November 21, 2010
For my next few posts about church & ministry web design I decided to outline them in advance to share with you where we our team is going to focus with articles. These articles should be used as a guide to assist with the creation of your ministries website.
Out Line:
- Address the Elephant Named “Politics”
- Find Your Guide & Designer
- Understanding Your Ministry
- Discuss the Purpose
- Find your Inspiration
- Content, Content, Content…
(Performing a Site Audit, Updating Content)
- Decide on Technology
(WordPress, Joomla, Square Space etc.)
- Build With a Purpose
- Did we Talk About Content?
(Audit your Audit)
- Launch Your Website
- Content Control
- The End… …Well Sort of.
November 15, 2010
Here is a great article via Sitepoint.com It’s about the increase in emphasis via church marketing.
Topics include:
Recent History
Grunge Christianity
Struggle for Identity
A Changing Market
Designing the Church Experiance
The Church as a Business
Big-time Designs, Small-time Values
Thought: “Is there any correlation between ornate cathedral paintings/sculptures and modern church websites and marketing?”
November 8, 2010
I stumbled upon this great ministry site called churchrelevance.com it’s a side dedicated to “Interesting ideas, concepts, and cultures in pursuit of more effective ministry.” It’s the site of Kent Shaffer. He shares his thoughts on a wide array of topics.
Take a look at the site and see what articles pertain to you.
View Churchrelevance.com
May 9, 2010
In my attempts to develop my own skills as a web designer I set out to find some new books. I came across a book called “Content Strategy for the Web” by: Kristina Halvorson. Kristina begins the book by addressing the value of content itself and the importance of having a solid content strategy for each site.
QUOTE:
“Most web project schedules postpone content development until the eleventh hour. As a result, content quality is often seriously compromised. When we practice content strategy, we ensure that our web content is treated as valuable business asset not an afterthought.”
(more…)
Church Beauty is a great site to get inspired about how your church website can operate. They list out beautiful and function church websites.
Churchbeauty.com
NOTE:
Though these sites are amazing and wonderful remember not to get caught up in the flashiness. Not every church or ministry should have a site fully loaded with flashing images, sliding navigations, videos, twitter accounts and facebook groups. Keep your site and content relevant to who your site is for.
