CityWest iPhone App
Attention CityWest iPhone users! We have the closest thing to an iPhone App up and running for our website. Recent enhancements to our website allows iPhone users to view our website in a “mobile format” which closely resembles an official App. Until some rich person joins CityWest and donates a stack of money to develop an official App, this is as good as it gets!
But follow these instructions below and you’ll have a web experience on your iPhone that looks and feels like an App! Please note that for the time being, audio streaming of our sermons are not available through this “App” due to the limitations of the software our iPhones come with.
Without further ado, follow these instructions and you’ll get it up and running on your iPhone in no time! Blackberry users should be able to alter these intructions to have a similar result.
Open up Safari on your iPhone and enter our web address: www.citywestchurch.com.au On the left is a screen shot of the traditional website. You may get this screen or the mobile enhanced version as shown above. Once loaded, click on the “+” sign on the bottom of the screen. This is a function to add a bookmark. But what we aim to do here is add a bookmark to your iPhone – not just Safari.
Next select the “Add to Home Screen” button. This function allows you to add the bookmark to your iPhone home screen. The end result being you simply select this “bookmark” as you would select any App.
Here you get to name your bookmark. You will notice the CityWest logo is automatically added as an icon. In order to keep things neat, delete the “church” in the title. This allows you to view this bookmark neatly on your iPhone home screen.
A new button appears on your home screen! This button can be moved around on your iPhone just like any App. Next time you want to access the website, simply select this button and your done! Just like an App!
And there you have it! It’s simply a bookmark to our website. Due to an enhancement in the coding of our website, mobile users experience the website in a very similar way an App operates. The default landing page are the various blog posts at CityWest. As mentioned above, currently the iPhone doesn’t allow direct audio streaming of sermons from a website. We’ll have to wait till we have the funds for an official App to allow for this. In the meantime, feel free to subscribe to our podcast here.
Be sure to explore other parts of the website by clicking on the drop arrow in the top right hand corner. This gives you access to a tonne of different pages from our website. Be sure to check this frequently as updates will occur soon.
And there you have it! It’s like having an App without actually having an App! Please feel free to contact us here if you have any questions or issues.
