Comments on: My Church and WordPress http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/ A Church Web Diva's Musings on Excellence in Religious Websites Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shedding Light on Website Statistics : Faith and Web http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Shedding Light on Website Statistics : Faith and Web Thu, 10 May 2007 00:19:07 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-82 [...] One side note: blogs, because of the unusual ways they are accessed, are a somewhat different beast. FeedBurner is generally considered to have the best statistics for blogs. But that’s beyond the scope of this post, since church sites aren’t usually blogs – even mine where we use WordPress. [...] [...] One side note: blogs, because of the unusual ways they are accessed, are a somewhat different beast. FeedBurner is generally considered to have the best statistics for blogs. But that’s beyond the scope of this post, since church sites aren’t usually blogs – even mine where we use WordPress. [...]

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Anna Belle Sun, 06 May 2007 20:09:43 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-65 Please feel free to contact me about using WordPress for your church's site. I'd be glad to help if I can. Please feel free to contact me about using WordPress for your church’s site. I’d be glad to help if I can.

]]> By: moxie_mocha http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-57 moxie_mocha Sat, 05 May 2007 21:53:02 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-57 Wow... My church is starting the process of launching a website. I never thought about using wordpress for the church's website. My blog is under livejournal.com, and I have set up another blog under wordpress, because I see it's better than livejournal. I haven't had the time to transfer yet. Anyway... thank you for the post. Do you mind if I contact you about websites when I have more questions? moxie_mocha Wow… My church is starting the process of launching a website. I never thought about using wordpress for the church’s website. My blog is under livejournal.com, and I have set up another blog under wordpress, because I see it’s better than livejournal. I haven’t had the time to transfer yet. Anyway… thank you for the post. Do you mind if I contact you about websites when I have more questions?

moxie_mocha

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Anna Belle Fri, 04 May 2007 01:24:11 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-54 Dearest Daisy – How you make me laugh. I’m so glad you confirm my sense that the blog-cum-announcement-board is user-friendly. This, I suspect, is related to what Chance is considering. Speaking of which.... Dear Chance – Since you are doing a great job with WordPress already, I’d say yes, consider it seriously. I didn’t go into the details, but we use the categories to help populate other pages in the site, such as Adult Religious Education (ARE). If a blog post is marked as ARE, it will also display on the ARE page. For permissions, the webmasters are “Administrators,” our programmer and editors are “Editors” and every one else is an “Author.” I don’t know of any other religious WordPress themes. If I construct any, I’ll be sure to post them on this blog. Thanks, both of you, for the great feedback. Dearest Daisy – How you make me laugh. I’m so glad you confirm my sense that the blog-cum-announcement-board is user-friendly. This, I suspect, is related to what Chance is considering. Speaking of which….

Dear Chance – Since you are doing a great job with WordPress already, I’d say yes, consider it seriously. I didn’t go into the details, but we use the categories to help populate other pages in the site, such as Adult Religious Education (ARE). If a blog post is marked as ARE, it will also display on the ARE page.

For permissions, the webmasters are “Administrators,” our programmer and editors are “Editors” and every one else is an “Author.”

I don’t know of any other religious WordPress themes. If I construct any, I’ll be sure to post them on this blog.

Thanks, both of you, for the great feedback.

]]> By: Daisy http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Daisy Fri, 04 May 2007 00:23:50 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-53 It's a 2-way street: you need non-geek* users to get it started, but you also need English speaking geeks to articulate the concept and provide the support. If I was one, Anna Belle, you were most certainly the other. Let me also add that our blog is very user friendly. I appreciate the fact that I can play with it and find different ways to use it without blowing anything up. (This was moderatelt true of our first blog, and is much more so of this one - whatever the technologies are...) * I am indeed a nerd, but only a geek wanna be. So saith the the "then chair of the Social Concerns & Action Committee"... Daisy It’s a 2-way street: you need non-geek* users to get it started, but you also need English speaking geeks to articulate the concept and provide the support. If I was one, Anna Belle, you were most certainly the other.

Let me also add that our blog is very user friendly. I appreciate the fact that I can play with it and find different ways to use it without blowing anything up. (This was moderatelt true of our first blog, and is much more so of this one – whatever the technologies are…)

* I am indeed a nerd, but only a geek wanna be.

So saith the the “then chair of the Social Concerns & Action Committee”…

Daisy

]]> By: Chance http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/05/03/my-church-and-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Chance Thu, 03 May 2007 13:34:43 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=33#comment-51 We're looking at a major overhaul starting somewhere over the next twelve months, but I'm wondering if we could use Wordpress as an interim solution. (And if it works well enough, a permanent one later.) Seems like most of the work would be in organizing the categories and static pages. Then figuring out permissions. I was <a href="http://www.livingos.com/wp/themes/" rel="nofollow">looking at these themes</a> yesterday. I'm wondering if you know of any other made-for-churches Wordpress themes? We’re looking at a major overhaul starting somewhere over the next twelve months, but I’m wondering if we could use Wordpress as an interim solution. (And if it works well enough, a permanent one later.)

Seems like most of the work would be in organizing the categories and static pages. Then figuring out permissions.

I was looking at these themes yesterday. I’m wondering if you know of any other made-for-churches Wordpress themes?

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