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1. Add your organisation's logo and select your brand colours

Add your organisation's logo and select your brand colours.

PURPOSE: This allows your whole app and/or website to look and feel like your organisation.

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4. Enable Push Notifications + Make your first Topic

PURPOSE: Push Notifications allow you to send a message to everyone who has your app installed, for example to remind them of an event.

  1. Ensure you have Push Notifications enabled in your subscription. 

    1. Head over to Subscriptionslocated under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),

    2. See if Push Notifications is listed under 'Active Services'. If so, move onto No.2,

    3. If not, look for the 'Engage Bundle' under Available Services,

    4. Click 'Add' to this module, and the feature will be added to your account.

  2. Browse to Notifications, under the Manage Menu (in the top right of your screen)

  3. Ensure you have at least one Notification Topic, under Notification Topics. (Learn how at Push Notifications).

  4. Click (plus) Notification to Send or Schedule your first Notification.

    1. If you're still in the Notification Managment Page (Manage > Notifications), simply click (plus) Notification.

    2. In the future, this is easily selected on the homepage of your dashboard and Push Notifications has detailed instructions on how to do this.
      Idea: For a first test message, you could send a 'Welcome to our app' type message. This will show in Notification History for 7 days.

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PURPOSE: Make Giving to your Church easier than ever with a Give button right in your app. You can also embed a Giving form into your website. 

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  1. Head over to Subscriptionslocated under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),

  2. See if

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    1. Look for the 'Engage Bundle' under Available Services,

    2. Click 'Add' to this module, and the feature will be added to your account.

  3. Click ‘Config’ on EzyStream Giving' and select ‘Activate EzyStream Giving’

  4. Head over to your Manage Menu (top right of your screen), and select Giving.

  5. Set Up Your Giving Account by filling in the form to create your Giving Account and click Submit.

  6. You'll need to wait a short time while the EzyStream team reviews your account. Once done, you'll get an email from us to continue the process.

  7. Once you receive an email from us, browse back to Manage > Giving, or refresh your browser if its still open,

  8. You'll be prompted to Verify your account with our payment processor. This is a requirement to ensure safe handling of your transactions.
    To do this, you’ll need:

    1. Your organisations legal entity name,

    2. Your NZBN or ACN/ABN (If you don’t have one, you’ll need to contact us),

    3. A document showing your Charitable Status. (You can normally download one at the NZ Charities Register, or the Australian Charities Register)

    4. Information about your board members including their full names and Date of Birth)

  9. Once done, add at least one Bank Account, by clicking Accounts in top left of your Giving Dashboard.

  10. The final step is to create at least one Appeal - the thing(s) you want members to give towards. (You'll learn lots more at Understanding Appeals)

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PURPOSE: Reduce printing and cut through email clutter by delivering your newsletter directly to your congregation's phone, complete with a Push Notification so they know it is there.

  1. Decide if you want to place your newsletter into your app as a PDF or as a link (from a system like MailChimp).

  2. For PDFs:

    Head

    Find out what method you currently distribute your newsletter.

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  1. Prepare a PDF file by opening your Word Document, and printing it to PDF.

  2. In the EzyStream Dashboard, head over to Subscriptionslocated under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),

  3. Look under Active Services and find PDF Viewer. If it’s not there, add the 'Connect Bundle' under Available Services.

  4. Click Config.

  5. Enter the name you'd like to give the menu item in your app (eg. 'Newsletter').

  6. Click the (plus) Icon and select your PDF file.

  7. Decide if you'd like a notification to be delivered to your users and customise the notification text.

  8. Click Submit

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For Links:

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  1. Get the Public URL of your newsletter:

    1. Finding your latest newsletter email in your mailbox

    2. Click ‘View this email in my browser’

    3. Copy the URL from your web browser

  2. In the EzyStream Dashboard, head over to Subscriptionslocated under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),

  3. Look under Active Services and find App Web Embed. If it’s not there, add the 'Connect Bundle' under Available Services.

  4. Click Config.

  5. Enter the name you'd like to give the menu item in your app (probably 'Newsletter').

  6. Copy and Paste the URL of your newsletter created by your email programme (e.g. Mailchimp offers this link to you once you click send).

  7. Click Submit

  8. If you'd like to send a notification, just click (plus) Notification in

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  1. Manage > Notifications. You can also learn more about Push Notifications.

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  1. Create a simple word document with the content you wish to publish in your app:

    1. When it's finished prepare a PDF file by opening your Word Document, and printing it to PDF.

  2. In the EzyStream Dashboard, head over to Subscriptionslocated under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),

  3. Look under Active Services and find PDF Viewer. If it’s not there, add the 'Connect Bundle' under Available Services.

  4. Click Config.

  5. Enter the name you'd like to give the menu item in your app (eg. 'Newsletter').

  6. Click the (plus) Icon and select your PDF file.

  7. Decide if you'd like a notification to be delivered to your users and customise the notification text.

  8. Click Submit7. Add your first media clip (most likely a sermon)

PURPOSE: Distribute your media to everyone in your church with one single upload. You can have it publish into your app, your website and your podcast feed with one upload action!

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