Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Church: First United Methodist - Birmingham, Michigan
URL: http://www.fumcbirmingham.org/
Initial thoughts
Your home page is laid out very well. The menu on the left is a bit hard to read with the cross & flame behind it, but isn't too bad. I know the UMC can be picky about how the ...
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Church: Victory Life Center - Pittsburg, Kansas
URL: www.victorylifecenter.org
Initial thoughts
One of the first things my eyes were drawn to was the heart in the upper right corner that said "1 John 3:16-24" (note - not John, but 1 John). Offhand, I don't know what that verse is. I ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Church: Archdale UMC - Archdale, NC
URL: http://www.archdaleumc.com/
Initial thoughts
Your front page has a lot going for it, but I wonder if it's not too much. The first thing that caught my eye was the weather ticker on the top of the page. Is that really needed? The first ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Church: St. Andrew UMC - Mt. Pleasant, TX
URL: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/standrewumc/
Initial thoughts
The first thing I noticed was the white box at the top that told me your Wednesday night activities were cancelled due to ice - two days ago. Good use of the box at the top, but the notice needs ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Church: First UMC - Mt. Ephraim, NJ
URL: http://www.njfaith.com/
Note: A follow-up to this review was posted in July, 2007.
Initial thoughts
I like the faces on the front and the "visitor questions" button right near the top. However, the title of the site threw me off. When I looked down ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Church: Sojourn - Voorhees, NJ
URL: http://www.gatheringfaith.com/
Initial thoughts
Good looking site. Soft colors, sharp graphics, quick-loading and easy to read. I was wondering what "Sojourn" meant, and having the answer on the front page is a nice move. I like when a church has some real text on the ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Church: Stonebriar Community Church - Frisco, Texas
URL: http://www.stonebriar.org
The first glance at this site is very impressive. Nice colors, good use of whitespace, and some slick rollovers.
I checked out the site in Firefox 2, IE 7 and Opera 8.5. It looked great in FF and Opera, but something was ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
One of the major keys to success for any website is to know how you're doing. You need to know why is visiting your website, how they found it, what pages they looked at, etc. Most web hosts include free software for that - often Webalizer or Awstats. ...
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