What appears on your public page
A section-by-section map of where each part of your public page comes from — which content appears automatically once you fill it in, and which you opt in per item (public events, public announcements, your team, giving). It explains why something is or isn't showing.
Your public page is assembled from content you already manage elsewhere in Psalmly (see Your public page for the big picture). This guide is the map: for each section of the page, where its content comes from, and — crucially — whether it appears automatically or only when you opt it in. That one distinction explains almost every "why isn't this showing?" question.
Two kinds of content
- Always-on — once you fill it in, it appears. These are the parts that describe your church itself: About, Service times, Visit info. Nothing to switch on.
- Opt-in — these come from places where not everything is meant to be public, so you choose which items go out: each event, each announcement, each team member, and your giving funds.
When something you expect isn't on the page, it's almost always an opt-in item that hasn't been switched on — or content that's still a draft.
About — always-on
Your About text and tagline (from the Basics pane of Church profile) appear as the welcome on your page. Write them for a stranger: who you are, what a visitor can expect, what you believe in a sentence or two. (The Write with AI helper on those fields can get you a first draft — it turns into Improve with AI once there's text there.)
Service times — always-on
Everything in the Service times pane appears on your page's service-times section, in the order you list them. Keep this current — for many visitors it's the single most important thing on the page.
Visit info — always-on
The Visit info pane feeds the "what to expect" part of your page: up to six short cards (think "Come as you are", "About an hour", "Kids welcome"), plus optional parking and accessibility notes. It's written for first-timers deciding whether to come — anything you fill in here shows automatically.
Events — opt-in per event
Your public page shows upcoming events that you've marked Public — and only those:
- In the event editor, an event's Visibility is either Public or Internal. Only Public events reach your page; Internal ones are visible to your admins only — members don't see them on web or mobile either.
- Drafts never show — an event has to be published as well as Public.
- Past events drop off automatically — the page always shows what's still to come.
So if an event isn't appearing, check that it's published and set to Public. For the full event flow, see Scheduling events.
News — opt-in per announcement
Announcements are members-first, so they only reach your public page when you say so:
- In the announcement composer there's a Show on your public page switch. Leave it off and the announcement goes to members only; turn it on and it also appears in your page's news/updates.
- Only sent, church-wide announcements can be public — a group announcement always stays private (the switch is disabled for those).
See Sending announcements for where that toggle lives.
Our team — you write it, and you publish it
The "Our team" section comes from the Team page, under Website in the sidebar. It's the one part of your page you write yourself: the name, title, short bio and photo are all yours to set, and you choose the order people appear in.
Two things decide whether someone shows:
- You've published them. Adding someone doesn't put them on the internet — publishing does, and it's a separate step. Anyone not published sits under Not on your website on the Team page.
- They haven't hidden themselves. Anyone with a Psalmly account can take themselves off from Church websites in their own account settings. That's theirs, not yours — if someone has hidden themselves, their row says so, and only they can put it back.
People don't need a Psalmly account to appear. A long-serving deacon, a pastor emeritus, a volunteer who never wanted the app — you can add any of them by typing a name. (They also have no way to remove themselves, so ask before you publish someone who can't.)
A card with just a name and no photo or bio is normal and looks deliberate — plenty of churches run that way. See Managing your church directory for how this differs from the Directory.
Photos — always-on
Anything in the Photos pane of Church profile appears in your page's photo gallery, along with your cover image.
Bulletins — opt-in per bulletin
A bulletin reaches your page only when it's published and marked public; otherwise it stays in-app for members. Prayer requests are always left off the public copy. See Publishing and sharing a bulletin.
Your own pages — opt-in per page
Pages you add under Pages join your site's menu once you switch them from Draft to Published. See Adding your own pages.
Giving — appears once giving is live
Your page shows a Give button and your funds once two things are true:
- Your church has online giving set up — your Stripe connection is active and card payments are enabled on it (see Setting up online giving).
- You have at least one visible giving fund.
When both hold, visitors can give straight from your page — no account needed. For how that works and where those gifts land, see Receiving gifts on your public page.
When something isn't showing
Run down this short list:
- Is your page published (not a draft)?
- For an event or announcement, is it published/sent and marked Public?
- For a team member, have you published them on the Team page — and have they not hidden themselves?
- For giving, is your Stripe connection active and a fund visible?
The Your public home page checklist at the top of Church profile mirrors exactly what a visitor would see right now, so it's the quickest place to confirm what's live and jump to whatever's missing.