The goal of this wiki is to collaborate on "best practices" for drupal for churches, with the future possibility of developing a distribution and/or installation profile.
UPDATE: Check out the updated WIKI page Drupal Distribution for Churches - Features WIKI for more features...
Please add your thoughts below...
Feature: Homepage and Basic Pages
Content and Module Options: Location and Service Times (Gmap module)
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Feature: Calendar
Content and Module Options: Date and Calendar Modules
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Feature: Audio/Video Management and Podcasting
Content and Module Options: SermonCast integration or module set (CCK, Views,FileField, FFPC, SWFTools)
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: We may build a SermonCast integration-Lee
Feature: Admin Theme
Content and Module Options: Acquia Marina
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: Suggest we standardize on Acquia Marina as the admin theme so that anyone creating screencasts for training can be used by others.
What about zen_classic ? Real themes are more likely to be built on top of zen, and it offers useful admin candy, like the hidden block administration links. (~Matt2000)
Feature: Newsletter
Content and Module Options: SimpleNews, Constant Contact module, iContact module, Notify, Notifications, Subscriptions, CiviCRM: CiviMail
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Feature: Groups
Content and Module Options: Organic Groups also OG Subgroups
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: Every ministry is a group (example- Life Groups, Bible studies, Student Ministries, Men’s Minstry)
Feature: Devotional Journals
Content and Module Options: Blog module
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: For devotionals by individual members
Feature: Prayer Room
Content and Module Options: CCK and Views and Flag module
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: Submit prayers
Feature: Staff Directory
Content and Module Options: View of staff, CiviCRM profile listings
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To:
Feature: On-line Giving
Content and Module Options: Ubercart and donations, CiviCRM:CiviContribute
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: Being worked on
Feature: Ask the Pastor
Content and Module Options: Answers
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: Accordion style question and answers from the pastor
Feature: Sermon collaboration
Content and Module Options: Wiki page or Node with comments
Pros/Cons, Comments, How To: For pastors who do sermon collaboration. Allow people to comment and update sermon outlines before giving the sermon.
Feature: Other??? – Add Your Desired Feature
Content and Module Options:
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