Ward Website Administrator Access Privledges

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#1
On the Access Table, I don't see what the Website Administrator has access to.
Next question, We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't giver her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
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#2
mosbruckerj wrote:On the Access Table, I don't see what the Website Administrator has access to.
The calling used to have more rights, but right now, I'm not sure as it has much outside of being a calendar administrator. There may be some rights such as uploading photos in the Directory, but not much more.
mosbruckerj wrote:We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't giver her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
True. She'll have to format things and send them to someone who does have access, such as a clerk.
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Could you still go ahead and tell us WHAT rights the Ward Website Administrator has? In fact, it's a BIG issue for the Calendar in our Stake that the Leader & Clerk database, where the Clerks determine which Calling to list for the person called, does not have any kind of a list showing rights or responsibilities. WHERE might that be found?
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#4
Remember that we're all just users like yourself so our knowledge is just based on experience in using the tools.

As far as I know, russellhltn already listed all the rights of the ward website administrator: default administrator for Calendar and the ability to upload and edit photos in the Directory. The ward website administrator has no rights in LCR.

LCR has a table which lists all the rights in LCR based on calling. It can be found on the menu under Other > Access Table.

For other tools there isn't the same kind of handy tool. In most cases you have to read the help documentation. There is usually a Roles and Responsibilities page which describes which callings have rights and whether rights can be granted in some other way.
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#5
I did a quick search of other areas, but I didn't see where the Website Admin has any right beyond what I've described.

At one time there was a Lesson Schedule, and Ward Bulletins. The website admin had rights to them. But they were dropped for lack of use church-wide.

Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to see the position disappear completely at some point as I don't think it's mentioned the in Handbook at all. Typically, only positions in (or at least hinted at in) the Handbook become a "standard position" that grants any rights. And the calendar system already allows adding any individual in the unit as an admin. The Directory is probably a bit over due for a refresh. Who knows what changes that might bring.
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#6
russellhltn wrote: The Directory is probably a bit over due for a refresh.
Ask and ye shall receive. The current Directory app has a link to a new beta Ward Directory and Map site.
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#7
jonesrk wrote:
russellhltn wrote: The Directory is probably a bit over due for a refresh.
Ask and ye shall receive. The current Directory app has a link to a new beta Ward Directory and Map site.
D'oh! I forgot about that. I guess I'm having a mental block because it seems more like "Maps with directory" rather than "Directory with Maps".
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#8
Keep in mind that the new directory still has some bugs that were fixed in the old one. For us, several members that are correctly located on the old directory are now not located. And the Beta directory will not keep manual moves to put their pin at their correct location. I did submit feedback on this problem.
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#9
davesudweeks wrote:Keep in mind that the new directory still has some bugs that were fixed in the old one. For us, several members that are correctly located on the old directory are now not located. And the Beta directory will not keep manual moves to put their pin at their correct location. I did submit feedback on this problem.
These should have been fixed. Will you send me examples by PM so that I can look and see why they're still incorrect?
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#10
scgallafent wrote:
davesudweeks wrote:Keep in mind that the new directory still has some bugs that were fixed in the old one. For us, several members that are correctly located on the old directory are now not located. And the Beta directory will not keep manual moves to put their pin at their correct location. I did submit feedback on this problem.
These should have been fixed. Will you send me examples by PM so that I can look and see why they're still incorrect?
The old ones are now fixed. There was a new one that appeared but the brother was recently re-baptized so that may have confused the system. I was successful in manually correcting their household pin and when I refreshed the page it appeared to stick (that never worked before). So It looks like this problem has been fixed. THANKS!
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#11
How do I opt OUT of the Beta Directory? I joined just to see what was available, but now the stinking Map has taken over the Directory, and I can't get to the information I need.
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#12
As a Website Admin, I was able to upload photos for other members until last week. Something has changed in the Website Admin privileges, but the support folks at HQ have not been able to help. (They referenced the fact that Website Admin isn't in the Access Table, and thought it was a custom calling.)
Has anyone else had Website Admin photo upload privileges restricted in the last 2 weeks?
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#13
karlmonney wrote:How do I opt OUT of the Beta Directory? I joined just to see what was available, but now the stinking Map has taken over the Directory, and I can't get to the information I need.
I believe that is no longer beta and has been released generally. There is probably no way to go back to the old directory.
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#14
karlmonney wrote:As a Website Admin, I was able to upload photos for other members until last week.
I can't say for certain but I don't think the new directory has the option to upload photo's for anybody but your own household. At least as a clerk, I can't find any option for that in the directory except for my own household. It doesn't look like the help system has been updated for the new directory.

