We have started a new service. While most of our clients are still custom website consumers, we have started a templated service. With our new Pre Made Template service we can take a premade template and customize it a bit to our customers needs. We still give all of the same great service as we do with our custom packages. The only difference is that the setup fee is much less.

The reason for this is because the average custom site takes 60 to 80 hours to develop and the average Premade site takes about 20 to 30 hours. The turn around time is a bit quicker as well. We are offering this as an option in an ailing economy. Business is still good, but some churches may need the functions of our packages but can't afford to shell out $2000 to design it.

I will post back later and give an update about this new service....until then God Bless!

Our new online help system should be a boost to our business. Potential customers now will have the option to speak to one of our live specialist as they navigate our website. That means you can get live answers to your questions as you navigate through the site. Our goal is to be as customer friendly as possible. I hope that this new feature will help boost sales as we enter into our New Year of 2009. Our business is doing well, even in this economy. It is my belief that God has his hand on our business, because of our obedience to His word. In Malachi the Lord tells us that if we are tithe payers that He will rebuke the devour for our sakes. If we are faithful to God...He will certainly be faithful to us!

God Bless!

William Ellis
Owner

It is my experience that when you type in the words church web design in any search engine..the you get an onslaught of choices. When designing a church website for your ministry it is never one size fits all. Some smaller companies setup their websites in frontpage or dreamweaver and then update the site as customers email updates. This method is ok but it is not preferred. The best option for Church Website design is through a content management system.

A content management system is a system whereby the website is built off of a template, but is sliced to communicate with a database and xml system. This type of approach takes a bit longer to setup for developers but in the long run can save hours of headache for the website developer and the customer. About 99% of all updates can be done via any browser by anyone in the church who has been given the right to access the administration. Their are many open source choices out there which are very good, but must be customized to work for a specific industry.

Some of these Open source programs include, Typo 3, Drupal, Mambo, and Joomla. Joomla is th newest of the bunch and is gaining popularity. Joomla is a program which has been developed by the same people who helped develop the Mambo open source project. Many of the original Mambo developers thought Mambo was going in the wrong direction for an open source project, so they jumped ship to start a new open source project.

Joomla really looks to be shaping up to be the best open source option out their today. The rumor is that the originators are Christians as well....that is definitely a plus!

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