Description

The "Define Radio Stations" webpage is used to define the radio stations for a specific church such that a user of that church's Hub homepage can access those radio stations. The radio stations defined via this website should be saved in a RadioStations.txt file (process is described later) that should be included with the other church files sent when the specific church's definitions have been completed.

If this webpage is used to define the radio stations for the church, then the radio stations input field on the Define General Info webpage should be set to use the Hub link (as opposed to another link on that church's website for accessing the radio stations).

The user of the church's Hub webpages will see the radio stations, along with other radio stations from the LCMS, in a tree showing the information from the "Define Radio Stations" webpage.

If radio stations are defined using this webpage and the radio stations input field on the Define General Info webpage is set to use the Hub link, then the radio stations image will be added to the Extended column on the Church Information webpage allowing direct access from that webpage to the radio stations.

Procedure

The process for creating, populating and persisting the radio station information involves the following steps:

  • The first time this webpage is accessed, since there is no previously saved RadioStations.txt file and since the default seeded files for the church do not include RadioStations.txt, steps 1 and 2 can be skipped and the process should begin with step 3 (defining a new radio station)
  • If the radio stations have previously been saved to a local RadioStations.txt file, then the contents of that file should be copied and pasted into the "Paste here:" field overwriting the "Paste here:" text (step 1) and then clicking the "Populate table based on pasted radio stations" (step 2)
  • If the radio stations have previously been loaded to the server, then, as an alternative to the previous bullet, the contents of the RadioStations.txt file on the server can be accessed by specifying the district/church number (e.g., Southern/437723) and then selecting the Download button
  • As step 3, new entries can be added to the table by clicking the "New Radio Station" button and filling in the input fields for that radio station. This process should be repeated for each radio station to be added
  • When all the radio station entries have been added, the radio station information should be copied to the clipboard using the "Copy radio stations into paste buffer" button
  • The clipboard contents should be pasted into a local RadioStations.txt file that will ultimately be included with the set of delivered files

    Creating and Editing Entries

    The "New Radio Station" button creates a new radio station and populates it with default values. These values can then be modified as desired using the input fields at the bottom.

    Clicking a cell in a row of the table will populate the input fields at the bottom, allowing that entry to be edited as desired.

    Input Fields:

  • Number: System assigned number for the radio station.
  • Name: Name of the radio station.
  • URL: URL to access the radio station.
  • Image URL: URL for the image that is hyperlinked to the radio station after the radio station name in the end user webpage. If a file is specified that is not already available on the Internet, this file should be included with those sent for the church and should be identified with "./district/church number/filename" (e.g., ./Southern/437723/Ascension2.png).

    • Saving radio stations to RadioStations.txt

    The "Copy radio stations into paste buffer" command button should be used to copy the radio stations defined on this webpage into the paste buffer (clipboard). Once copied, the radio stations should be pasted into a local RadioStations.txt file that should then be included with the files sent when the church definition is complete.