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
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Joomla
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Durpal
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DotNetNuke
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WordPress (Blogging and more)
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Moodle (Remote Learning)
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Second Life
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Club Penguin
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Elf Island
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World of Warcraft
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www.facebook.com
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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14323363583#
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Camp Christian
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204466345&ref=mf#
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Peachtree Corners CC
www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Norcross-GA/Peachtree-Corners-Christian-Church/8930250582?ref=ts
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A UK ad Campaign
www.myspace.com/isthisjesus
- Christian Alternative to MySpace:
www.xianz.com
- 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/
- Photo Sharing: Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/7532531@N02/
- 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
- Audio Sharing: www.itunes.com
- Twitter: http://twitter.com
marketing use: www.csmonitor.com
Emergency notifications by organizations
www.twitter.com/DowntownDecatur
- Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)
- Good example of total Social Media site:
www.wxiatv.com
- Resources:
http://churchcrunch.com
- Alban Institute Article on Social Networking:
http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?q=printme&id=6512
- 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
- List of standard Windows Fonts:
www.kayskreations.net/fonts/fonttb.html
- 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:
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For Ministry -
http://www.forministry.com
Demo Site:
http://www.forministry.com/USNCCCDOCGFT1
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WordPress -
http://www.wordpress.com
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DotNetNuke - http://dotnetnuke.com
- requires a Windows Server
Content Management Systems
Other examples:
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Community Server -
http://communityserver.com
- designed for community sites.
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Drupal
www.drupal.org
- Simpler than Joomla or Mambo
- Capital City Region is a Durpal site:
http://www.cccadisciples.org
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Joomla -
www.joomla.org
- The Granddaddy used by large publishers
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Mambo -
http://mambo-foundation.org
- Joomlas parent
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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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