podcast,
rss & photo gallery f.a.q.
- What is RSS?
- How do I subscribe to the RSS feed?
- What is a Podcast?
- How do I subscribe to the Podcasts?
- Why does the audio seem low on the Podcasts?
- I have photos of a church event I want
to post on the gallery. Who
do I send them to?
What
is RSS? RSS
stands for Really Simple Syndication. In most cases, RSS provides a way to
get the latest headlines from a news source without the need to go directly
to a site. Once the headlines are downloaded, you can then click on the provided
link to read the article. An RSS reader, such as Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird,
RSSReader, NewsGator.com and Internet Explorer 7 (coming soon), aggregates
the information into a central place where you can read the headlines and
then choose which articles you wish to read. We provide all our announcement
and news headlines as an RSS feed.
For a more in-depth description of RSS, go here.
How
do I subscribe to the RSS newsfeed?  If
you use Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer 7 as your web browser, you
will see this
icon like this  at
the top or bottom corner
telling you that an RSS feed is avaliable on the Faith Church home or news page.
After
you
add
this
RSS
feed
by
clicking
on
that icon, you will then have a new menu in your links bar that will
have the latest headlines at Faith Church (see example on right). Simply click
on a headline to get the entire
story on our news page.
RSS News Feed: http://www.faithchurch.net/rss.php
What
is a Podcast? Podcasting
is a technology that allows automatic distribution of audio
and video files on the internet. Podcast grabber programs, such as iTunes,
allow users to subscribe to a special type of RSS feed (see above for
RSS) and will automatically download a new episode when it becomes
available. At Faith
Church, we provide all of our recent sermons as a podcast feed.
For a more in-depth description of podcasting, go here.
How
do I subscribe to the podcasts?
Click here
to subscribe to the Worship Services Sermon Podcast.
Click here to subscribe to the Student Ministries Sr. High Podcast.
Click here to subscribe to the Student Ministries Jr. High Podcast.
Click here to subscribe to the Adult LIFE Class Podcast.
Click here to subscribe to the Intimate Marriage Workshop Podcast.
Note: You must have iTunes installed in order for the links above to automatically open iTunes and subscribe to the podcast.
Alternatively, to add the
Podcasts to iTunes manually, click "Podcasts" on the left side of iTunes. In the
advanced menu,
choose, "Subscribe to Podcast" and enter one of the following URLs:
Adult Worship:
http://www.faithchurch.net/missedit/podcasts/worshipservices.php
Student Ministries - Jr. High:
http://www.faithchurch.net/missedit/podcasts/jrhi.php
Student Ministries - Sr. High:
http://www.faithchurch.net/missedit/podcasts/srhi.php
Adult LIFE Classes:
http://www.faithchurch.net/missedit/podcasts/lifeclasses.php
Intimate Marriage Workshop:
http://www.faithchurch.net/missedit/podcasts/imw.php
 You
can also search for us in the
iTunes music store by searhing for "faith church milford." Just look
for the green Faith Church leaf.
Why does the audio seem low on the podcasts? Our
podcasts are generated from the CD's we record
on Sunday mornings. The
software we use to create the playable MP3 files used for the podcast
does the best it can to boost the volume without causing distortion
during the loudest portions of the sermon. We feel this is the best balance between
creating a good podcast and using our volunteers' time wisely. That
said, the best
solution is to turn up your volume.
I
have photos of a church event I want to post on the gallery. Who
do I send them to? If
you have photos of a church event please contact Sharon Siepel, our communications
coordinator, or the ministry head
overseeing the event. They
will be able to take your photos and get them to the correct people to
place them on the gallery. See
our getting involved page to find out who serves as your ministry head.
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