Comments on: Church web pages…accckkkk

By: Warren

Warren — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:11:20 +0000

As far as the Baptists go, the SBC’s page is pretty easy to follow — I just wish that they wouldn’t open external links in a frame with the SBC info at the top.

As for some of the others — a lot of my Independent Baptist brethren don’t have funds to hire someone — and others are just too cheap to hire someone — so they get whatever they can. ANd it wasn’t too long ago that His Holiness Jack Hyles (can you feel the sarcasm there?) pronounced the Internet anathema, so many won’t go there.

And yes — a lot of them need to get out more. That’s why I left the whole IFB movement for the relative sanity of the Southern Baptist convention (note I said relative!).

By: alicia

alicia — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 04:41:49 +0000

If you are looking for Catholic, you won’t find it at a single site - I mean the Vatican has some good stuff but much of it isn’t in English. There are several good Catholic portals, but if you want the official position on anything RC, check out the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is online in several places. For the US, the USCCB (conference of catholic bishops) has a large and multilayered site, with a decent search engine. I don’t know about your Canadian bishops, though.
Meanwhile, my blog is down - I haven’t been able to get to any of the sites on the server and I am quite frustrated!

By: Norma

Norma — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:19:48 +0000

I agree. Most church sites are ugly and difficult to navigate. Ours is “turn-key” and we can’t even change the major tags so that a Lutheran visiting the city could find us (about 4,000 members) if they didn’t know our name.

My least favorite are the 15 styles of type with flashing graphics and no content. Out sourced to the junior high class?

But I do have an article about Christians and the Internet on our site and the church magazine and newsletter appears as pdf.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:30:38 +0000

And that is why a site like http://www.healyourchurchwebsite.com/ should be made known to every person in charge of a church website!

By: Bene Diction

Bene Diction — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 05:03:21 +0000

Yeah. Woke up the dog.
Hey he’s got HourEleven as his creation. It’s a site to be very proud of.

By: will

will — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:55:59 +0000

(Will do.)

Ah yes, the joys of not having computer speakers!

By: Bene Diction

Bene Diction — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:53:02 +0000

Oh man, poor Justin. Please give him my regards:^)
My standards are kind of low William, go - in - get - out without needing copious technical expertise or pushing my limited patience to sainthood…I hate a site that treats me like I’m stupid or is a cyber 2X4 between the eyes. I’ll settle for something reasonable in the middle. That audio is downright painful. Man. Poor Justin. I can’t imagine having to go over there every day.

By: will

will — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:51:43 +0000

Hey Bene,

Justin B’s full time job is to run this thing, I don’t know if it’s up to your standards, but it sure is mesmerizing. http://harvest.org

—will

By: Bene Diction

Bene Diction — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:30:25 +0000

Some are invested in their own special language for sure. And lots of it.
I need the info for a news conference that isn’t going to wait for me to find my way through the morass.
Truth is, apart from the solid information I need or get, it gave me a good idea of who I would contact or recommend when there is another media opportunity.
First impressions and perception does matter.
These are head offices. Get a professional designer, do it right and test drive the site on cranky busy people that wouldn’t know an Anglican from a First Baptist.:^)

By: david

david — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 02:50:16 +0000

I know a amount about the United Methodist structure and I still can’t find my way around the website, even to find simple information. And the search engine is terrible.