Looking for SEP website code insert
  • sergeantedward
    Posts: 195
    So a small percentage of my parish would actually like to listen to the Simple English Propers recordings, before a Sunday Mass. Which is *awesome.*

    Right now, the following is listed on our website:

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    Step 1: Use this website [link to http://www.ccwatershed.org/liturgy/feasts/] to find the upcoming liturgical celebration for Sunday, (e.g. August 3 is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time).

    Step 2: Visit this website [link to http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2014/may/19/simple-english-propers-practice-videos/] of recordings of the Propers. In that list, locate the recordings for the liturgical celebration you found in Step 1.

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    The problem is that the average joe who wants to find the recordings doesn't really know the liturgical calendar or how to navigate it. And doesn't really care to navigate it (which is fine...I didn't care either, until I was a church musician). This 2 step process is super easy for church musicians, but is strange and difficult for someone who's just simply interested in listening to the music.

    I think something that would be REALLY useful is a snippet of code (I know PHP can do this) that any church can put on their website. The code automatically generates the weekly relevant links to the SEP practice video for the upcoming weekend, HDO, or special liturgy (Ash Wednesday). So churches using the SEP could post on their website something like this:

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    Click the links below to listen to the next Sunday's Simple English Propers:
    - Introit
    - Offertory
    - Communion

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    Just a thought! I think it could really help parishes spread the use, understanding, and appreciation of the SEP.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,482
    If you code, you should do this. We can host the code for it at the CMAA GitHub Account and people can embed it on their sites.

    If you don't code, you should learn to.
  • sergeantedward
    Posts: 195
    If this page http://www.ccwatershed.org/liturgy/feasts/ is automatically updated by some code behind the scenes, whomever did that could probably create this.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,482
    It has been my experience that people who don't code usually underestimate the amount of time and effort involved in what they perceive as a simple project.
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,216
    I believe the folks at Watershed hired someone to build their web interfaces. (They are a different organization, so we weren't involved, although they did produce the SEP videos for us.)
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