Getting access to the online services
Accounts are not created on this website. The online services belong to a parish workspace, and a workspace belongs to a parish datafile - so everything starts in the program itself, not here.
If your parish is not yet using the online services
- Install Parish Record Keeper. The program and its installation instructions are on the downloads page.
- Create your parish datafile in the program and enter your records as usual. The datafile is yours and works completely offline; the online services are optional.
- Register the datafile from inside the program: open Server Actions. If the datafile is not yet registered, it explains this and offers to send a request there and then - no website account is needed for that step. A small window asks for the parish name, your name and your email address; the datafile's Backend ID is filled in automatically.
- Confirm your email address by clicking the link that is sent to you. Only then is the developer notified.
- Make the yearly contribution for the first year. You will be told the amount and how to send it. The workspace is created once that contribution has arrived — sending the request costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
- The workspace is set up for you, and you receive an administrator login for it by email. From that point on you can log in on this website, and Server Actions in the program signs in by itself.
What the contribution covers, and for how long
Keeping a workspace on the server costs real money, so it asks a yearly contribution — currently 15 USD (240 ZMW) a year — rather than a one-time setup charge. It covers the space your parish's datafile, its earlier versions and its online search database occupy on the server, and the traffic of sending them up and down; those costs recur for as long as the workspace exists. It is a service fee for the workspace alone — the full terms are in the Cloud Service Agreement.
A registration runs for one year at a time and is renewed by contributing for the following year. Renewal counts from the date your current year runs out, not from the day the money arrives, so contributing a few weeks late costs you nothing. The date your current contribution reaches to is shown on the start screen of the program itself, so you can see at a glance when the next one is due; the program warns you there during the last month.
The program itself is free and is not affected by any of this: your parish datafile is yours, it works completely offline, and it keeps working whether or not you use the online services.
If your parish already has a workspace
Ask the administrator of your parish workspace to add you as a member. They can do this on the workspace page of this website, or from Server Actions in the program. Your account is created at that moment and you are given the password to use here - there is nothing for you to fill in beforehand.
If you already have an account
Simply log in. If you no longer know your password, use Forgot password on the login page.