This is a sample church website made with Hillfold. The church and its people are made up.

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Shared church photos

Share photos of church life, and choose which ones members see and which may go on the website.

Who does thisMembers and office staff

Members can share photos of church life: fellowship meals, Sunday school, work days, special services, and the building and grounds. The church office looks at each photo before other members see it.

Share photos (members)

  1. Open Photos from the member menu.
  2. Under Share photos, choose Choose photos. You can share up to 12 at a time.
  3. Add a line under What’s happening? if you like.
  4. Tick OK to use on the church’s public website only if you’re happy for that. Without it, only members can see the photo.
  5. Choose Share.

Your photos appear under Your photos, showing whether each one is waiting for the office, shown to members, or not used. You can Remove your own photos.

Please ask before sharing close-up photos of other families’ children, and leave out anything private.

Before a photo is uploaded, Hillfold makes a fresh copy of it. That drops the original file name and the location where it was taken.

Review photos (office)

  1. The secretary or webmaster (or whatever your church calls those roles) goes to Administration → Shared photos.
  2. Use Show to pick which photos to look at: Waiting, Members only, OK for website, Not used or All.
  3. For each photo, choose:
    • Members can see to show it to members.
    • OK for website to mark it for the public website. This is only possible when the person who shared it allowed it.
    • Don’t use to keep it hidden.
  4. Delete removes a photo for good. Choose it twice to confirm.

Each photo shows whether the sharer said “OK for the website” or “members only”.

Marking a photo OK for website doesn’t publish it anywhere by itself. Choose Download to save it, then use it on a page. Be careful with photos of children on the public website.

If something goes wrong

  • “… isn’t a photo.” Choose a JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC picture.
  • “… is larger than 25 MB.” Choose a smaller photo, or send yourself a smaller copy first.
  • “… couldn’t be opened. Try a JPEG copy.” Some phones save photos in a format the browser can’t read. Save or send a JPEG copy and try again.
  • “The person who shared it didn’t OK the website.” Only photos the sharer allowed can be marked for the website. You can still let members see it.
  • I can’t see a photo I shared in the gallery. It’s probably still waiting for the office. Check Your photos.