tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36036682010-03-23T13:34:12.773ZThis Blogg is part of the 3Sixty Creative website. 3Sixty Creative is the online presence of freelance designer Peter Sandeman. This blog is particularly focused on church website design issues.3Sixtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02654181304416112746noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603668.post-17662589312044109572010-03-23T13:27:00.001Z2010-03-23T13:34:12.784Z

If you have ever wondered why its worth putting time and effort into your church website and online presence you should read this excellent blog post:http://www.flockology.com/2010/03/church-digital-marketing.htmlIn summary:Google (together with a few other search engines) is the first place look for anything these days (including churches) and it has mostly replaced printed resources such as the

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Church website CMS (and member management system) provider Church Insight have recently re-designed their website together with a long-overdue re-work of their their corporate identity. More importantly they have changed their pricing structure and improved online support and documentation.The new pricing modelAfter replacing a per-member fee with a 3-tired approach, CI have now moved to 5 'plans

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Church Websites that reach OutsidersIn the last year, over 500 churches have used Internet Evangelism Day's church website self-assessment tool and received the free evaluation report that this provides. Each report provides a comprehensive list of suggestions for action that will enable a church's website to better engage with outsiders in their community. http://www.internetevangelismday.com/

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After extensive research and testing I have now completed a comparison of the 4 UK church website Content Management Systems. It is intended as an independent and factual comparison of features and another tool for churches investigating their options. I intend to do a more in-depth review of each system in the future.You can view the chart on my website here or download a PDF version of the

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6 months of using Twitter - useful, irrelevant or a revolution? When I mention Twitter to friends who are not yet using the service, usual reactions are either to dismiss it as "more noise I don't need in my life" or "why do I want to hear the dreary details of strangers lives?". Having been using Twitter now for 6 months I thought it would be useful to look at the case for and against and sum up

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Internet Evangelism Day has launched a new blog, Digital Evangelism Issues. It highlights the potential for digital outreach, brings news and ideas, and enables discussion and feedback about related issues.

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Since I reviewed Church123 and Church Insight (see previous 2 posts) all 3 of the leading UK Church website content Management System providers have been developing and improving their products. I will write in-depth reviews later this year when I have had a chance to fully evaluate them (by doing live church website projects). In the meantime here is a quick overview:Church AdvanceThe 'new kid

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OverviewChurch123 (C123) is a church website CMS product developed by a small established company based in London. Serving customers across the globe, they are highly recommended by many leading Christian organisations such as The Church of England, The Baptist Union, The Methodist Church of Great Britain and the Evangelical Alliance.C123 is has been designed very much with the non-technical or

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As promised, I am going to provide an independent review of the 3 leading UK Church website Content Management Systems (CMS). They are Church Insight, Church123 and Church Advance. There are a few other minor UK church CMS players, but I have close working relationship with all 3 of these providers so I can write from experience and offer a balanced first-hand view.OverviewChurch Insight (CI) is

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A good stock of current photographs is a pretty vital 'raw material' for any website project and indeed most church publicity materials. Good photographs will aid good design. When commissioning photography for a church website here are some of the issues it is good to consider:Avoid a series of mugshots. Try to capture people in action - talking, relating together, working together and doing

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Many churches are waking up to the fact that their website can be the main point of contact for visitors to their church. Beyond that the internet is a also a great opportunity for Evangelism and there are many great evangelistic sites (An example is one I recently designed "What's Life About?" site, written by Trinity Baptist Church, Tenterden).The Internet Evangelism Coalition (IEC) is

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Before you begin any web site project you must consider how the site will be maintained and updated after it is launched. In the early days of the Internet many websites were essentially online brochures, which carried basic information about the organisation but were not regularly updated or very interactive. There is still a place for a the simple 'brochure-type' church websites that are an

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Many times I have been approached by clients who want a web site but who have not really thought through what they want to say and to who they are saying it. We must define who the site is for, what is its purposes beyond just having an online presence. Having defined the target audience and what the message is, it is important that the content is planned and the structure decided upon before

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Until the last few years the majority of church websites were frankly awful, usually cheaply put together by an enthusiastic amateur volunteer from within the church who often had little understanding of how to structure information or of design aesthetics. To further worsen the effect, after the initial burst of energy the enthusiasm would die off and the site would be less frequently updated

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