is pretty much the same. When creating a new card, you'll want to click the "Edit Card..." button (every card type, except the Event card, has the Edit Card button). The Edit Card button will display a dialog where you can configure how the card will be displayed:

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You'll want to either add a card image, or add some text to your card, or both.

If you don't add any text or an image to your card, it won't be displayed on your Connect page.

After you configured your card to look the way you want, now you can address what happens when someone "clicks" on your card. Since each card type serves a unique purpose or provides a specific function, we've created additional articles to walk you through each one:

A Page Card allows you to create a virtual 'webpage' with your own content. You can define what content appears when someone clicks on your Page card.
A Link Card creates a clickable hyperlink to a page on another website. You can link to your main website, social media page, etc.
A Form Card allows you to create a web form to collect information, requests, or spiritual decisions. Form cards work great for even collecting information during your worship services, like guest information and prayer requests.
An Event Card creates a clickable registration link for a Public event from your Events screen.
A Giving Card creates a quick link to access your online giving page.
An Attendance Card creates a card that allows a person to mark themselves and family members present.
A Quote Card allows you to type a quote or a Bible verse to display on your Connect page. Quote cards are not clickable and don't really do anything...they're just there to look good!
A Gallery Card creates a media gallery for displaying images and more.

Card Status

Once a card is created, go ahead and select the card if it is not already selected. All cards have a "Card Status" and "Hide this Card After (optional date)" options. Card Status controls the visibility of the Card on Church Connect. You can select one of the 4 following statuses:

Displayed (until Date below)
Displayed when a member is logged in
Displayed when a member is NOT logged in
Hidden

If you want a Card to always be visible, select the option "Displayed (until Date below)". If you don't add a date, the card will always be displayed. If you want a card to only be visible to your logged in members, select "Displayed when a member is logged in". If you want a card to only be visible to people who are not logged in, select "Displayed when a member is NOT logged in. If you are wanting the card to not be visible to anyone, select "Hidden".

Since we're wanting our Bible Verse to always show on our Connect Page, we will select "Displayed (until Date below) and keep the date blank. Now we can select "Edit Card" to edit to begin adding content and customizing the look of our card.

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Editing Cards

Cards have the ability for you to customize things like Titles, Headers, Footers, Background Colors, Card Images, Text alignment & more. The type of Card you are editing will determine the level of customization that card offers. For example, the Quote Card does not have the Title or Card Image options. For our Quote Card, we are going to keep things simple and place our verse in the Card Content section and put the scripture reference in the footer.

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Click close and you're done. Your first Connect Card has been created. Good job! Here's our finished product:

Connect Card Order

As you create more cards, you can order them however you desire. To do this, hover over the arrows icon located on the left side of the card. You will notice that your pointer will change from a "hand pointing" to a "hand grabbing". From here you can drag your card to the order that you want it to be.

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When ordering your Connect Cards, it's best to put the Connect Cards of greatest importance near the top.

The vast majority of your Guests and Members will be accessing your Church Connect page on their smartphone. Keep this in mind as you determine which cards you want to create and the order that you place them.

If your church/ministry does not have a website or is having a hard time keeping your current website relevant, Church Connect can fill this void. See our article Using Church Connect as a Website Replacement.