Website Design Done Right

A few weeks ago I was at the Non-Profit Technology Network‘s annual conference in San Francisco. It was a terrific conference in one of my favorite cities. It was a really great experience to see how non-profits were using technology to further their mission. There were way too many workshop offerings for only three days [...]

Search Engine Optimization, Parts 2-4

Richelle Thompson over at Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices has been very busy the last week talking about SEO. Here are parts 2, parts 3 and parts 4.

Increasing traffic to your Facebook Site

With all of the other things on my plate, one thing that I need to tend to more is Facebook and using it support your mission in the world. I found this link via @RevWeb and it has some good tips on how to make Facebook more effective for your church. The site has an [...]

Comparing CMS, Part 2

A while back, I wrote a piece about Comparing Content Management Systems. My colleague Kat Lehman in the Diocese of Bethlehem has found a nice link and a fairly comprehensive list of CMS options. She compiles a great little e-newsletter called IT@Diocesan House which I commend to you to check out. Lots of good stuff. [...]

Hosted or Self Hosted Websites

I am taking a series of classes this year at the University of Washington on Social Media Implementation and Technology. These have been terrific resources, chock full of great information and tidbits. I thought it would be worthwhile to share some of these on this blog.

One subject that I am asked many times about [...]

Comparing Open Source CMS Programs

As I have been going around the diocese, I have talked a lot about using Content Management Systems (CMS) to develop websites. The three major open source programs (read:free) are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. I have been looking around trying to find a fairly definitive and impartial comparison of them and I think I found [...]