LCR now has the option to upload and manage photos but currently that appears to be limited to bishopric, clerks and executive secretary.
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#15
karlmonney wrote:How do I opt OUT of the Beta Directory? I joined just to see what was available, but now the stinking Map has taken over the Directory, and I can't get to the information I need.
What information do you need that is not in the new Directory?
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#16
scgallafent wrote:What information do you need that is not in the new Directory?
It's in his second post. The Ward Website Admin can no longer upload photos.
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#17
karlmonney wrote:As a Website Admin, I was able to upload photos for other members until last week. Something has changed in the Website Admin privileges, but the support folks at HQ have not been able to help. (They referenced the fact that Website Admin isn't in the Access Table, and thought it was a custom calling.)
Has anyone else had Website Admin photo upload privileges restricted in the last 2 weeks?
Leaders cannot update photos using the new Directory. Leaders with appropriate callings should manage photos using Leader and Clerk Resources.
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#18
scgallafent wrote:Leaders with appropriate callings should manage photos using Leader and Clerk Resources.
And I'm guessing that "Leaders with appropriate callings" doesn't include the Ward Website Admin?

At this point it appears that calling is no different than a ward calendar admin.
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#19
russellhltn wrote:
scgallafent wrote:Leaders with appropriate callings should manage photos using Leader and Clerk Resources.
And I'm guessing that "Leaders with appropriate callings" doesn't include the Ward Website Admin?

At this point it appears that calling is no different than a ward calendar admin.
I find myself wondering, "What is a 'Ward Website Admin' anyway?" Wards no longer have their own websites so is there a need for a website admin?
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#20
davesudweeks wrote:I find myself wondering, "What is a 'Ward Website Admin' anyway?" Wards no longer have their own websites so is there a need for a website admin?
In the original Local Unit Website (LUWS), there was a "website" that had all the tools in one place. Units even had a limited abilty to set up a a public-facing front page.

The calling came over for "2.0", and it had rights to Calendar, some rights to Directory, Lesson Schedule and Bulletins. But at this point, I think the only thing remaining is the Calendar, making it redundant with the Calendar Administrator.

I do not see the calling mentioned or even hinted at in the Handbook, making it one of the few (if only) callings in the standard position list not in the that official document. I could see having the calling for any approved presence for places like Facebook, but I question the wisdom of granting that calling full access to the calendar automatically by default.
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#21
mosbruckerj wrote:We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't giver her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
Try the "Information Specialist" calling, the person who does the bulletin and sends out the weekly announcements for our ward has that calling and the emails come through the Church email system as being sent by them.

Aaron Z
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#22
Aczlan wrote:
mosbruckerj wrote:We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't giver her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
Try the "Information Specialist" calling, the person who does the bulletin and sends out the weekly announcements for our ward has that calling and the emails come through the Church email system as being sent by them.
Information Specialist is a custom calling. Custom callings have access to nothing more than what other members of the ward have access to. Perhaps the messages are coming directly from them through their e-mail provider.
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#23
jdlessley wrote:
Aczlan wrote:
mosbruckerj wrote:We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't giver her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
Try the "Information Specialist" calling, the person who does the bulletin and sends out the weekly announcements for our ward has that calling and the emails come through the Church email system as being sent by them.
Information Specialist is a custom calling. Custom callings have access to nothing more than what other members of the ward have access to. Perhaps the messages are coming directly from them through their e-mail provider.
Interesting, I hadn't looked closely, but now that I look at the headers and its coming through Mailchimp, but its formatted just like the emails from the Bishop and other Stake/Ward leaders. I will have to ask them if its something that they setup, or what.

