Since 2009 I have recommended that churches use WordPress to create their websites in a cost-effective and easy way. But I am now changing my stance after actually working with clients and helping them manage their websites (sometimes watching over their shoulder). This is what people are actually looking for: Drag and drop, click and edit […]
WordPress Church Website Tips: Google Docs
A little while ago I wrote a series about using WordPress to build a church website. Since then, we’ve come up with a quick and easy solution for posting our worship team schedule. We have a lady who coordinates and schedules our various people who assist during Sunday mornings. She wanted to be able to […]
Signing Up with HostGator
[box type=”info”]Use the Coupon Code “ChurchWebsite” when you sign up for website hosting through HostGator and you will get a 25% discount from HostGator. That also makes sure I get credited for referring you. Thanks![/box] I have had quite a few people make their own church websites as a result of reading my series. I’m […]
The Perfect Church Email Solution?
So, I thought this would be easy. I’m looking for a church email list management solution that I thought would be pretty simple. But apparently the features I want aren’t that easy to find. Here’s what I’m looking for: The ability to send emails to different segments of a master list (youth, prayer requests, announcements, […]
WordPress 2.8 – Widgets!
Sorry for the nerdy post today. We’ll get back to youth ministry next week. WordPress 2.8 released yesterday, and this upgrade addresses one of the biggest shortfalls in WordPress: the widget interface. It used to be possible to see all of your sidebars and widgets at once and drag and drop your widgets straight from […]
How I Built a Church Website for Free: Conclusion
[box type=”info”]Use the Coupon Code “ChurchWebsite” when you sign up for website hosting through HostGator and you will get a 25% discount from HostGator. That also makes sure I get credited for referring you. Thanks! Find out more about HostGator.[/box] Hopefully people will find my series on building a church website for free (or pretty […]
How I Built a Church Website for Free: Free Google Tools
[box type=”info”]Use the Coupon Code “ChurchWebsite” when you sign up for website hosting through HostGator and you will get a 25% discount from HostGator. That also makes sure I get credited for referring you. Thanks! Find out more about HostGator.[/box] When trying to make a highly functional website at no cost, signing up for a […]
Church WordPress Plugins
In order to make the most out of your church website using WordPress, you are going to need to install a few plugins. Plugins are ways to extend the functionality of the core funtcions of WordPress and make your website do exactly what you want it to do. Installing plugins is now extremely easy. In […]
New Free WordPress Theme Added
I added another free theme on my Picking a WordPress Theme post. You might want to check it out. As happens sometimes in life, you don’t do things as early as you had hoped. I didn’t get my next post in the How I Built a Church Website for Free series until late today, and […]
BlueHost.com Offering $3.95 a Month Web Hosting
If you’ve been following the series I’ve been doing on how to create a church website at minimal cost, you have noticed that I recommend BlueHost.com for the needs of most churches. Well, I’m not sure how long ago this changed or how long it will last, but right now BlueHost.com is offering web hosting […]