Harnessing the Power of WordPress: for Church Websites

Harnessing the Power of WordPress: for Church

Websites

Christopher Harris

eFormation 2015

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Available Online

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Slides and Links:

http://faithgrowth.com/wordpress-for-church-

websites/  

About Me

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•Former Youth Minister•Since Seminary working with Faith Growth•Member in the ELCA

About Faith Growth

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•Help make digital easy•Church Communications

Consulting• Custom Websites

Our Time Together

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1. Stages of Church Websites

2. Why WordPress?3. Tips and Resources

4. Learning Lab

Our Time Together: Part II

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1. Helpful Plugins2. What are your fav

plugins?3. Website Lab

Stages of Church Websites

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1. We don’t know the password.

2. Woohoo! We can update the site.

Stages of Church Websites

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3. Website Communications Strategy in place

4. Re-purposing content for digital distribution

5. Digital Content/Program Creation

Why WordPress?

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•Powers 23% of the Internet

• Easy to Learn•Abundance of Helpful

Resources

Church Themes

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Let’s look at some websites

Tips: The Homepage

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•Written for Visitor•Worship Times•Contact Info

•What to Expect

What’s the deal w/ Plugins?

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• Extent Functionality of WP•Connect external service to

your website•Make your site more secure•Create a web application not

a static brochure

What’s the deal w/ Plugins?

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• Extent Functionality of WP•Connect external service to

your website•Make your site more secure•Create a web application not

a static brochure

Learning Lab

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More WebsitesQ & A

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Christopher HarrisFaith Growthfaithgrowth.com@revrevwine

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