The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Georgia

Links from the "Gigabytes for the Gospel" Workshops
Christmount Christian Assembly
2009

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Session 1 - The Rise of Social Networking

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

1. Joomla

2. Durpal

3. DotNetNuke

4. WordPress (Blogging and more)

5. Moodle (Remote Learning)

6. Second Life

7. Club Penguin

8. Elf Island

9. World of Warcraft

10. www.facebook.com

11. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14323363583#

12. Camp Christian
    www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204466345&ref=mf#

13. Peachtree Corners CC
    www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Norcross-GA/Peachtree-Corners-Christian-Church/8930250582?ref=ts

14. A UK ad Campaign www.myspace.com/isthisjesus

15. Christian Alternative to MySpace: www.xianz.com
16. Blogging:
    Personal – used to communicate with friends:  http://myeloma-ar.blogspot.com
    Professional – to communicate with members: http://breadandchalice.blogspot.com
    Organizational – to promote the organization: www.kids-closet.org/wordpress/ 
17. Photo Sharing: Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/7532531@N02/
18. Video Sharing:
    Blip.tv: http://ccinga.blip.tv/#1372819
    Embeded: www.peachtreecornerscc.org/pumpkins.htm
    
    YouTube:
    www.youtube.com/user/ChristianChurchDOC
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIFnLbv469Q
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNDnffuBWYo 
19. Audio Sharing: www.itunes.com
20. Twitter: http://twitter.com
    marketing use: www.csmonitor.com
    Emergency notifications by organizations www.twitter.com/DowntownDecatur
21. Wiki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)
22. Good example of total Social Media site: www.wxiatv.com
23. Resources:
    http://churchcrunch.com
     
24. Alban Institute Article on Social Networking:
    http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?q=printme&id=6512
25. Pew Internet and American Life Project - secular info - but quite interesting.
    http://www.pewinternet.org/

Session 2 - What Goes into a Web Site?

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

1. List of standard Windows Fonts: www.kayskreations.net/fonts/fonttb.html
2. Christian Alternative to MySpace: www.xianz.com

Session 3 & 4 - Lets Build a Web Site
Section A

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

Authoring Tools

Microsoft Expression Web:
    www.microsoft.com/expression/products/overview.aspx?key=web

Session 3 & 4 - Lets Build a Web Site
Section B

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

Content Management Systems
Demonstrations:

1. For Ministry - http://www.forministry.com
   Demo Site: http://www.forministry.com/USNCCCDOCGFT1

2. WordPress - http://www.wordpress.com

3. DotNetNuke - http://dotnetnuke.com
   - requires a Windows Server

Content Management Systems
Other examples:

1. Community Server - http://communityserver.com
   - designed for “community” sites.

2. Drupal – www.drupal.org 
   - Simpler than Joomla or Mambo
   - Capital City Region is a Durpal site: http://www.cccadisciples.org

3. Joomla - www.joomla.org
   - The Granddaddy – used by large publishers

4. Mambo - http://mambo-foundation.org
   - Joomla’s “parent”

5. Joomla Example: www.lawrencevillefirstchristian.org

Session 4 - Web Site Tips and Tricks

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

DOC Webmasters Site: https://secure.disciples.org/discuss/webmasters

Disciples Graphics: http://www.disciples.org/Resources/GraphicsandPhotos/tabid/361/Default.aspx

Cheap Stock Photos: http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

Google: "Free Christian Clipart" – to find a huge number of resources.

Favicon
• See http://www.chami.com/tips/Internet/110599I.html for instructions and online tools.

Calendars
• www.google.com/calendar
• www.mychurchevents.com
   Example:
   www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=L6L6K5M7O9F0O9L6I3

Bible Verses and Resources
• http://bible.oremus.org  - very flexible but no “verse of the day” feature.
• http://www.biblegateway.com  - verse of day.
• http://www.verseoftheday.com  - verse of day.

Lectionary:
• The Disciples Lectionary box: www.disciples.org/Resources/Lectionary/RSSandWebPageFeeds/tabid/233/Default.aspx
• A full listing of the Lectionary: www.disciples.org/Resources/Lectionary/tabid/231/Default.aspx
• Cherry Log CC Lectionary: http://www.clccdoc.org/lectionary_include.htm
 See: http://www.gadisciples.org/about_us/webmasters.htm for instructions on how to use.

PDF:
• Always put notice next to PDF that it is PDF and the file size. see: http://www.gadisciples.org/Messenger/Index.htm
• Always put a download notice about PDF tools on page somewhere – Icon's are available from http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html#readerlogo  (with rights info)
Link them to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
• Adobe Acrobat is THE tool but is expensive www.adobe.com
• http://createpdf.adobe.com/#  online conversion – 5 free then $10 a month.
• http://www.cutepdf.com - a very nice free tool to create pdfs
• www.pdf995.com  – a free tool to create pdfs.
• http://www.pdfonline.com  - a $15 tool but also has FREE online conversions
• http://primopdf.com - Recommended at the retreat.

Site Statistics:
• www.statcounter.org
• www.getclicky.com
• www.google.com/analytics

Syndicated RSS and Ajax feeds
• www.feedburner.com 

Session 5 - There Be Dragons

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

Copyrights:
• Text
   Doctrine of "Fair Use". - See:
   www.copyright.cornell.edu/policy/Fair_Use_Checklist.pdf
   Cornell site:
   www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/

• Music
   www.mpa.org/copyright_resource_center/church_musician

Photo Release forms:
   www.telecompioneers.org/communications/photoreleaseforms.aspx

Masking E-mail: www.digitalcolony.com/02/maskemail/

Privacy Notice Example at www.gadisciples.org/shared/privacy_statment.htm

Forms Spamming and CAPTCHA
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
• recaptcha.net/resources.html – free CAPTCHA code (programming required)
• www.puremango.co.uk/cm_php_captcha_script_113.php
• www.php.meezerk.com/index.php?page=captcha

Backups
• www.carbonite.com - recommended by Buddy
• www.mozy.com - recommended by Dean

Saturday Afternoon Optional

Slides: PowerPoint
              PDF

Simple Image Editing - Graphics and Photo manipulation
• Free Online Image editors – review:
   www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2108968,00.asp
   o PhotoPad - www.nchsoftware.com - free photo editor and many more free tools
   o gimp.org – free open source image editor
   o www.irfanview.com  - free image viewer with editing capabilities.
   o Powertoys for XP – image resizer:
      www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

• Other image editors and lots of other toys available at:
   o www.tucows.com
   o www.download.com

Web Visibility
• Disciples Cross Link project.
   www.gadisciples.org/Main/links.htm
   from www.disciples.org/congregations/websites/?showall=true 
• Robot.txt - www.robotstxt.org/orig.html

Web Site Statistics
• Google Analytics: www.google.com/analytics

HTML
• www.w3schools.com/default.asp
• watson.addy.com HTML validation tool

JavaScript
• www.w3schools.com/default.asp

ASP.NET (Microsoft)
• Learning resource for HTML, Javascript, and .net all in one:
  msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308786.aspx
• www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Choosing and Registering a URL
• A good resource for general questions: http://www.icann.org/faq/
• Sample Registrars
   o www.godaddy.com
   o www.registersite.com
   o www.misk.com

Hosting Providers
• www.godaddy.com
• www.forministry.com
• wiki.dreamhost.com/Non-profit_Discount - Dreamhost www.dreamhost.com

E-Mail

• CAN Spam act: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm
• Check out "Urban Legends": www.snopes.com

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