4 Ways to Make Your Church Website Awesome
Does your church website need a face-lift?
Maybe some subtle tweaks?
It doesn’t take long before any website looks outdated. So, before you jump for a new shiny site design or re-vamp your current church website, here are a few things you should keep in mind when designing your website that’s sure to make it awesome.
How-To Make Your Church Website Awesome
1. Don’t Be Afraid
Don’t be afraid to be bold!
If you’ve built your website on WordPress, there are so many good looking themes, and with only making a few adjustments, you can really make it your own.
With easy to use Google custom fonts, it’s easy to add a little extra something to your design that sets you apart from everyone else.
From minimal designs to huge font-face, being bold in your design is easy to do. I think the biggest thing that stops us from being bolder in designs, is we think too permanent. The design you’re working on today, won’t be the design tomorrow.
Take some risks!
2. Use HTML5 & CSS3
CSS3 and HTML5 are awesome. So, naturally, if you want your church website to be awesome, you’re going to need to bake some awesomeness into it.
But, don’t use too much.
Use HTML5 and CSS3 like frosting on a cake. It’s tasty, but too much makes it inedible.
Also, consider using something like Modernizr when implementing HTML5 and CSS and/or checking browser compatibility.
3. Lose the Junk
Don’t be that website.
You know the one.
The one that puts everything on the front page and lists every social network known-to-man on each and every page.
Making a website easy to use means less clutter. Trim the fat or people will leave your website.
4. Add Social Media the Right Way
As I just said, don’t splatter your website with social icons and widget boxes. Do it nicely and cleanly.
Think about it.
If you are always flagging users to Friend and Follow you, and they have, this page real estate becomes annoying and wasted.
Keep it classy.
Finally
Anything you would like to add?
Please, do!
The Church has made a lot of headway in the area of web presence, so let’s keep moving forward!
More from Eric Dye or visit Eric at ericdye.it/
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