I am a preacher looking for somewhere to post my sermons online in a database where they can easily be accessed by students or by other preachers to submit their work...
I require a page where all the message will be displayed under topics or author and each sermon will be accessed by clicking the appropriate link...
I also would like a page to have a small portion to show maybe a photo and some info on each preacher...
I also require then a backend where I as administrator can login or other preachers can login (that I have validated) and submit their work...which will then show up on the index page under their name etc...
The backend should have... a copy and paste box or text box... and a facility to edit each message with fonts, bold, italic etc... and also an upload facility to upload audio files (mp3)...
Thank you all in advance for your help, regards, Mike.
DeliverablesHere is some additional information
1. home page, showing a search facility, probably a list of the latest articles / sermons, and may be some other content as well (probably room for ads etc). The search facility should allow visitors to search by key words, or by author / preacher.
2. a preacher's home page (that is, a home page for each preacher), which some biographical details, picture, and a list of the sermons, listed more recent first, by default. I was thinking that a preacher could create a category which anyone then could submit an article to, rather than trying to create a whole load of empty categories with nothing in them?
3. a detail page for displaying the full sermon, once located and then clicked on.
4. The mp3's are recordings of live sermons, which may accompany the printed text of same... Have them for download only.
The mp3's are sermons, to accompany a text article.
5. Back end facility to allow full administrative access, for uploading articles, mp3's, perhaps modifying the other content on any of the pages, as well. And a facility for designated preachers (or others) to upload / manage their own material. I am assuming that it would be best if such people could manage only their own stuff, and not any one else's. These would be "publishers" or "preachers" in the system, as opposed to a full administrator, who could modify the entire system.
The only thing I require here is that an administrator approve an article? (it cannot be modified after that??)
6. On the search facility or any page listing articles / sermons that might be viewed, what should be displayed is a small summary of the sermon, showing title, author, and the first 100 - 200 characters of the article. Possibly with a postage stamp photo of the preacher who authored it.
Questions:
1. do you have a domain name picked out and secured yet? [login to view URL]
2. do you have hosting space already secured? Dedicated Server hosted in France
3. mp3's are stand-alone things or accompany articles / sermons? Can be either or both
4. do you have a layout in mind or would you me to design it from scratch? [login to view URL] is the basic look but if it can be improved as it is not fantastic?
5. Is there a name for the site? Any logo materials that might be borrowed (from your affiliation / church) or any other name / brand / PR / Logo materials that might be used? Sermon Highway, no logos yet..
6. what format would sermons be uploaded in? I was thinking of copy and paste and then format for the web with an editor
7. Are submitted sermons to be published (made visible to the public) immediately, or only after administrator approval? Only after admin approval...