Put the Ministry on your machine
The portal can be installed like an ordinary program. It gets its own icon, its own window with no address bar round it, and an entry in the Start Menu. Nothing is downloaded and nothing needs updating — it is this same hall, in a window of its own.
On Windows, in Chrome
1
Look at the right-hand end of the address bar
There is a small screen-with-an-arrow icon. Press it.
There is a small screen-with-an-arrow icon. Press it.
2
Choose Install
If you do not see the icon, open the three-dot menu, then Cast, save and share, then Install page as app.
If you do not see the icon, open the three-dot menu, then Cast, save and share, then Install page as app.
3
It opens in its own window
Windows adds it to the Start Menu. Right-click its taskbar button and choose Pin to taskbar to keep it there.
Windows adds it to the Start Menu. Right-click its taskbar button and choose Pin to taskbar to keep it there.
On Windows, in Edge
1
Open the three-dot menu
At the top right of the window.
At the top right of the window.
2
Apps, then Install this site as an app
Edge asks for a name — Ministry is already filled in.
Edge asks for a name — Ministry is already filled in.
3
Tick what you want
Edge offers to pin it to the taskbar and start it when you sign in. Both are fine.
Edge offers to pin it to the taskbar and start it when you sign in. Both are fine.
On a phone
On Android, Chrome offers to add it by itself, or use the three-dot menu and Add to Home screen. On an iPhone, press the Share button and choose Add to Home Screen.
What you get
- Its own icon and window, with no browser tabs or address bar.
- It opens even with no connection — you are told the hall cannot be reached rather than shown a browser error, and anything held is still held.
- Right-click the icon for shortcuts straight to My Desk, the Docket, or laying a petition.
- It updates itself. There is no version to keep up with.