Aaron Z
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#24
I send weekly bulletin emails for my ward. I request an Adult Member List with their names and emails from the Ward Executive Secretary. I also pay attention in church to new members and go to website and add them to my list. I update as I go and also get one quarterly from Executive Secretary to compare with what I have. I also find out when people move cause they email me to be removed from the list. I then ask for their address and forward info to ward clerk. Couldn't figure out a simpler way so it's working for me but would love something simpler :-)
#25
Who has access to change the calendar events on the LDS tools app
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#26
scott.d.horrigan@gmail.com wrote:Who has access to change the calendar events on the LDS tools app
Calendar events can't be edited in the Member Tools app. The only way to change them is via the Calendar page on churchofjesuschrist.org. Rights to edit on the Calendar page are assigned by a unit administrator either by calling or by name. So this can vary by unit. Usually the presidency of each organization can edit events on their organization calendar but it all depends on how the unit sets their calendars up.

Currently the bishopric/stake presidency, clerks, executive secretary and ward website administrators are calendar administrators by default.
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#27
eblood66 wrote:administrators by default.
In addition, other admins can be added.

Each calendar typically has a list of editors that can modify events on that particular calendar. For example, if there is a RS calendar, one would expect that the RS president and possibly the entire presidency has been set up as editors.

All of this is set up by the admins - hopefully by calling so the rights stay with the calling as people are called and released.

You can find the manual under "help" in the on-line calendar.
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#28
Is Ward Website Adm still a calling with these rights?
● Create new calendars
● Approve new calendars
● Inactivate calendars
● Remove calendars
● Manage (add, modify, delete) events on Ward calendars (A bldg scheduler has this right too)

If not, is an administrator responsible or who usually designated? I'm trying to figure out who manages the ward calendars.
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#29
That calling was renamed as Email Communication Specialist. The only privilege for that calling that I can see in the LCR Access Table is "Send a Message".

When I look at the Calendar Administrators, I see that the Email Communication Specialist is indeed listed.
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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#30
You can also grant a person to be a calendar admin from within the calendar itself.
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#31
casper684 wrote:● Manage (add, modify, delete) events on Ward calendars (A bldg scheduler has this right too)

If not, is an administrator responsible or who usually designated? I'm trying to figure out who manages the ward calendars.
I would hope it would be the members of the ward council who add, modify, and delete events from the various ward calendars. They are the owners of their own events, and should be the points of contact for their own events. The only reason to have a building scheduler is to create events for those outside of the ward, who cannot create events on your ward calendars.
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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#32
drepouille wrote:That calling was renamed as Email Communication Specialist. The only privilege for that calling that I can see in the LCR Access Table is "Send a Message".

When I look at the Calendar Administrators, I see that the Email Communication Specialist is indeed listed.
THANK YOU. I've been asking around and no one knew the answer. Looking on all wards I found many with same calling and they all told me they had never heard of it
including me.! Putting 2 + 2 together I do notice that most were previous website administrators. So I am back to same question. If LCR Access Table is "Send a Message"
but we are also calendar administrators by default based on calling? So should be good to go? Doing some training so want to make sure I get it right.

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#33
drepouille wrote:The only reason to have a building scheduler is to create events for those outside of the ward, who cannot create events on your ward calendars.
And to be a referee.
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#34
russellhltn wrote:
drepouille wrote:The only reason to have a building scheduler is to create events for those outside of the ward, who cannot create events on your ward calendars.
And to be a referee.
YES to both. Referee and overseer for building. Building schedulers in our stake are responsible for "private event" activities for their building. They
receive request and get approved from all bishops in building before scheduling. Great system,
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#35
I find it interesting that the calendar software was not written to support the procedures that many stakes and wards follow to approve, create, and deconflict events. The software does not require correlation and approval by multiple bishops. It does not require that all events be created by a building scheduler. It only requires that a calendar editor (usually a member of a ward council or stake council) create an event that does not use the same resource at the same time as another existing event.

