{"id":9549,"date":"2025-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9549"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:17:23","password":"","slug":"14-how-to-integrate-an-external-service-into-churchtools-website","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/14-how-to-integrate-an-external-service-into-churchtools-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to integrate an external service into ChurchTools Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To include an external service in ChurchTools Website, you can use the <strong>External Service<\/strong> element. Here we show you how to exactly do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Open page up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on <strong>Pages (Seiten)<\/strong> (1) in the <strong>Content menu (Inhalt)<\/strong> first. <strong>Select the page (Seite)<\/strong> (2) where you want to include the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12.png 588w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-360x204.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Add element<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Switch to the <strong>Page content (Seiteninhalt)<\/strong> (3) tab in the edit menu. Click in the editor field and on the <strong>+<\/strong> icon to <strong>add a new element<\/strong> (4). Select <strong>External Service (Externer Dienst)<\/strong> (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-13.png 932w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-13-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-13-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-13-360x260.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Select service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the small <strong>arrow button<\/strong> (6) to open the <strong>list of offered services<\/strong> (7) and select one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-14.png 762w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-14-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-14-360x228.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Enter embedding code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, set your parameters for the element and enter the <strong>embedding code (Einbettungscode\/Link)<\/strong> from the provider&#8217;s website. If there is no embedding code, enter the <strong>URL<\/strong> of the subpage of the service you want to embed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You can often find the embedding code via the &#8220;Share&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-15.png 674w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-15-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-15-360x425.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Save and publish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Save your changes and publish them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/14-how-to-create-and-edit-a-page\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9543\">How to create and edit a page?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/14-how-to-create-content\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9545\">How to create content?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/data-import\/14-how-to-import-data-from-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9548\">How to import data from ChurchTools?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To include an external service in ChurchTools Website, you can use the External Service element. Here we show you how to exactly do it. 1. Open page up Click on Pages (Seiten) (1) in the Content menu (Inhalt) first. Select the page (Seite) (2) where you want to include the service. 2. Add element Switch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[504,504],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[225],"class_list":{"0":"post-9549","1":"docs","2":"type-docs","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"doc_category-content","7":"knowledge_base-website-and-finder"},"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":167,"total_views":"2367","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Jasper Stehmeier","author_nicename":"jstehmeier","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/jstehmeier\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Content","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/"},{"term_name":"Content","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Website and Finder","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/","term_slug":"website-and-finder"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["website-and-finder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9549"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40042,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9549\/revisions\/40042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=9549"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=9549"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=9549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}