{"id":41472,"date":"2025-10-27T13:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/?p=41472&post_type=docs&preview_id=41472"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:49:44","password":"","slug":"how-to-get-started-with-churchtools-website-2","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/first-steps-website\/how-to-get-started-with-churchtools-website-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get started with ChurchTools Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, we’ll show you step-by-step how to get started with your ChurchTools Website, set it up and take your content live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you can also try out and do many other things. This article will help you get off to a good start. If you would like to delve even deeper into the possibilities that ChurchTools Website offers you, you can find all the other help pages in the Website<\/a> category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Commission test website and issue approvals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To start, get a trial version of the ChurchTools Website. To do this, go to the Public Relations<\/em> section of your ChurchTools via the Manage menu<\/em>. Under ChurchTools Website<\/em>, click on the Start free trial<\/em> button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find detailed instructions for this step in the article Starting a free trial of your ChurchTools Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before your website is deployed to you, you will be prompted to grant permissions for public group posts<\/em>, public calendar<\/em> appointments, contacts<\/em> and public groups<\/em> so that the data can be automatically imported and synchronized into your ChurchTools Website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have given your approval, you can start your test phase by clicking on the Start free test phase<\/em> button again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find all the information about this in the same article as above under Granting approvals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n