Does this mean that the church leaders who set the calendar requirements do not understand the needs of stake and ward leaders?
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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#36
casper684 wrote:
drepouille wrote:That calling was renamed as Email Communication Specialist. The only privilege for that calling that I can see in the LCR Access Table is "Send a Message". When I look at the Calendar Administrators, I see that the Email Communication Specialist is indeed listed.
THANK YOU. I've been asking around and no one knew the answer. Looking on all wards I found many with same calling and they all told me they had never heard of it including me.!
The official announcement was sent to all units the first week of June. However, many bishoprics do not pass news on to those who need to know.
Please see this post:
viewtopic.php?t=37120
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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#37
drepouille wrote:I find it interesting that the calendar software was not written to support the procedures that many stakes and wards follow to approve, create, and deconflict events. The software does not require correlation and approval by multiple bishops. It does not require that all events be created by a building scheduler. It only requires that a calendar editor (usually a member of a ward council or stake council) create an event that does not use the same resource at the same time as another existing event.
In our case, our 3 wards have never been able to let go of the "my day for the building" attitude. Because of that, we have had to work around a system designed to allow maximum use without conflicts. Thus, we lock the entire building down on different days each week for each ward who insists on having full run of the place without scheduling. It's a huge mess, but I gave up encouraging our local leaders to work within the system because they simply refused to let go of old habits.
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#38
drepouille wrote:Does this mean that the church leaders who set the calendar requirements do not understand the needs of stake and ward leaders?
Most of the church software isn't written to the "needs" but to the procedures developed by CHQ and outlined in the Handbook.

That said, there does seem to be a curious difference between the software and the Handbook. (20.2.7) I can only guess that the calendar is not intended to be the mechanism by which the bishop approves activities as there probably isn't enough information.

The biggest problem I've seen is that everyone seems to be holding onto processes developed around the limitation of paper-based building scheduling (there can only be one up-to-date copy). But there does seem to be a range of interpretations on what "oversees the scheduling of the meetinghouse" means.
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#39
drepouille wrote:
casper684 wrote:
drepouille wrote:. When I look at the Calendar Administrators, I see that the Email Communication Specialist is indeed listed.
As in listed does this mean it "may" be selected? Trying to resolve problem. Ward Bulletin Specialists have been getting email lists from ward clerks. This new
calling of Email Communication Specialist would seem to apply to Ward Bulletin Specialist? So should their calling be changed to Email Communication Specialist?

The former Ward Website calling now ECS has been given LCR access but does not require LCR email access but rather building scheduling and rights to:
● Create new calendars
● Approve new calendars
● Inactivate calendars
● Remove calendars
● Manage (add, modify, delete) events on Ward calendars (A bldg scheduler has this right too).

My ultimate goals are need names of callings to go along with rights:

Ward Bulletin Specialist just need LCR Access to send emails bulletins to entire ward
Ward Building Scheduler needs to be able to ● Manage (add, modify, delete) events on Ward calendars
Email Communication Specialist (formerly ward website) needs to be able to:
● Create new calendars
● Approve new calendars
● Inactivate calendars
● Remove calendars

Thanks for your help. I hope this makes sense!
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#40
casper684 wrote:As in listed does this mean it "may" be selected?
No, as in "are" administrators.

All callings "may" be selected for a role in the calendar.

Note that anyone can be given a role in the calendar, they don't have to have a calling that grants them that role.

