WP Articles
WordPress is one of the most exciting developments for website design in recent years! These articles are designed to help you become familiar with how WordPress can handle all your website needs!
What are Plugins & Why do they Matter?
You may have read some of my previous post and heard me mention plugins and be wondering to yourself, what in the world is a WordPress Plugin. A WordPress Plugin is really nothing more than an App for your website. The thing that you need to know is that Plugins can do just about anything you are interested in doing for your website and they are easy to install and start using. Let me give you an example: At my church, we record all of my sermons. I thought it would be great to start putting those sermons on my website and even cooler if we could have them go into a iTunes Podcast. I did a search on WordPress’ Plugin search page for...
Read MoreEmail Newsletter Plugins
Does your organization use an email newsletter program like constant contact or mailchimp to communicate with your members. Why not install a wordpress plugin to enhance your website and turn a visitor into a user? Check out some of these great plugins for wordpress email integration: MailChimp | Constant Contact There is no reason not to convert those visitors into users, start prompting your website users today to sign up for your e-newsletter! We would love to assist you in getting your own WordPress installation set up to help you get off to a great start on a website that is easy to...
Read MoreUpdate Your Website from Your Phone!
This is one of the coolest features about WordPress – the ability to use your phone to update your site! Literally, from the palm of your hand you can make changes to your website in real time! Imagine, you’re on a plane about to take off and you remember that you forgot to update the website for this weekends big event. What do you do? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to update your website right from your phone? Luckily, you went with iWaghost.com (yes, it is a shameless plug) and a WordPress website design, so you whip out your iphone, open up the WordPress App, make the change to your page, click save and eat some peanuts! Get your App...
Read MoreWhere do you get Your Graphics?
The reality is, most websites are not set apart by their infrastructure (which is vital) but by their graphics. The problem is, as a church planter, where do you find the killer graphics you need to make your website stand out? You are probably not in a position to hire someone (or at least would much rather not have to pay out to hire someone), and unless you are either exceptionally gifted artistically or happen to have a volunteer who is, you are probably stuck using Microsoft paint to eek out some pretty dull looking clip art. That’s where Creation Swap comes in! This site is fantastic – it’s a place where Christian artists who are doing...
Read MoreChurch Advertising – Going Past the Yellow Pages
It used to be in years past that churches advertised pretty heavily in the Yellow Pages. This was where the average person looking for a church went first. This is no longer the case. More and more people are looking for and finding their churches by visiting them on their website, not yellow pages. Obviously, you will have to decide if your church in your community needs to continue to advertise in the yellow pages, but whether your advertising in the yellow pages or not you still need to have a strong web presence. One way to instantly get the internet presence your church deserves is to use Google Adwords. Adwords are the search results google places at the...
Read MoreChurch Planting & Website Content
One big mistake church planters make is thinking that the design of the website is the most important part of creating a website. They focus all their energy on getting cool flash sliders and great looking color schemes with rockin graphics all to show off just how far along their new church is. While there is definitely a design element that church planters need to be thinking about – you should not neglect the power of good content! Content is the text that defines your site. When Google’s robots search your church planting website, they are not looking for design to rank it (this is called SEO). They are looking for good relevant content that will...
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