Rivertown United Reformed Church

Welcome everybody to the new Rivertown United Reformed Church website. I hope it provides both promotion for the church and a productive community environment for you to create useful and interesting articles & information.

This is a new venture for the church, and I hope that as more of the congregation get used to new technologies such as the internet and e-mail, we’ll increase the amount of content on the site, create a website editorial team for managing content and find more and more uses for the site other than simply an information repository. Already on the cards if the site takes off are:

• ability to subscribe to events, so you can be reminded of an important happening via e-mail or mobile phone;
• a secure, on-line version of the Rivertown Directory for church members;
• improved article submission: members will be able to submit stories and photos directly to the site, with a simple moderation check by the team of site editors;
• an improved weblink directory

So just because the site is now live doesn’t mean its finished! Anybody can contribute to the site. If you have any articles, news, ideas or suggestions, please contact myself or Chris Byrne. Additionally, Chris will be looking to find additional editors and site moderators to help manage the site content, so if you’re computer-literate and up for it, let us know!.

The site has been developed by Dylan and myself at leafish.co.uk, and I will be monitoring the site and making improvements as the site’s content grows. Your feedback is, of course, wanted if not required to help make the site a success. You can contact us directly at support@leafish.co.uk

Please read the notes below (or click here) for a brief introduction to some of the features of the website.

Brief features

The site has categorised articles, events with calendar view, photo galleries and a links directory. Have a browse round, there’s plenty of information to get started.

Features for members and editors

Registered members of the site can access further information, such as the forthcoming Rivertown Directory. Members will also be able to present content (images, articles, news, events) to the editors for approval, upon which the article is published to the website. Good articles and news can easily be ‘promoted’ to the front page of the website by site editors.

Help pages

For detailed information about the different areas and features on the site, please read the help section first. Editors and administrators will find advanced help in the admin section.

Support

If you run into trouble feel free to contact us.

You can also contact some of the site members via a personal contact form. This will send an e-mail via the site to a member. Click on a member’s name on the Website Members page, then click the contact tab to send a message. Note that some users may have opted not to receive e-mail message via the site.