Your Own Public Website for Your Choir

Why Does Your Choir Need a Public Website?

In the digital world, a professional online presence is essential. Potential new members search online for choirs, concert visitors inform themselves about performances, and interested parties want to learn more about your choir. However, creating and maintaining a website is often time-consuming and technically demanding.

This is where Chorilo comes in: With our integrated Public Website feature, you create a professional website for your choir in minutes - without any programming knowledge.

What Makes the Chorilo Public Website Special?

Unlike conventional website builders, the Chorilo Public Website is directly connected to your choir management. This means: No duplicate data maintenance for events, no technical hurdles. Your website is accessible under its own URL, either at chorilo.com/w/your-choir-name or with your completely own domain. You can customize the design with your colors and logo, while the event calendar automatically synchronizes with your Chorilo data. You manage the news section directly in the website administration.

The responsive design ensures your website looks perfect on all devices - from desktop computers to tablets and smartphones. And the best part: Imprint and privacy policy are already integrated GDPR-compliant, so you don't have to worry about legal aspects.

5 Steps to Your Own Website

1. Activate Website

Navigate to your ensemble and select "Public Website". Activate your website with a toggle switch - deactivatable at any time.

2. Enter Basic Data

Now enter the most important information: Your choir's website name, a unique URL address like "city-choir-sample", a meaningful description about your choir with Markdown support, a contact email for inquiries, and the desired language - German or English. URL availability is checked in real-time, so you immediately see if your desired URL is still available.

3. Customize Design

Now it gets creative: Upload your choir logo, which appears prominently in your website's header. Choose a theme color from eight predefined ensemble colors or use the color picker for a completely individual selection. The special feature: Chorilo has intelligent coloring that automatically calculates optimal text colors. Dark background colors automatically use light text, light colors use dark text - luminance is mathematically calculated for perfect readability on any background.

4. Add News

The news section is the heart of your public website. Here you publish news with titles, descriptions, and images. Markdown support enables flexible text formatting, while you can adjust the order of your news posts via drag & drop. The first news in your list is presented as featured news particularly prominently with large-format image, while the other posts are arranged in a modern grid layout.

5. Configure Events

This shows the biggest advantage of Chorilo integration: Automatic synchronization. Your events from choir management are automatically displayed on the public website - without you having to maintain anything twice. You simply choose which event types should be publicly visible: rehearsals for trial sessions, concerts for your audience, or other events like workshops and choir trips. You can also optionally show or hide event descriptions. The events then appear in an elegant timeline with countdown, date, time, and location.

Custom Domain: Your Own Web Address

Chorilo supports using your own domain like www.your-choir.com. The process is simple: You enter your domain in Chorilo, create a CNAME record at your domain provider, and Chorilo automatically verifies the DNS settings. For SSL setup, simply contact our support. Chorilo shows you exactly the required CNAME record and checks the configuration with one click.

Modern, Professional Design

The Chorilo Public Website offers contemporary design with cutting-edge web technologies. The responsive layout ensures perfect display on desktop, tablet, and smartphone and automatically optimizes for best readability. Smooth fade-ins when scrolling, hover effects on images, and fluid transitions make the website lively without being intrusive. The intelligent typography with modern fonts and thoughtful hierarchy clearly separates headlines, body text, and metadata.

Features for Visitors

Your website visitors benefit from thoughtful features: Clicking on news opens an elegant modal with complete post and large-format image. The event timeline displays upcoming events clearly with color-coded event type badges, practical countdowns like "In 5 days" or "Tomorrow", clearly formatted date and time information, and location details with location icon.

At the bottom right of the screen, visitors find floating action buttons: A scroll-to-top button brings them back to the top with one click, while the contact button directly opens the email program with your address. For legal compliance, imprint with ensemble data and GDPR-compliant privacy policy are automatically integrated and open in clear modals.

Technical Highlights

Behind the scenes, cutting-edge technology works for optimal performance: Lazy loading loads images only when visible, CDN integration ensures fast delivery via Content Delivery Network, S3 URLs are cached for 7 days, and images are automatically compressed. The SEO optimization includes automatic meta tags for title and description, Open Graph for optimal social media display, structured data for better search engine understanding, and a mobile-first approach that Google prefers.

Your website's security is ensured through HTTPS encryption, XSS protection against attacks, secure Markdown text processing, and GDPR compliance without tracking cookies.

Practical Examples

Member Recruitment

City Choir Sample presents itself with professional photo and inviting description. News shows successful concerts, public trial rehearsals are visible.

Result: 12 new members in 6 months.

Concert Promotion

Chamber Choir Harmony promotes concerts with news and event timeline. Ticket reservation via contact email.

Result: 30% more concert visitors.

Professionalism

Gospel Choir Joyful Voices uses custom domain www.joyful-voices.com as central hub.

Result: Regular inquiries for paid performances.

Tips for a Successful Website

For a truly successful public website, you should follow some proven practices: Invest in high-quality photos of your choir - good images from concerts and rehearsals make your website lively and authentic. Publish news regularly, as an active website signals a lively choir. Stay authentic with a personal, inviting tone instead of perfect glossy texts.

Include clear call-to-actions like "Come to a trial rehearsal" or "Visit our next concert". Test your website on various devices, as many visitors will view it on smartphones. Choose your theme color consciously to match your choir's character - classically elegant, fresh and modern, or warm and inviting. And use automatic event synchronization by keeping your events in Chorilo always up to date.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I create multiple websites?

Each ensemble can have its own website.

Who can edit the website?

Administrators and moderators of the ensemble.

Can I deactivate the website?

Yes, anytime with the toggle switch. All content remains saved.

Are member data displayed?

No, only released information: name, description, logo, news, and events.

Does the website cost extra?

No, included in Chorilo subscription. Only custom domain must be registered separately.

How quickly is the website online?

Immediately after activation and saving.

Conclusion: Professional Online Presence in Minutes

The Chorilo Public Website is a powerful tool for your choir's public presentation. In a time when people search online first, a professional website is essential.

What makes Chorilo special: You need no technical knowledge - anyone can create a professional website. There's no duplicate data maintenance thanks to automatic event synchronization. The design is professional, modern, responsive, and appealing, yet individually customizable with your colors, logo, and content. The website is legally secure with automatically integrated imprint and privacy policy. And the best part: It's fast and easy - your website can be online in just 10 minutes.

Start today and give your choir the online presence it deserves!