1. Church Websites: Platforms and Possibilities
Super Saturday – Oct. 21, 2017
Tiffany Vail, Associate Conference Minister for Communications
Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island conferences, UCC

2. Agenda:
Quick Introductions: Name, Church, - What you want to get from this workshop - Do you want this group to look at your website
Platforms for developing websites - with examples of nice UCC sites
Constructive feedback on one another’s websites

3. Online Website Builders
Pro: Inexpensive, easy to learn
Con: Not as many options; cannot move site later
Limited customization can limit bad design choices
Examples: Wix, Weebly, Squarespace

4. Online Website Builders
Wix
Weebly ffcrestoration.weebly.com/
SquareSpace:

5. Content Management Systems
Pro: Inexpensive, easy to use, can be customized, portable to other hosts
Con: Initial design can be tricky, future updating may be required
Examples: Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal

6. Content Management Systems
Wordpress:
stockbridgeucc.org/ Clean, nice pics
southchurch.com/ Logo, sermons
Your first visit
Member stories
Elegant logo, first visit
Simple. Events?

7. Go with a Pro?
Do they design it and turn it over? Or do they host it and handle upgrades?
What is the ongoing cost / cost for changes?
Do they offer training?
Do they offer more services - ie: logo design

8. Go with a Pro? Jonathan Chapman - revjonchapman.com/web/
Example: westfielducc.org/ Wordpress
Ministry Designs - ucc.ministrywebsitedesigns.com/
Example: eweyucc.org/ Moto CMS

9. Go with a Pro? Small Steeple Web Builders - smallsteeple.com/
Examples:
hillsidemedford.org/
sanctuaryucc.org/
Wordpress

10. Go with a Pro? Brick River - churches.brickriver.com/ Example:
Proprietary system; can include er and registration system

11. Go with a Pro? Theory One Designs - faith.theoryonedesign.com/
Examples:
Drupal CMS

12. UCC Logo & Brand Specifications:

13. Your Turn https://www.plymouthctchurch.org/ Wix
Wordpress
Wordpress 
? Connected Word
Joomla CMS
Squarespace
Wordpress
Wordpress
Intuit websites

14. Church Websites: Platforms and Possibilities
Super Saturday – Oct. 21, 2017
Tiffany Vail, Associate Conference Minister for Communications
Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island conferences, UCC