I'd also be very careful about who you give admin rights on the calendar. Some organizations may not appreciate that someone can just delete their calendar. Being able to add/edit/remove events is one thing, but changing the calendars themselves should be done at a higher level.
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#41
That was why we had ward website be an administrator on the calendar a well as higher level leaders only.
So can ward bulletin specialist just be given the LCR emailing rights?
Sorry I do not have LCR rights so can't look up. But trying to train and needing answers to accessing.
Stake clerk can only help with stake access questions. Guess I need to find ward clerk that can answer
ward level access questions. But people here so helpful that I often get my answers on this forum.
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#42
casper684 wrote:So can ward bulletin specialist just be given the LCR emailing rights?
I don't think so. Granting them a calling that gives them rights to LCR's "send a message" automatically gives them admin rights to the calendar.

You can give a person rights to admin the calender without giving them rights to LCR, but I don't think that's what you're asking for.
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#43
If it were me, I'd assign both the calendar and the bulletin to the same person or people/committee, because both responsibilities involve keeping track of and communicating what's going on in the ward, and they need to work together to do that effectively. Having rights to email the ward and edit the calendar can go hand-in-hand.
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#44
I've always been curious as to why the church has never established "ward bulletin specialist" as a standard calling. As a custom calling, it grants no online privileges.
Dana Repouille, Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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#45
sbradshaw wrote:Having rights to email the ward and edit the calendar can go hand-in-hand.
Edit most calendars, yes. Admin still makes me skittish. Keep in mind as admin they can add them selves to Bishop's private appointment calendar if one has been set up.
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#46
drepouille wrote:I've always been curious as to why the church has never established "ward bulletin specialist" as a standard calling.
Some wards do not have a bulletin.
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#47
As Ward Assistant Clerk I can see the list of editors and viewers on a private calendar but am not able to make any changes, I can however remove the calendar
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#48
As of a few months ago, the Ward Website Administrator no longer exists... The title is now Email Communication Specialist. I found this when I saw it listed as a calling under my name in Tools. I have scoured the Handbook and church website, but I can't find anything about this calling or the responsibilities that go with it. I am an assistant clerk, so have been using my access to Send a Message to send out a weekly newsletter. I checked the Access Table, and Email Communication Specialist does have access to Send a Message. And this is the ONLY place I can find the term Email Communication Specialist other than under my listed callings.
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#49
zaneclark wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:30 amAs of a few months ago, the Ward Website Administrator no longer exists... The title is now Email Communication Specialist. I found this when I saw it listed as a calling under my name in Tools. I have scoured the Handbook and church website, but I can't find anything about this calling or the responsibilities that go with it. I am an assistant clerk, so have been using my access to Send a Message to send out a weekly newsletter. I checked the Access Table, and Email Communication Specialist does have access to Send a Message. And this is the ONLY place I can find the term Email Communication Specialist other than under my listed callings.
There was a letter sent out on June 4th, 2020, which is the only "official" mention I've seen:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/letters?q=17752
Notice, 4 June 2020: Communication Specialists
Wards and branches are encouraged to (1) keep sacrament meeting announcements to a minimum and (2) during the week, remind members via email, text, social media, or other means, of the meeting schedule for the next Sunday.

