Comments on: Get Your Church Online: Launching Into Cyberspace – Part 1 http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Get Your Church Online: Launching Into Cyberspace – Part 2 - ChurchCrunch http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36880 Get Your Church Online: Launching Into Cyberspace – Part 2 - ChurchCrunch Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:09:17 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36880 [...] Blogging platforms and content management systems are great, but they aren’t going to meet everyone’s needs. Some people will find them overkill and would rather roll their own system. [...] [...] Blogging platforms and content management systems are great, but they aren’t going to meet everyone’s needs. Some people will find them overkill and would rather roll their own system. [...]

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36879 human3rror Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:12:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36879 wow, thx for this! wow, thx for this!

]]> By: Rob Lombardi http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36878 Rob Lombardi Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:04:36 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36878 I've been a big fan of Expression Engine. It's an awesome CMS that rocks dynamic content. Expression Engine does not fit the static definition of CMS that you explained. In general, CMS is supposed to be a "content management system". The whole reason for having content management is because you want to be able to dynamically change the content. So I don't quite understand where you got the idea that a CMS is for static content. Expression Engine can easily support Blog creation and more. I just launched a new version of a church plant website on Expression Engine (www.veritascc.org). It's still in a growing stage, so there's still some work to do in polishing it up. But here's the basics of what I created in a few weeks on Expression Engine. - Blog - Information Pages (can dynamically add more) - Sermon - Forums - Facebook Share buttons everywhere, including in the forums. - Vimeo integration for Video - Fonts served from Typekit - Extra Audio storage hosted by Amazon S3 - Disqus Commenting System - Automatic Twitter updates from the EE Control Panel Publishing. - Front page can grab content from anywhere on the site and display it up front. - Member accounts that are fully configurable to allow various levels of access to the site. I still need to implement things like search, RSS and a few other items. I've been a big fan of Expression Engine. It's an awesome CMS that rocks dynamic content. Expression Engine does not fit the static definition of CMS that you explained. In general, CMS is supposed to be a "content management system". The whole reason for having content management is because you want to be able to dynamically change the content. So I don't quite understand where you got the idea that a CMS is for static content.

Expression Engine can easily support Blog creation and more. I just launched a new version of a church plant website on Expression Engine (www.veritascc.org). It's still in a growing stage, so there's still some work to do in polishing it up. But here's the basics of what I created in a few weeks on Expression Engine.

- Blog
- Information Pages (can dynamically add more)
- Sermon
- Forums
- Facebook Share buttons everywhere, including in the forums.
- Vimeo integration for Video
- Fonts served from Typekit
- Extra Audio storage hosted by Amazon S3
- Disqus Commenting System
- Automatic Twitter updates from the EE Control Panel Publishing.
- Front page can grab content from anywhere on the site and display it up front.
- Member accounts that are fully configurable to allow various levels of access to the site.

I still need to implement things like search, RSS and a few other items.

]]> By: Andrew http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36877 Andrew Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:05:09 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36877 I've used WordPress in the past to run my personal websites, purely for the ease with creating content, the number of layouts available is huge, and it is upgradable quickly and easily. I'm thinking of going with WordPress for my church website, and I'm definitely interested in everyone's views on what they prefer. Like I said, I'm tempted to go with something that I am comfortable with, but open to other suggestions. I've used WordPress in the past to run my personal websites, purely for the ease with creating content, the number of layouts available is huge, and it is upgradable quickly and easily.

I'm thinking of going with WordPress for my church website, and I'm definitely interested in everyone's views on what they prefer.

Like I said, I'm tempted to go with something that I am comfortable with, but open to other suggestions.

]]> By: Chad http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36876 Chad Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:29:53 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36876 I use Joomla to manage my Web site and will probably use it to manage an updated version of our church Web site. I found Joomla easy to use and the user community provides a lot of additional features. Like some others, I use Joomla for both static pages and blog pages. I think the power to quickly render a page and quickly update the information is important to me. I use Joomla to manage my Web site and will probably use it to manage an updated version of our church Web site. I found Joomla easy to use and the user community provides a lot of additional features. Like some others, I use Joomla for both static pages and blog pages. I think the power to quickly render a page and quickly update the information is important to me.

]]> By: Yohan Perera http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36875 Yohan Perera Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:47:35 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36875 I use WordPress. However rethinking about Drupal for any other web sites that I might design. Joomla is better, but I felt quite inconvenient with it. I use WordPress. However rethinking about Drupal for any other web sites that I might design. Joomla is better, but I felt quite inconvenient with it.

]]> By: Tom http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36869 Tom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:42:54 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36869 It's true. I can be used as currency in some places. It's true. I can be used as currency in some places.

]]> By: Tom http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36870 Tom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:42:41 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36870 Thank Danny, I really appreciate it. Thank Danny, I really appreciate it.

]]> By: Tom http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36871 Tom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:42:10 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36871 Word. You know what I mean even when I don't say mean I mean. Know what I mean? Word. You know what I mean even when I don't say mean I mean. Know what I mean?

]]> By: Tom http://churchm.ag/get-your-church-online-launching-into-cyberspace-part-1/#comment-36862 Tom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:51 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7010#comment-36862 Yeah, Posterous is awesome. The marriage between email + blogging (all forms of media) works so well. Everyone knows how to do it. There's no real interface to learn. Yeah, Posterous is awesome. The marriage between email + blogging (all forms of media) works so well. Everyone knows how to do it. There's no real interface to learn.

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