If you’re reading this post in your RSS Feed Reader jump out for a second and check out our new redesign!
This is v3.0 of ChurchCrunch and I’m happy to officially announce it’s go-live.
I’ve poured my nights and weekends into this particular revision for the last 4 weeks and what you see here is pretty much the finest piece of coding genius that I’ve ever accomplished.
I’ll admit it though… it’s not the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen but the code in the backend is absolutely gorgeous… You’ll obviously just have to take my word for it.
For example, one of the most amazing things about this blog is that it’s only using 2 plugins. Just two. The reason it isn’t “zero” is because the two that I’m using were expertly coded to begin with and there wasn’t any need to reinvent the wheel (but I tried…!). Everything else is hand-coded or homegrown for maximum speed and effectiveness.
Check out the 404 page too…!
There’s so much that I’d like to share about this redesign, from a design, functional, and strategy perspective, that I’d thought I’d host a webcast. My hope is that you’ll be able to take away some of the things I’ve learned and done so you can make your own properties smashing!
So, this coming Tuesday, April 7th at 11:30am EST, I’ll be hosting a Live Webcast where I’ll walk you through the redesign, share my thoughts, and have a Q/A session where you can ask me anything you want about it.
So mark your calendars and I’ll see you here early next week.
Ciao.
dude,new site is DOPE
Thanks Jim!
oh man, sweet, I love it, brushed metal.
I see that you chose to use tinyURL, interesting
I'll discuss that use… on the webcast.
Love the new design! I am really interested in seeing how you incorporated TinyURL into each post.
sure, i'll share all those secrets… which aren't really secrets.
will the webcast be archived?
Great job John. NIce use of space. The entire thing feels easier to digest. Design is an ever-evolving thing. I'm sure your already thinking about the next version. Have fun!
thanks matt!
i will definitely try and tune in for the webcast. Will it be archived? I really like the new post headers. Cool stuff.
Thanks!
Not sure at this point. probably not.
It's hard to go wrong with brushed metal. It worked for Apple, right. Good work John.
perhaps an inspiration…?
Yope it is
very nice…might tune in to Webcast if I can!
probably not…
cool!
Gorgeous! So clean and neat and fast. So many neat little things too. Great job.
thanks!
Site looks great. Wish I could listen in on the webcast, but I have to be at work. Next time maybe…
I'll be at the webcast as long as my worship planning meeting gets out on time
Luvin the new look! I like what you've done for the authors! Nice work!
Why didn't the intense debate comments carry over into the older posts?
next time@
A+ for simplicity. Will you be posting a copy of the webcast for those of us who can't make it?
Not sure…
Looks pretty sweet man. Love it.
thanks jon!
My only question is; what happened to categories?
Just b4 the change I found the curly bracket wordpress hack post fairly easily because I knew it would be under the category of blogs, but now I am having trouble locating it – even with the search
but then again I might be missin something that will be cleared up next week
Phill
Hope you're recording this. I'd love to watch it later.