eNewsletter 2021 Term 1 Edition

Welcome to 2021! Hoping you’ve had a great start to the school year! (How did we get into February so quickly?)

We’re kicking off the new year with a new name for our collective of marketing and comms staff in schools – the Communications and Marketing Network.

We’ve been known as “shared ideas” for a number of years. We’ll still be sharing ideas but we believe this network is about much more than that!

In 2021 we will:

• Work together to strengthen the reputation of each of our schools and Catholic Education SA
• Learn from each other and enhance our skills
• Keep you informed and up-to-date on Catholic Education initiatives
• Collaborate on shared profile-raising programs.

In 2021 we are celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia. During that time, our schools and colleges have educated millions of Australians.

The official launch of the celebrations will be held in the week commencing 22 – 26 February 2021 and will involve local state, territory and diocesan events. 

A National Mass will also be celebrated in every state, territory and diocese on the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians on 24 May 2021. 

Learn more at the website Celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia.

Take a look at the following school and CESA websites that have recently launched.

The CESA/Boylen responsive website templates are our preferred and recommended websites for schools. We have over 60 schools using these sites at a very cost-effective price and we provide ongoing support and updates to these sites at no extra charge to schools.

Congratulations to the following schools on the launch of their vibrant new websites:

• St Columba College, Andrews Farm
• St Paul's College, Gilles Plains

We've also launched the following website, using the same Content Management System:

• Key Capabilities Continua
   

Like what you see?

Contact Siobhan Evans to enquire about a CESA/Boylen responsive website.

If you're on the CESA/Boylen responsive website templates, we're  implemented the following features and functions that will be available to you next week - free of charge. These functions will be accessible in the backend of your website for use whenever you want to use them, they don't need to be activated - just dive in whenever you're ready. Instructions on how to use these features will be outlined in the User Guide (linked from the dashboard when you login to webtemplate).

View the photos below to show examples of how this functionality will look and operate.

Sticky Menu

This is a series of up to four icon tabs that appear on scrolling when arriving at a website - they expand to show description on hover and can link to places such as School Prospectus, Book a Tour, etc. The icons, text and links are all editable.

URL Forwarding

URL forwarding (or URL redirection) allows a web page available under more than one URL address. When a web browser attempts to open a URL that has been redirected, a page with a different URL is opened. This functionality can be used to create a shorter URL that the one that is automated for a web page.

Promo Tri Block

Promo Tri Blocks are essentially Tri Blocks (which include 1, 2 or 3 buttons within a strip on your homepage to link to other locations within your website). The Promo Tri Block allows you to include images and description text for each item - in addition to the title and link. Multiple Tri Blocks can be used on your homepage and on internal pages within your website.

Welcome Block

The background appearance of your homepage Welcome Block was previously the only homepage element that could not be changed - now it can! You can now edit the background of your Welcome Block, as well as feature various Welcome Blocks of different appearance on your homepage. 

Existing features you may not know about...

Other functions that you have within your site that we've noticed some schools are not aware of include a website Pop-Up (with news story, form, link or plain content) and Testimonial homepage element (a two column scroll with picture and text). Instructions for how to use a Pop Up on your website are included on Page 63 of the current User Guide.

If you have any questions or need assistance with your website, please contact Siobhan Evans.