To facilitate such communications, the existing calling “Website Administrator” has been renamed “Communication Specialist.” A person holding the communication specialist calling may now email information to ward members by using the “Send a Message” function under “Applications” in Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR).
(Soon after, it was renamed again from "Communication Specialist" to "Email Communication Specialist.")
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#50
Yes calling had changed and so did the rights of the calling. Been working on this for quite some time. According to the official letter Email Communication Specialist has access to LCR. When I was ward website administrator my calling was changed and I nor any of the other ward website administrators had any clue what it was. It was an automatic change. I have not had LCR access. BUT the more important questions I can't seem to answer is all those that had
ward website administrator titles seem to still have the administrator calendar access. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#51
casper684 wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:44 pm BUT the more important questions I can't seem to answer is all those that had ward website administrator titles seem to still have the administrator calendar access. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The email communication specialist (formerly ward website administrator) does not have default administrator permissions nor default calendar editor permissions. For them to have those permissions the calling must be added to to the administrator or calendar editor (each calendar) lists. In our ward the email communication specialist had to be added to each calendar as an editor we wanted them to be able to edit.
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#52
I believe if you have admin access to the calendar, you can see what the default admins are - they're the ones you can't remove.
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#53
It has been months and I still have no access to our branch page. The only thing I can do is add calendar items. My husband, who is branch clerk, can do anything with the Activity Page. They have tried several callings for me but none can gain access to the branch activity page. So frustrating.
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#54
magirider wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:09 pm It has been months and I still have no access to our branch page.
It took me over 8 months to get one issue resolved, but it eventually did get resolved. It definitely will require patience (and a bit of persistence).
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#55
magirider wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:09 pm The only thing I can do is add calendar items.
So you do have calendar access based on your calling. As this forum is "a user-to-user help forum and not the official method for interacting with any kind of Church support" I suggest that you use the feedback button located at the bottom of the calendar and explain your situation to get necessary help. Not quite sure what you mean by "branch activity" page. Are you referring to a branch activity calendar? If that is the case, you need someone with administrator access to go to the branch activity calendar to view which callings have access to that calendar. Hope this helps.
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#56
I assume she's wanting to made edits to the page itself and not just the events on the Local Unit Website page.

Access is via LCR, but it's unclear who has access. The instructions doesn't seem to differentiate between being able to push calendar events to the page and changing the page itself. What we have is from a document found on Activity Sharing:
Coordinating the Ward Activity Web Page
The bishop assigns a brother or sister to coordinate the ward activity web page. He may select someone on the ward council, a ward mission leader, a ward missionary, a counselor or secretary in one of the ward organizations, the ward executive secretary, the ward clerk, or an assistant ward clerk (note that a new calling should not be created for this assignment).
In short, it seems like those who already had access to LCR can do it. Notably absent is the Ward Website Administrator (or whatever that standard position is called now).

I think her best chance is to be called as a Ward Missionary. It may seem a little strange, but remember "Activity Sharing is a tool that can help members love, share and invite by making it easy to invite friends to existing ward activities and Sunday worship services". Note that it's publicly facing (missionary) not internally focused.
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#57
mosbruckerj wrote:On the Access Table, I don't see what the Website Administrator has access to.
On 06-04-2020 Website Administrator was renamed to Communications Specialist per letter from Priesthood and Family Department (1-801-240-2134).
"To facilitate such communications, the existing calling “Website Administrator” has been renamed “Communication Specialist.” A person holding the communication specialist calling may now email information to ward members by using the “Send a Message” function under “Applications” in Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR)."

Website Administrator had lots of rights before but now as Communications Specialist only able to use LCR to "send a message" IF access to LCR. No more photo abilities or anything else.

mosbruckerj wrote:We called a Mid Week Announcement person to deliver announcements that we don't get out from the podium. It is a specialized calling so I can't give her access to the things that help her to send out announcements.
Try entering as Communications Specialist OR give announcements to someone with access to "send a message" via LCR. Your "specialized calling" (which incidentally is entitled "custom calling" gives NO access to anything. Administrator or clerk used to be able to add people as calendar editor by NAME but no longer. Now is only by "standard callings".

Here is what I got from Feedback the other day:
"There are some issues around custom callings that are currently not allowing them, but we are working on resolving the issue. I don’t currently have an estimate on time. Sorry for no good update yet on this."
Senior Member
#58
magirider wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:09 pm It has been months and I still have no access to our branch page. The only thing I can do is add calendar items. My husband, who is branch clerk, can do anything with the Activity Page. They have tried several callings for me but none can gain access to the branch activity page. So frustrating.
I expect that the other comments in this thread are pointing in the correct direction. I'll just add that there are times when "Branch" specific issues arise, which aren't seen with "Wards". It doesn't seem like this is happening here, but it's good to keep in mind that there are rare times certain "Branch-specific calling names" are missed when the Church enables functionality, or that there's something internal that works for Wards but not Branches (for example, for a while it seems Branch Mission Leaders did not have access to the Unit History functionality, whereas Ward Mission Leaders did).

