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Diary of a Faith Connector User, Part 3
Still working on the content for the Heartlands Church Site. However, it’s looking great and it’s coming along well. We’re really excited about some of the functionality that the FaithConnector Platform provides. We are hoping to launch this coming Saturday, June, 18th.
As always, we are so thankful for the helpful staff at FaithConnector. They are always ready with an email response or even taking our phone calls, if need be. It’s been a great experience, so far. I’m looking forward to our launch and getting the site in the hands of our members and seeking people in Lincoln, Ne.
Diary of a Faith Connector User, Part 2
So, we picked a theme (design 103) and once you do that, you’re emailed a “design worksheet.” It’s actually a great way to flesh out how you want your site to look. While you’re doing that they install the site in a subdomain on their host and provide you with login credentials so you can start adding content.
Trent, Jim and I sat down in my studio and began to fill out the sheet. It asks questions about color choices and button titles, mainly. If you don’t know your RGBs from your hexadecimals (color codes) then you might want to invite someone who’s savvy in the area of graphic design or website development to help you out. Look to your logo (if you have one) for color scheme ideas. Think this through some. Do you want a masculine looking site? Do you want to feel urban…or country? What type of people are you hoping to attract? I know, you’re probably saying “Well, Jason, everyone needs the Lord!” I know, but, remember, God has placed your church in a very specific place with a very specific group of people to reach out to another very specific group of people. Embrace it. It’s your mission.
You also have to choose whether you want to provide photos for the static imagery on the site (i.e. rollover buttons, visitor buttons, etc.) or if you want them to use stock photos. We opted for the stock photos for now. However, later we’re going to want to replace these photos with our own, but that will come at a slight expense for their programming time. These images do not include what they call the “Flashbox” or any images you would like to place in the body of your content or photo galleries.
I made a phone call to the head office of Faith Connector and asked them a few questions. They were, again, more than helpful, courteous and ready to offer suggestions. They gave me image dimensions should we decide to provide images and had as much time as I wanted to take to feel confident in our decisions.
We are working through some logo designs right now, so we have tabled the design worksheet. We’ll be turning it in soon and I can’t wait to see this site take shape. So far, so good!
Diary of a Faith Connector User, Part 1
So, tomorrow I purchase a Faith Connector website for my church. It’s a service that’s new to me, but apparently they’ve been doing church websites for quite some time. I am excited about some of the features and look forward to showing/telling you how the experience goes. I was first attracted to Faith Connector by the reasonable prices and seemingly abundant features. I am a little concerned about the limitations in design-”ability” due to the need to have them create the actual site, but I’m assured that the site will look good and that the functionality and customization features will prove more than sufficient for our needs. For more information, visit Faith Connector.
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