Bulletin Manager

With Bulletin Builder, customizing your bulletin content has never been easier. The Bulletin Manager presents users with a listing of bulletin sections that can easily be reordered.

To reorder your bulletin contents

• Place your mouse over the double arrow next to the section title
• Click and hold down on the mouse button and drag the section up or down the list.
• Release the mouse button to drop the section in place

Share Bulletin Contents

Bulletin Builder has new sharing features incorporated into its system.

• Metropolises and Dioceses and trusted organizations have the ability to push custom content from their bulletins down to their parishes and organizations
• Parishes and organizations have the ability to share custom content which can be found through Bulletin Builder's search engine and added to a bulletin.
• Content that can be shared through the Manage Bulletin Sections page are the Single Page Section and News, RSS, and Messages.
• To share a section click the Antenna icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description and set your options in the Share This Section popup window
  • Set the Share Type (required)
  • Set the Share Duration (required). The Share Duration lets Bulletin Builder know how long to make the item available through the search engine.
  • Select keywords that best describe the content that you are making available. Though the keywords are optional, they can make it easier for other users to find your content.
  • Click the Share button to save your settings and close the popup window.

Edit a Section

The edit button allows users to make changes to the title and description for a particular section. For the Single Page Section, clicking the edit button allows user to make changes to the title, description, and the content. Sections found through Bulletin Builder's search engine and added to your bulletin allow users to make changes to the title and description. Sections that have been shared down do not allow for these changes.

• To edit a section click the Edit icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description and make the desired changes in the Edit Section popup window.
• Click the Save button to confirm your changes and to close the popup window.

Remove a Section

The remove button allows users to pull sections out from their bulletin and save for a "rainy day" in the Available Content area on the Manage Bulletin Sections page. This does not delete the section completely from Bulletin Builder.

• To remove a section click the Remove Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.
• To place a section that has been removed from your bulletin, scroll down to the Add Available Content area of the Manage Bulletin Sections page and click the Add Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.

Delete a Section

Deleting a section from Bulletin Builder will erase that section completely from your bulletin and in some cases, from your account.

• To delete a section click the Delete Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.
• Nothing will be deleted until you click Ok in the confirmation window that pops up.
  • In the case of Hymns of the Day, Saints and Feasts, Gospel and Epistle Readings, and the Wisdom of the Fathers, deleting any one of these sections will simply place them back down in the Add A New Section area of the Manage Bulletin Sections page.
    • To add one of these sections back into your bulletin, click the appropriate button in the Add A New Section area of the Manage Bulletin Sections page.
  • Content that was found through Bulletin Builder's search engine feature will have to be searched for again in order to add it back into your bulletin.

Adding a New Section to Your Bulletin

In the Add A New Section area of the Manage Bulletin sections page, users can select from the default sections made available by Bulletin Builder – Single Page Section, Multi-Page Section, or Bulletin Inserts. This area will also hold any of Bulletin Builder's default content that is deleted from the Bulletin.

• To add a section to your bulletin click the appropriate content type button.
• For the News, RSS, and Messages and Bulletin Inserts, users are required to provide a title and description for the section in the popup window that appears.
• For the Single Page Section users are required to provide a title, description, and content in the popup window that appears.
  • Content for the Single Page Section may include a sermon or special announcement.

Adding Available Content

This area of the Manage Bulletin Sections page holds sections that have been removed from your bulletin and saved for "rainy day" and sections that have been shared down by trusted organizations. In this area users can Edit the section, Add the section to their bulletin, or Delete the section from this area.

• To Edit a section to your bulletin click the Edit Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.
• To Add a section to your bulletin click the Add Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.
• To Delete a section to your bulletin click the Delete Section icon that is displayed to the right of the section title and description.

Searching for Shared Content

This area allows users to search for additional content for their bulletins that has been shared out by other parishes and organizations.

• To Search for shared content type a search term in the text area provided and then click the Search button.
  • Search terms may include keywords such as: news, festival, or fellowship or may include names of cities, organizations, or parishes.
• To add content from your search results to your bulletin, click the Add Section button that appears just above the content description.