Are you interested in leveling up your WordPress development skills?
Maybe you’ve been interested in getting into more WordPress customization? Have a theme idea? A plugin?
Then you need to Start Here!
The #1 Resource for Church Technology Creativity & New Thinking
by Eric Dye
Are you interested in leveling up your WordPress development skills?
Maybe you’ve been interested in getting into more WordPress customization? Have a theme idea? A plugin?
Then you need to Start Here!
by Eric Dye
Are you looking for a WordPress theme that packs a lot of punch?
Maybe a WordPress theme solution that can be used for not just one, but multiple websites?
How about winning a free copy?
I got you covered:
Many things make for a great website. Before saying more, I need to say this: websites exist for the visitors or guests. Despite your preferences, the guest needs must supersede everything else. Never get it twisted. Websites (should) exist to serve the needs of those you want to reach. This is key when it comes to thinking about features and the user experience. Here’s why the search feature is an underrated website feature and why it matters.
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by Eric Dye
If you’re a regular blogger or responsible for scheduling blog posts for your personal, ministry, or church blog, I’m sure you’re familiar with the maze of clicks you’re required to follow to make it to the Scheduled Posts screen.
As Pressware Plugins aims to make WordPress a better blogging expirence, this is a problem that has been solved with it’s latest free plugin:
Scheduled Post Shortcut
This is their second plugin release, following Eaiser Excerpts, now let’s take a closer look at Scheduled Post Shortcut.
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by Chris Wilson
Hopefully you’ve now got a better idea about what you want out of a theme and what you want from plugins for your church site. Now it’s time to find a good theme to build off of. Of course, everyone’s answer will be different to this question based on the purpose of their site and the appearance they want to give off.
For example, a more traditional church who is looking to serve its current congregation may answer this very differently to a more contemporary church who are looking to inform and attract potential visitors of the church.
However, there are a few popular providers of church specific themes and WordPress themes that you might want to check out.
by Chris Wilson
A while back I picked up a WordPress theme which has some interesting functions baked into it. I used it for a good while but over time the appearance started to look very dated and development slowed on the theme. After a while I decided it was time to switch to a different theme but I found myself trapped. I had used some of the features (including custom post types) that we baked into the theme. By changing theme, I’d lose all those posts, some of which had great SEO value.
A similar but less dramatic situation with our church website, as we looked to update the theme we came across some functionality, including certain custom post types, that were linked to the theme. This meant that if we changed theme, we’d lose some of the settings.
This is why it is important to choose correctly when to use a theme and when to use a plugin in WordPress.
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