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Is Your Church’s ‘Underwear’ Dirty? Find Out in 30 Secs!


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I have previously talked about the serious issue of ‘computer hacking’ - when someone (or something) unauthorized to do so, gains access to your computer website. It’s a serious issue because this unauthorized person will be able to make changes to the material found on, and functioning of, your website. And it’s not just happening to the ‘big guys’. My church, and a few others I partner with, have been hacked. Even more problematic is that hacking is increasing. According to 2015 data from ... Read More

Your Church Website Speed Matters [Infographic]


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How fast is your church, ministry, or nonprofit website? I know what many of you are thinking: “Does it really matter? Isn't it more important we save on hosting?” It's great that so many organizations want to save money on website hosting and web design, but the truth of the matter is, you're losing a lot more than you're saving. Again, we see a business-centric infographic that can just as easily be applied to nonprofits. Take a look and you'll see what I the kind of impact website speed ... Read More

Best Web Hosting for Churches (And Which to Avoid)


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We wanted to know who provides the best web hosting for churches so we surveyed our customers at churchthemes.com. Two hundred churches responded, giving us an overall rating for their web host plus ratings in the categories of general support, WordPress support, speed, uptime, features, ease of use and value. The results will help your church make the best buying decision when it comes to web hosting. ... Read More

Different Types of Web Hosting [Infographic]


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I'm sure that many a Church tech person (and webby) has been asked about the ins and outs of web hosting. Here's a fairly comprehensive infographic that covers all the different types of web hosting to help answer those questions: VPS Shared Dedicated Cloud Application ... Read More

Start the New Year with a New Blog! [GIVEAWAY!]


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What better way to start the new year than with a new blog? ThemeFuse offers a unique, easy-peasy way to start 2015 with your very own blog. You can easily pick your theme, hosting and a domain name all at once! You can't get much easier than that. ... Read More

12 Days of Christmas: Favorite Hosting Service


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This is the seventh day in a series of the 12 Days of ChurchMag Christmas. To catch the rest of the articles, check out the landing page here. It's not going to be a great 12 Days of Christmas list for tech nerds who have an affinity for blogging if we do not talk about hosting services. Whether you are in the season to switch to a new hosting service, start a blog up for your church, or consider if you should get into blogging yourself, we have some great hosting options to consider. Here are ... Read More

Web Hosting Quick Guide [Infographic]


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Finding the right web hosting isn't easy. Hopefully, this infographic will make it a little easier to make your web hosting choice as you decide between a: Shared server Dedicated server Cloud server Reseller hosting Colocated hosting VPS or VDS And what about a CDN? Give this a review and see if it helps: ... Read More

Cloudflare — Now with Added SSL!


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Recently I posted about how generally wonderful Cloudflare is and how it can help to make your site more speedy. Well, Cloudflare is now offering something pretty AMAZING for free and it could help make the site much more secure. ... Read More

CloudFlare – Make your Website more Zippy!


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As we recently posted, having a faster website for your church, ministry or non-profit leads to more conversions (and helps Google like it more!). Getting good hosting is a great start; and it's worth spending time making sure your images (and other assets) are small as can be. However, there's also another very simple (and free!) way to help make your site faster, more secure, and can save you lots of bandwidth on your existing hosting account. ... Read More

Should the Church Invest in Cloud Computing? [Infographic]


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This is not the digital land of the 1990's when software came on CDs in the mail, we were limited to software options between only a couple of digital giants, and updates were seemingly non-existent. Now computing is making a huge shift from your local machine to this thing we call “the cloud”. So what does this mean for churches? Should we be looking at investing more of our time in cloud computing? ... Read More