The five main menus at the top of each page are your “window” to the majority of the content on the new website. When you click on one of these main menus, a drop down box will appear offering you different options to explore the website further. Here are few of the key features of the new website:
The site is designed to be user friendly for people looking for a church or are new to Whyte Ridge Baptist. By clicking on the very first main menu “Visit“, they will be presented key information sought after by people looking for or planning to attend a new church.- On the home page, just below the main image, are four buttons. These give you access to services and content that will be of interest to the majority of people.
- The first button is self explanatory – Sermons! Here you find audio files (and in the future video files) of Sunday’s sermons as well as the sermon study resources used by LifeGroups.
- The second button introduces a brand new feature of Whyte Ridge’s website, the Prayer Wall. You will be able to post prayer requests here and experience the support of our church community through prayer. Once you post a request, it will appear on the Prayer Wall and be sent out to all who have signed up to receive prayer requests. The Prayer Wall uses the latest in technology to get your prayer request to people. You can sign up to receive, through email, a daily list of the requests posted to the Prayer Wall.
- The third button titled Stories will lead you to the “God stories” of people at Whyte Ridge Baptist. These will not be complete faith stories as much as individual instances where an individual has experienced God’s presence and involvement in their life in a special way. The website will also include a God Story Submission Form for you to share your story with our pastors. Some of these stories will be posted on the website.
- The final button titled WRBC Future will provide information on where we believe God is leading us as as church.
- Below these four buttons you will find the latest news and announcements of the church. Click on a news item to read the full story. This section of the home page is dynamic in that the stories listed will constantly be changing as new events and news are posted.
- In addition to the news and announcements on the home page is a list of events found under the title “Coming Up”. You will find this list throughout the new website on the sides of pages you navigate to, but, depending on the page you land on, the events listed may be different. For example, on pages pertaining to Children’s Ministries, “Coming Up” will only list Children’s Ministries events. You can also subscribe to a particular category specific events so when a new event is listed for that category – say Children’s Ministries – it will appear on your calendar on your computer, iPad or tablet, or smart phone.
- You can now signup for all kinds of content posted on the site so that it is delivered to your email inbox. If you are looking for news and updates just about Children’s Ministries, we’ve got that. If you want be notified when new opportunities for service come up, either at the church or in our community, we’ve got that as well. Go to the Email Signup page to sign up for those news categories you would like to be notified about when new content is posted.
Whyte Ridge’s new website is “mobile responsive”. What this means is when you view the site on your smart phone, iPad or tablet, it will scale and adjust in size so it is easier to view. It doesn’t matter what size of screen you view our website on, it should be readable and easier to navigate to the content you want.- Be sure to join our Facebook page by clicking on the link at the bottom of each website page. Also, on each page you navigate to you, you will find a Facebook link in the sidebar. Click on this and the most recent posts to Whyte Ridge’s Facebook page will be displayed along with pictures of those who are following the page.
- We are going social with our new site in two ways:
- On pages you will find a row of social sharing buttons – you can see them right below the content. You are encouraged to use these to share our site with your friends.
- On news stories, updates, ministry news pages, etc., you will find a Facebook Share and Discus comment box at the bottom of the page. (There is one at the bottom of this page.) Here you can comment on or discus what is posted. In addition, you are given the option to share the article and your comment on your Facebook page. Others can join the conversation, either on their Facebook wall, or on our website. Whatever is posted on the one can, if you choose, show up on the other. Those who do not have a Facebook account will be presented with several social sharing options to comment on articles in the Share and Discuss comment box.
Our new website is, well, new. There will be more content added over the next weeks and months. And of course, there will always be current news and announcements, sermons, bulletins & newsletters, and LifeGroup study materials added to the website each week as they come available.
Let us know what you think of the new site on Facebook or email us using the contact us link at the bottom of this page.
