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Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress Presented by Rosemary Jean-Louis
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Introductions: Who Are You?
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Introductions Who Am I?
Digital and Community Manager for Georgia Public Broadcasting by day.
Content Manger for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church by free time. *Paid as contractor to do this!
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
About Lourdes:
Historically African American Catholic Church
Known for Social Justice mission
Famous for upbeat liturgy with gospel, contemporary, tradition
professional sounding music
Pastor and Pastoral Associate members of Dominican Order of Preachers
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Challenge in Updating Site Over the Years
Reflect historical values
Serve “homecrowd”
Welcome visitors and newbies (Catholics and Non-Catholic Christians, Non Christians, Non-Religious alike)
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Challenge in Updating Site Over the Years
Getting help from congregation to give content to update pages!
Everyone has an opinion (usually wrong!)
Bad photos or lack of them.
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
What do religious websites look typically like anyway?
Local headquarters of Nation of Islam site - Muhammad Mosque Atlanta http://noiatlanta.org/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Why do they look like that?
Don’t have the money to invest in a professional site
So -so web designer
Using web host template
Website creation and maintenance assigned to secretary or team of volunteers with no experience
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
How do you get the clean, non-cluttered design you want?
Invest in right team - committed person or people to do the work (as volunteer or paid personnel). Maybe you?
Get Rabbi, Iman and Pastor support (also church council or governing body council)
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
How do you get the clean, non-cluttered design you want?
Employ typical web building principles from “secular world”
Identify main audience: homecrowd, visitors, converts?
Determine what do you want site to say and do?
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress:
What’s Common Content On Religious Sites? What’s Common Content On Religious Sites?
Service times
Address phone numbers
Bulletins
Meeting times
Events
Sermons or messages
Livestreaming
How to become a member/convert
How to give
Photos *typically bad!
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With
Wordpress:Decided to go with pre-fab theme. Not a lot of options out there but found these:
On Wordpress.org: Church by Hans:
https://wordpress.org/themes/church/preview/
Evangelist Theme by Theme Fusehttp://themefuse.com/wp-themes-shop/church-wordpress-theme/
Cost: $55; try before you buy test labCost: $55; try before you buy test labCost: $55; try before you buy test lab
Settled on Exodus Theme Church Themes:http://churchthemes.com/themes/exodus/
Pricier: $78Pricier: $78Pricier: $78
Our version:lourdesatlanta.orglourdesatlanta.org
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Where to get stock photography?
Exodus lists stock photo options both paid and free on their site:
churchthemes.com/guides/user/specific-themes/exodus/
Pro-Blogger.net Blog Post on where to find images:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2015/03/20/where-to-find-free-images-online/
Creative Commons:
http://search.creativecommons.org/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Other Resources - from Melanie Adcock: www.mgacreativedesigns.com
Podcasting Plugin: Blubrry PowerPress:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
Sermon Browser (uploads sermons to site where they can be searched, listened to and downloaded):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sermon-browser/
Audio & Video Podcasting Plugin:
http://seriesengine.com/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Other Resources - from Melanie Adcock: www.mgacreativedesigns.com
Events Calendar Plugins:
All In One Events Calendar:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar
The Events Calendar:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/
Events Sign Up Manager Plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Other Resources - from Melanie Adcock: www.mgacreativedesigns.com
Prayer Request Management
Prayer Engine: http://www.theprayerengine.com/
Praybox: http://groupsengine.com
Group Management:
Groups Engine: http://groupsengine.com/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Other Resources - from Melanie Adcock: www.mgacreativedesigns.com
Fonts:
Better Font Awesome: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-font-awesome/
Shortcode:
Shortcodes Ultimate: https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With Wordpress
Other Resources - from Rosemary Jean-Louis
Themes For Purchase:
WP for Church: https://www.wpforchurch.com/
31 Best Church Wordpress Themes:
http://athemes.com/collections/best-church-wordpress-themes/
Real Church Theme:
http://themeforest.net/item/real-church-responsive-retina-ready-theme/4455828?ref=athemez
Give Your Church, Synagogue Or Mosque Site A Divine Makeover With WordpressOther Resources - from Rosemary Jean-Louis
For Beginner’s - How To Get Started:
Smashing Magazine: Design, Code, Wordpress Magazine
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
Coding For Beginner’s: http://www.w3schools.com/
Associated Press Style Guide:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/02/
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