MyPoPLC Administration Help Page
Instructions for Entering a PoP Event to be displayed on MyPoPLC
Definition of Event · Logging In · Add an Event · Edit an Event · Delete an Event
PoP Definition of EVENT
A future happening or occurrence sponsored by Prince of Peace Lutheran Church & School for which there are the following defined elements; Core Ministry parent, Title, Start date & time, End date & time, Abstract, Body, Person Capacity, Display start date, Display end date.
Please understand, for security reasons, there is a time limit for being logged in.
Your session will expire after 20 minutes of inactivity.
After which you'll be shown a message that says "Access Denied".
You can return to "http://my.poplc.org/admin" and login again.
However, if you were entering in an Event but had not clicked the Add or Modify button,
the information you typed into the fields will be lost.
Logging In
1 - In your Internet browser, type in the following address my.poplc.org/admin and hit return.
2 - For now you can only administer an Event, so click on the link for "Event".
3 - Enter _______ (request login) for "Login" (case sensitive)
4 - Enter _______ (request password)
for "Password" (case sensitive)
5 - You can either add and event or edit an existing event.
Click on the link of your choice.
Add an Event
6 - If you are adding an event,
select your core ministry from the drop down list.
If you are not automatically taken to the next page,
click on the "Next" button.
7 - Type in the title of your event. (character limit of 50)
(The "Entered by" and "Entered on" fields are automatically filled in.)
(For now, it will always say that Joel is the author... we'll be adding that function in later.)
8 - Using the dropdowns, choose the event START month, day, year, hour, minute (in increments of 15) and am/pm.
9 - Using the dropdowns, choose the event END month, day, year, hour, minute (in increments of 15) and am/pm.
10 - For the "Abstract" (character limit of 255), type in a brief description (kind of like a teaser) of the event. (The info you provide in the abstract should be repeated in some form in the full body of the event.)
11 - In the "Body" field (unlimited number of characters) type in all off the information you have in relation to the upcoming event. (Think of a Communicator article with no space limit.)
12 - Enter into the "Person Capacity" field (character limit of 50) either a finite number (such as "400") or some text which will give the reader an understanding of the limit, or lack there of, to attendees (such as "we'd like to fill the Sanctuary").
13 - Using the dropdowns, choose the DISPLAY start date.
(This is the date that the Event you are entering will begin displaying on the MyPoPLC web site.)
14 - Using the dropdowns, choose the DISPLAY end date.
(This is the date that the Event you are entering will stop displaying on the MyPoPLC web site,
but it will be archived in the database.)
15 - When you have entered in values for all the fields on the form, click on the "Add" button at the end of the page.
16 - You will be given an "Event _____ successfully added." message.
At this point you may either Preview Changes or Return to Admin Page and enter another Event.
Edit an Event
17 - If you are editing an event,
select your core ministry from the drop down list.
If you are not automatically taken to the next page,
click on the "Next" button.
18 - Using the dropdown, select the Event you'd like to modify.
If you are not automatically taken to the next page,
click on the "Next" button.
19 - Make whatever changes/additions to the Event by directly editing the text in any of the fields.
20 - When you have made & reviewed your changes/additions, click on the "Modify" button at the end of the page.
21 - You will be given a "Event _____ successfully modified." message.
At this point you may either Preview Changes or Return to Admin Page and enter another Event.
Delete an Event
22 - If you are editing an event,
select your core ministry from the drop down list.
If you are not automatically taken to the next page,
click on the "Next" button.
23 - Using the dropdown, select the Event you'd like to delete.
If you are not automatically taken to the next page,
click on the "Next" button.
24 - Click on the "DELETE this event" link.
25 - You will be taking to a page presenting you with all the information regarding that Event.
Review the information to be sure that is the Event you wish to delete,
and then click on the "Delete" button at the end of the page.
26 - You will be given a "Event _____ successfully deleted." message.
At this point you may either Preview Changes or Return to Admin Page and enter another Event.
Should you have any questions, comments, suggestions or technical difficulties,
please don't hesitate to contact dd.piotter@poplc.org or joel.watkinson@poplc.org or webmaster@poplc.org.
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