It's unlikely this issue is specific to it being a Branch, but something to keep in mind.
New Member
#59
ambldsorg wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:41 pm
magirider wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:09 pm It has been months and I still have no access to our branch page.
It took me over 8 months to get one issue resolved, but it eventually did get resolved. It definitely will require patience (and a bit of persistence).
Can you provide any details on what changed. I am assigned with the task of updating the "Branch Page" All I can do is edit the "Calendar" but they want me to add pictures and mange the "webpage" the church has made available. AS such they have me both "Technology Specialist" which really doesn't seem to cover the permissions of this, as well as the "Communications" roles. I looked through all the instructions for "Technology" and none of it indicates any editing control over the "Page" only the Communications" role gives me the "calendar" which I understand how to do the calendar, just not the page.. Thank You.
Community Administrator
#60
It will be interesting to see what ambldsorg has to say, but from what I read that level of access requires existing access to LCR.

From Getting Started
The bishop assigns a brother or sister to coordinate the ward activity web page. He may select someone on the ward council, a ward mission leader, a ward missionary, a counselor or secretary in one of the ward organizations, the ward executive secretary, the ward clerk, or an assistant ward clerk (note that a new calling should not be created for this assignment).
The documentation also talks about pushing events to the calendar. For that, all you need is to be a calendar editor. But the access you seek is in LCR.

The calling of Email Communication Specialist does have LCR access to "Send a message" and "Actions and Messages". It's unclear if it has the needed access to the local unit webpage under Reports > Unit Website Management.
https://lcr.churchofjesuschrist.org/act ... page-admin
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Community Moderators
#61
Those who can be local unit website administrators will have access to LCR through their standard calling. The Getting Started information russellhltn quoted is the only clue as to who could be given the website administrator responsibility. Those with the appropriate calling who can be assigned by the bishop to be the administrator will see a link labeled Unit Webpage Management in the Unit Information section of the LCR > Reports menu. Currently, there is no way access to LCR and that link can be assigned to a calling that does not already have access.

The Unit Webpage Management page has limited areas that can be edited.
  1. The unit image, the image displayed as background for the unit name and location, can be changed and requires the format to be JPG or PNG.
  2. The Unit Description or Welcome Message can be edited. The maximum length of the message is 1200 characters with some basic text editing available such as bold, italics, underline, bullet list, and hyperlinks. The default message takes up to 1026 characters and there are no images in this section. .
  3. The unit meeting times and meetinghouse location map pane is not editable from the Unit Webpage Management page. The meeting times are currently displayed in 24 hour time format. Those times are edited in LCR > Reports > Unit Settings. There is a link, "Open Unit Settings", to the LCR Unit Settings on the page. The address is managed by FM.
  4. The Upcoming Activities section is not editable from the Unit Webpage Management page. The images and data displayed here are created from the unit Calendar in LCR. There is a link, "Open Calendar", to the unit Calendar. The Calendar is where most of the unit provided data on the Local Unit Webpage is input.
  5. The Featured Video section is editable and is a link to a YouTube video. Church headquarters provides the default video and link.
  6. The section with What to Expect, Want to Attend But Don't Want to Go Alone?, and Frequently Asked Questions is not editable.
  7. There is an area called "Unit Photo Gallery" where JPG and PNG file type images can be uploaded.
That is the extent of the editing on the Unit Webpage Management page for the local unit website.
JD Lessley
Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
Community Administrator
#62
To see a list of what callings do have access to LCR, you can go to Feature Access by Calling, and use the drop-down list under "Select a Role". While local unit website is not spelled out, it is a starting point. The calling "Email Communication Specialist" is the only one I spotted that wouldn't automatically make you part of the ward council or at least add a significant assignment to one's workload.

Since the website is a ward thing, a stake calling isn't going to work.
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