Annoyance and a Friendly Warning
Just because I’m the IT guy doesn’t necessarily mean that I am immune from the mayhem of the outside world (aka the Internet). I went to my blog late yesterday only to find out it had been hacked earlier in the day. Not only that, but the same hacker did in two of our church […]
Protecting your Brand
On March 18, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the formation of a new .xxx top level domain for the adult entertainment industry. What this means is that it will be possible to obtain a domain name “your organization.xxx” and post pornographic content on it. If you have a strong brand […]
Photo Op!
We are in the middle of migrating to a new website for the diocese. One thing we wanted to do was create new photos of the staff since the current ones are, shall we say, a little out of date. I obviously was showing my age when so few people appreciated or understood my “All […]
Content Matters!
This has been a rather puzzling week. After leaving a message on a church answering machine (after hearing about when their Christmas Services are) and checking on some church websites that have no Lenten information, I ask myself “What are they missing?” Part of what we do here is to proclaim the Good News, but […]
A very cool primer!
As part of Episcopal Communicators, we share ideas and tools to help us do our work better and more efficiently. A great tidbit, courtesy of Rise Thew Forrester of the Diocese of Northern Michigan, is this website link http://20thingsilearned.com. It is a wonderful and easy to read primer on browsers and the internet. It’s not […]
Hosted or Self Hosted Websites
I am taking a series of classes this year at the University of Washington on Social Media Implementation and Technology. These have been terrific resources, chock full of great information and tidbits. I thought it would be worthwhile to share some of these on this blog. One subject that I am asked many times about […]
Comparing Open Source CMS Programs
As I have been going around the diocese, I have talked a lot about using Content Management Systems (CMS) to develop websites. The three major open source programs (read:free) are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. I have been looking around trying to find a fairly definitive and impartial comparison of them and I think I found […]
One more thing about Domain Names…
I had a wonderful meeting with some of the people at St. Andrew’s Tacoma today, and in the conversation with them I remembered something that I should pass on about domain names. When you get your domain name from wherever you decide to get it, make sure it is registered to your organization and address.
What’s in a Name?
OK, so you’ve decided to get on the web and set up your website. The first thing you need to do is get a domain name. You can spend anywhere from $7-$20 a year to register this domain name. The big three are godaddy.com, register.com and networksolutions.com. But first you need a name. As I […]