Comments on: 10 Web Design Lessons Gleaned from Our New Site

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:21:16 +0000

Most of the improvement described in this post can be done by redesigning the template for your website. It looks like you’ve built your website with our NE1 Web Builder. We can create a new, custom template for your site if you like. This page describes the options and costs:

https://www.ourchurch.com/hosting/design-services.php

By: Ann Broach

Ann Broach — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:35:38 +0000

If I want to take advantage of these new ways to build my Web site, how do I do away with what I’ve started and begin with the new format?

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:31:05 +0000

Bill, do you know that OurChurch.Com offers free websites?

Beyond that, I think any U.S. church no matter how small that is really passionate about reaching people in their community can afford $10-$15 a month for site that has its own domain name, no ads, etc.

By: Bill Perkey

Bill Perkey — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:34:48 +0000

Somewhere out there are many of us smaller churchs who do not have the budget nor the technology to be a part of this great tool called the web. Keep up the good work, maybe someday there will be tool for us to use so we to can touch lives through this medium. Let’s always keep Christ at the center.

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:48:22 +0000

Thanks Rodney, we appreciate the feedback and look forward to networking with you too.

By: Rodney Nigel Mayfield

Rodney Nigel Mayfield — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:47:39 +0000

Hello gentleman. I really love your new look. You are hitting on all cylinders with the change. I personally thought the previous site was sorta dry as it related to the color scheme but not it gets my attention. I look forward to networking with Our Church as it relates to proclaiming the Gospel, advertisment partnerships and anything else thats all to the glory of God. Be Blessed.
Minister, Rodney Nigel Mayfield
President/CEO
Click4Prayer.org

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Jean, your site was created with our NE1 web builder which does not have the capacity to widen the site. I would suggest selecting a wider template or you could have us create a custom template for you. More info on the customization services is available at:
https://www.ourchurch.com/hosting/design-services.php

By: Jean Peavler

Jean Peavler — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:30:40 +0000

I would like to know how to widen the template. We recently went to the add-free option, but the text on my site does not come close to filling the screen even though the template color bar does go all the way across. Is there something I can change, or at least some header code I can use, to widen the text margin? I haven’t had time to research this yet.

Thank you.

By: Kenny Merriken

Kenny Merriken — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:28:03 +0000

I pray that you continue to improve the website so that many more people will come to Christ. Kenny Merriken

By: Mike Cotton

Mike Cotton — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:25:37 +0000

Hey, Chris. I’m the head web Designer for OurChurch.Com, so I wanted to answer your question. The most common way to put text on top of a graphic is to use a background graphic. This is usually achieved by using a set of coding called CSS (Cascading Style Sheet).

The best resource on CSS out there (in my opinion) is W3Schools.com. Here is their webpage on CSS Backgrounds:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp