Archive for March, 2008
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
I got an e-mail today that really got me thinking. It read, in part:
What are the main things new folks in town are looking for in a church website? Is it information on specific ministries? If so, which inistries does that tend to be? Children and families? Is it service ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Heal Your Church Website has a nice article today about churches that have problems with being inaccessible.
Some of the specifics that Dean mentions:
Bad Markup
Browser-Specific Navigation -- Things that only work in certain browsers
Charging Money for Sermons
Poor Navigation Hierarchy
Too Much Flash
He gets into more detail about why each item can cause ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Liberty Hill Church in Canton, GA is an awesome church. I've visited for worship a few times, and they are top notch -- great preaching and excellent music. If you happen to live in the area, I highly recommend you check them out. However, they've done something with their website ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Church: Thalia UMC - Virginia Beach, Virgina
URL: http://www.thaliaumc.org/
This site has a lot going for it. Ironically, the one thing I don't like about the first page is the title tag, which happened to be the only thing I did like about the last site. The title tag never ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Church: First UMC - Clarion, PA
URL: http://www.fumc-clarion.org/
Let's start with the good news -- this site has a well-done page title. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to work.
First off, I hate frames. There were some decent reasons for having them 10 years ago, ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Church: Crestline UMC - Crestline, Ohio
URL: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/crestlineumc/
When entering the title for this post, I needed to know where this church was located. My eyes automatically went to the page title in the menu bar, but the location wasn't there. However, it was easy to find the text on the page, ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Church: First UMC - Wabash, Indiana
URL: http://www.wabashfirstumc.org/
My first thought when I pulled up this site was that it felt a bit dated. While I still tend to use tables more than I probably should, this site uses tables a LOT. However, the choice of colors is pretty good ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
We all know that links make the world go round -- get more links to your site, and you'll start ranking better. Well, we're gonna help you out.
We've installed a script that shows the "Top Commentators" on the site over the past month. Those that leave the most comments to ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I've just started a new blog that some of you might be interested in -- MickMel SEO.
It's focused largely on SEO and site monetization. Many of the SEO tips will be relevant for your church site, though the monetization typically won't be.
Most of my new general tips will go over ...
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