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
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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 […]
Best Church WordPress Themes
You’re looking for a free WordPress theme for your church, right? I know, I’ve been there. I’ve used WordPress since 2006 and use it to manage my church’s website. After doing this for all these years, I’ve learned one thing: paying for themes is usually worth it. Here’s why: It will save you hours upon […]
How I Built a Church Website for Free: WordPress Tutorials
[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] I was planning on taking a break from this series until Monday, but I figured […]
How I Built a Church Website for Free: WordPress
[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] WordPress Overview [NOTE: If you are absolutely a complete novice to websites or self-hosted platforms, […]
Church WordPress Websites: SiteGround Hosting
“Managed” WordPress hosting is becoming a big deal these days, and what it usually means are things like: Servers optimized specifically for WordPress Enhanced WordPress security Automatic WordPress backups and updates Server-level WordPress caching Other WordPress-specific options This post contains affiliate links, meaning if you click a link and sign up for SiteGround hosting, I […]
How I Built a Church Website for Free: Introduction
Below is our old church website, which was built and hosted by one of those church-specific website companies. They were nice people and all, but their websites were simply lacking in cost-effectiveness, functionality, and aesthetics. The worst part is we were paying $200 a year for that website. When I learned that our account was […]