Church websites - what can we do to help?
Churches have quite a few specialist needs when it comes to websites. At it's heart it's just another website but there are some special considerations:
- Needs to be kept very much up to date
- Changes need to be simple to make
- Sites need to be simple enough to be run by 'non-techie' people
- Many churches want to make sermon recordings available
Too many church websites are over-complicated, hard to use and many are out of date. Bold statements, but very true. Too much current information, too much dead information, too many pages, and too many menu levels. A lot of church sites are difficult to use and, perhaps more important, difficult to maintain. We believe that a good church website, like a good business site, must be clean, unfussy, up-to-date and easy to use. So, what can we do to help?
Keeping it simple
At strikingly simple we aim to help churches produce a web site that really cuts to the heart of the matter, understanding what users need from the site and helping you deliver that in a highly functional, easy to use, easy to maintain yet visually appealing site.
Web sites with two faces
Church web sites need to strike a careful balance. On the one hand, they need to inform existing memebers who know quite a bit about what goes on in a church. But, they also need to be able to reach and inform those who know nothing about how churches work, the traditions or terminology without scaring away these 'seekers'. We can help you to strike the right balance.
Talk to the world
Many churches already record their sermons and distribute then in tape or CD format. But this is the podcast generation and if posisble today many people would prefer to download and listen on the move. Our Sermons Online service allows your church to offer this either to replace tapes/CDs or to compliment it. To find out more about this fully hosted and unlimited service, click here.
Making things better
Some church websites just need a small helping hand or a few tweaks to make things better. We are happy to help and advise churches on what can be done often in a small way to make big improvements.
So, what kind of services do we offer for church websites apart from design, re-design and consultancy? Click to see our full range of other services.
