We have worked hard to make the process as simple as possible. These are the different options for Monk and the Reseller to work together:
1. Reseller creates Design (psd) - The Reseller works with the church client to create a website design. The design company completes a layered Photoshop (PSD) file (or other agreed upon file delivery) and provides it to Monk Development to rebuild and integrate the Ekklesia backend. Benefits: Ekklesia rebuilds files into css/web standards and handles all the backend integration (php, Ekklesia API, etc).
2. Reseller creates Website - The Reseller works with the church client to create a website design. The design company completes and builds out they entire website. Ekklesia integrate the Ekklesia backend. Benefits: Ekklesia handles all the backend integration.
3. Reseller integrates Ekklesia - The Reseller creates a custom design, builds the site and integrates Ekklesia's API into the design. The Ekklesia API (Application Programming Interface) allows simple and rapid deployment of Ekklesia Content to a client website. The API is a set of source code level commands that retrieves data and publishes it on the client's website. For example:
<? getContent ("sermon", "display:list", "howmany:5", "show:__titlelink__") ?>
This API would show a list of the last 5 sermon titles with links to their content page. Ekklesia will train our premier partners and provide a wiki environment (http://wiki.ekklesia360.com/) with the instructions on how to integrate the API into client websites.