The WordPress Dream Theme Goes to Church

April 23, 2008

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A friend of mine who is the associate pastor at a local church recently had an assessment done of his church's website. The church had a static HTML site that he updated himself using Dream Weaver. When he got the assessment back he quickly realized that he was in over his head and needed help.

Some of the things that needed to be fixed other than the out-of-date design were; inconsistent fonts and colors, content scattered randomly throughout the site, poor navigation, and bad SEO. (Search Engine Optimization)

Another need they had was the ability for staff members to be able to login from any computer and change/update content without having to purchase and install additional software.

Written by Barry O · Filed Under Featured 3

Using WordPress as a CMS for a Lead Gen Site

April 6, 2008

I frequently talk about using WordPress as a content management system for building all types of websites. Well, this week I thought I would actually show you a project I've been working on for a friend of mine.

My friend is a local roofing and home remodeling contractor. He wanted a site that looked professional, was search engine optimized, could be set up quickly and managed easily. And, although their not doing it yet, he wanted the ability to add blog posts in the future. So, of course I recommended WordPress.

The first thing I did was purchase Ben Cope's WordPress Dream Theme. I told Ben exactly how I wanted the design to look and within a day or two I had my website design.

Written by Barry O · Filed Under WordPress Themes