Bulding a Website for my Church

[Chrisxs5]

We got the site up today. If you want to check it out to see how I'm doing on it, the url is http://wordoffaithonline.com
Now I was wondering, if I make a theme, like make all new buttons and pictures and everything and save it in a folder on our server, and then make a link to choose that theme, can i save it so that everytime that user returns to the site will automatically see the theme?

I like the graphics on the site. Didnt know if wanted some constructive criticism on the site or not; so if you do let me know, if not then it does look good.

[michaewlewis]

You could use a cookie.

[soybean]

If you want to ask a sophisticated calendar to your site, see http://www.mychurchevents.com/

The church I belong to uses it; you can see it at http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=G1O9L6I3G1L6G1G1  or see this sample: http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=2259678&list_by=calendar_month  It's not free; the annual cost is $59.95.

[gamerx365]

i dont think were interested in paying large amounts of money for anything but I'll send the pastor a link and see what he thinks. It's kind of a small church so we dont need anything big anyway.

[gamerx365]

You could use a cookie.

got a link or any direction on how to do this?

[soybean]

Now I was wondering, if I make a theme, like make all new buttons and pictures and everything and save it in a folder on our server, and then make a link to choose that theme, can i save it so that everytime that user returns to the site will automatically see the theme?

You could use a cookie.

I guess a cookie would be the key to an individual user getting a certain theme when visiting the site.  But, I'm wondering whether you understand you would need to develop a separate set of pages for each "theme" you want to make available.  That sounds like an awful lot of extra work to me.  If I were you, I'd focus on continuing to develop content in the site you now have.

[gamerx365]

I've started on a theme called glossy blue already and yes i realize I'd have to upkeep all the new info, so I wouldn't make more than 4 themes. It wont take me long to get all the content up as soon as the pastor sends me the rest of the stuff he wants on there. This theme thing is keeping me occupied until then. Check this out:
http://wordoffaithonline.com/glossyblue

[soybean]

Black text is difficult to read on that background.  So, I don't like it.  I also don't like seeing the ads at top of the page.  I'm sure they're there because you're using a free hosting service.  I'd want to change that but I know this depends on whether the church is willing to pay for web hosting.  Here's a good one: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/.  Their Starter plan would be fine for your site; it costs $4/mo., and no setup fee.  I'd think a church would be willing to spend that much to have a website.

[gamerx365]

alright well i sent the pastor a link to this thread so hoping that he checks back on it he might see that link. I dont know though i might send it to him just to make sure he sees it. Thanks for it by the way. I could change the text color but the buttons won't match then...

[stevejohnson1958]

Before you go spending $60/year for a web calendar...

Why not just pay the following vendor $34 and you can add a flash calendar to your site...three different sizes...you design the calendar...and there's no additional fees.

CoffeeCup Web Calendar

[soybean]

Regarding a calendar, two free options are available: Google Calendar and Yahoo! Calendar.  I believe either can be integrated into your website.  I see Google has a Team Edition.  That would allow other authorized church members to make updates to the calender.

[gamerx365]

yeah thanx for the google and yahoo links. I signed up and posted the google calendar on the calendar page. it looks pretty good but the only problem is not all the text shows up on the calendar so you have to click it to see the event. But anyway yeah thanx for that.