The first step is to fill in our Application Form to express your interest in the Mount Barker Church's offer of a free sub-domain name. Ideally, this should be done by the Secretary of your fellowship. Your Form will automatically be forwarded to a National Council representative, who will confirm to us that your Church is a member in good standing of the Churches of Christ in Australia.

 

Once we have confirmation of your Church's status, you will receive a formal offer of a free sub-domain name by e-mail. This e-mail will include the address to use for all future communication. The sub-domain name may be used either with one of our hosting packages, or with an existing or proposed hosting package from any other provider.

 

If you intend to use another hosting provider, you must then forward to us full details of the provider, including both the name servers, and the IP address of your webpage. Once we have received your payment, the sub-domain will be created for you and delegated to your hosting provider.

 

If you intend to use our hosting service, we require that your fellowship formally appoint yourself, or another member, to take on responsibility for administering your website. Once that appointment is made, the authorised representative can submit an outline of what you intend to do with your website, and we will review your plans and advise on which package best suits your needs.

 

You are not obliged to accept our package recommendation, however we will not provide direct support for problems which in our sole opinion, are caused by your having selected a package too small for its intended purpose. None the less, you will still have access to our comprehensive on-line manuals and user forum support pages, and may upgrade your package at any time for a pro rata fee.

 

Once your package decision is made, you may submit an order for your preferred sub-domain name and chosen package on the order form that will be forwarded to you. Orders can only be processed on the approved order form.

 

Provision of hosting services is contingent on your agreement to abide by the terms of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) which is included as a part of the order form. Any breach of the AUP may result in your website being taken off line immediately, and dependant upon the severity of the breach, may result in the cancellation of your subscription. In such a case, there will be no refund of any unused portion of your subscription.

 

Reciept of your order will confirm your acceptance of all the terms of the AUP. Once your payment has been confirmed, your sub-domain name and hosting package will be set up. When ready, your authorised respresentative will be e-mailed a package of information with all the access codes for your website control panel, and introductory instructions.