October 15th, 2009
Now that you can upgrade or downgrade your SteepleSites.com account through your website manager, we thought it would be good to give you specific instructions on how to do so. Follow the steps below to upgrade your SteepleSites.com church website account.
Step 1:
After logging in, hover over the WEBSITE button at the top of your admin screen and select BILLING.
Step 2:
Select a new plan by clicking UPGRADE in the appropriate column.
Step 3:
Enter your personal information, payment method, and billing address and click UPDATE INFORMATION at the bottom.
That’s it. If you have any questions about billing, contact us at SteepleSites.com/contact.
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July 5th, 2009
I wanted to let you know that I’ve added 3 new design themes to the design gallery. This means you have 3 more options for the design of your website. Don’t like the design you have now? Shoot me an email with the design you want to apply to your website, and I’ll integrate it for you – FREE!
Tags: church website designers, church website designs, free church website
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July 2nd, 2009
Since I’m always interested in the latest church website design trends, and church websites in general, I thought I’d put together a small sampling of some of my favorite church website designs. This will also help my clients to give them some direction when deciding the type of design to go with for their church website.
Christ Community Church
College Park Church
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Tags: church website designers, church website designs
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April 29th, 2009
Before you hire a church website designer, it is critical to know what you are receiving for your money. I have developed a four phase plan I use with my clients so they know exactly what is happening throughout the website design process.
A website is much more than just a website, and you should know what you are receiving. Any web designer can throw together a site in a few days and make it look good to the naked eye. But if you are not receiving all of these basic services that go with a custom church website design, it’s time to think about finding someone else. I wouldn’t ask the designer if they do “x, y, and z”, just ask them what is included. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a church website designer that lists all of these as basic services for every website design. Read the rest of this post »
Tags: four phases to custom church website design, hiring a church website designer
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April 24th, 2009
UPDATE: Our sister site, MinistryPath.com, now has online giving with PayPal built in. All you have to do is enter your PayPal email address and the rest is automatic! It’s super easy…check it out!
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, PayPal has a great solution for accepting donations or offerings on your church website. You don’t pay any signup fees or monthly fees, so it only costs you money when someone actually makes the gift. PayPal takes about 3% of the gift, so I can understand if this solution is not for you, but many churches provide this to their members for a lot of different reasons – reasons we won’t get into right now.
This post will show you how to easily add an “Online Giving” module to your church website using the payment processor PayPal. See an example here before you get started.
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Tags: online giving, paypal offering
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April 22nd, 2009
UPDATE: Our sister site, MinistryPath.com, now has websites for churches with the sermon.net sermon player built it. Now your sermons will automatically be posted to your website’s sermons page instantly! Check it out.
Sermon.net offers a wonderful free service to churches. They give you unlimited storage and bandwidth for your sermons, along with an awesome flash-based sermon player for your website. In this post, I’ll cover how to get your free sermon.net account, how to upload a sermon, and 2 different ways to add your sermons to your church website.
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Tags: church podcasting, church podcasts, church website sermons, sermons
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April 15th, 2009
I was developing a website for a church last year and I asked the guy in charge of the site if he wanted me to set him up with online giving through PayPal (see example). His response was, “Nah, I was searching the Scriptures in regards to that, and I found a verse that says to bring your tithes so I don’t think it is really biblical to do online giving.” I assume he was talking about Deuteronomy 12:11 – “Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”. Read the rest of this post »
Tags: church websites, online giving
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April 11th, 2009
Whether you are planting a church, or your existing church needs a new website, the time has never been better. We would like to give you a website for free. It will have all the features you need to get started – topped off with an exceptional design. There are no cookie-cutter templates here. Just head on over to our sign up page to get started.
Tags: free church website, websites for churches
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