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Input needed on updated NLC web site
We just updated the NLC web site. I have been looking for a solution for video & audio streaming. Many of the options I found wanted $20-$35/mo for hosting/streaming and a utility to play the media. I currently have 350GB of storage so I don't need additional space. I finally found what I wanted and just got it implemented. Check it out and let me know what you think and what stinks! :D
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Something is making the page take a long time to load ... even when using FireFox .... the content area needs to be cleaned up a little, also - IMO. |
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Pastor, it looks good, the only thing I might add is linking the video and sound together to get a better sound quality. You can hear you well, but with adding this it would be clear, almost like watching tv....you know what I mean.
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Hey Mow-
Pages loaded fine, but I think Dan is right (this one time). The fnon-flash page is a little...well...impersonal. Doesn't reach out and grab my attention like the old one. More color, "livelier fonts". And pictures... they speak a thousand words. Oh, one more thing.... You left out a long list of "standards" that must be adherred to! LOL |
I can't read some of your site information because margin are not set correctly to use with my viewer. This is mostly on the right side of the page. This happens even when I go full screen.
I was thinking about your "staff page" towards the bottom. |
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Get rid of the grey box backgrounds. Use one color fade fill (lighter to darker) and consider maybe a small border around them consider using some back ground for the banner space or a fading color to, then put one thing in it as opposed to the three images you have then put some pics elsewhere in the main page with a heading under it or something about being a family church etc Also, since you already have the impact "ad" in the body, you don't need it in the header use "padding" or borders in the boxes (the grey ones) to space the words away from the edges. It will look a lot better. BTW tell me who hosts your audio/video and where did you get teh code for the player? PM me if you can, thanks/ |
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I've tried to clean it up a bit. Is is any better?
I use Dreamweaver and when Prax mentioned "padding" I just realized/found that I can adjust each layer's properties. Duh!!!! :D |
The text looks nicer now..you might still try a background color that is a ligher or darker shade of your main color or even a background image that is a gradient fill, but the grey had to go haha
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Make a Video page and link to it. This banner is way to busy. http://www.newlife-church.org/WebBanner.jpg Are those members of your church? New Life Church exists to: Serve God, each other and our community Motto? Why so small? Welcome to New Life Church 6511 Milan Rd. Sandusky, OH 419.625.61 Phone? Map? Should be at the bottom of the page. If they are not lost at the top, they will want the address when they get to the bottom. Nice color mix though. |
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You have lot of blue...let the "white" be just "white space" between content. Use variations of blue or use a color wheel for another color
this one is neat, but only offers continuous but not contrasting http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html this one offers all the variations. BTW I have a free extension for fireworks I think that does this http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colo.../index-en.html This one is cool as it has a randomizer http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwheel.asp this one is cool too, but you have to ender the color by hand (RGB values) http://design.geckotribe.com/colorwheel/ http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp#wizard that last one is cool too |
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What exactly are you doing with this page? Cut it down to do THAT and move the other content to other pages. Leave the mission, your welcome and your photo. The menu at the left will attract them to your other content. Put the address at the bottom below the map link. Add the phone number - do you offer a ride? Put a photo of the vehicle you use. And in the photos, be sure to have someone making faces at the camera, and by all means have a photo of your empty sanctuary! err- scratch this paragraph. |
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Looking better! One thing: Big black square on left? I see "Click on file to view video" but underneath a big black square. Might be somethin you're workin on, but does look better. To the left of Pastors Video is a man standing lookin up (You?). Huh... I see nekkid elbows!
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Yes, that's me. Count yourself lucky that you can only see my nekkid elbows...if I had not cut me off at the torso, you'd see my nekkid knees!!! :D That was a Summer time pic and in the Summer I rarely have on long pants....unless it's Sunday morning! :D |
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brother, this logo for IMPACT would look at LOT better if you did not use code to reduce the size. You need to resize it smaller in whatever image program you use....making the demensions smaller in the "img" tag makes it look terrible
here is a resize...plus also the demensions you used were not even so it looks distorted here are two to play with. One is more wide and one is less tall...the less tall has a white back ground so that blends in with the back ground just fine The file sizes are smaller too. It's alright to use that background color, but what I was saying is the text boxes use a background color that is a lighter shade of the blue you use or a contrasting color. Go to those sites and use the color picker to find different color schemes. Web pages should have 3-4 colors, but not too many. To few is boring |
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I just realizes the same goes for the rest of the banner. I looked at it and I can see you changed the demensions view the "img" tag.....thats a no no in web page design. That is why it looks funny. It looks great though unaltered
the dimensions are 640 by 114 but in the img tag you have 662/138 why not stick with 640 by 114 then edit the other down to near that size? Because you should never increase the size of an image here is the impact img with the width at 114...looks great |
OK< Bro. I was looking at NON FLASH PAGE. NEW DESIGN is much better. However, have you started two Sunday Am services? If so, why "Beginning September 9th?
Instead of.... NOTE New Service Times!!!! Starting September 9th, 2007 Two identical services 9am & 11am G-Force will only be offered during the 11 am service Why not.... NOTE New Service Times!!!! Two identical services 9am & 11am G-Force will only be offered during the 11 am service |
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here is the banner as one image with a black border..it's the same length as the original banner
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check out this DW extension....never buy another template again lol
http://www.webassist.com/professiona...ls.asp?PID=113 |
I will work on these changes soon. Thanks for ALL the input and help! For now, I have to get some ZZZZZZ's and be at the church by 7am to finish getting ready for both services. We missed the ice storm so attendance should be good! I guess only pastors think about those things! :D
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Ar the ADHD who cannot wait for 130 K to load. Fast front page with links and information but relavant to say "Come on and see why we are different and click here to learn more" |
Wow! If I ever need a web page I'll know who to ask!! It's not my area of expertise but I'm impressed by the knowlege and suggestions you all shared.
cool............ |
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OK, I did some major work. Not sure if I like the way the page "floats" though. I think it is cleaner, but I have trouble getting the frame with the images to be transparent to let the background image show through.
Maybe I should try another image with similar colors. I used a pic of a sunset I took a while back. |
Holy smokes brother! That site looks absolutely incredible! Great work!
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What about the latest changes? Too much? Cleaner? Graphics OK? :D
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Nice website elder! I liked your welcome video. I have rgeat memories of that church. Visited there with ABI years ago and then with my youth choir one sumer. Talked to Sister Wasmundt the other day. Dan C. was in Memphis and visited us and was talking to her on the phone and handed the phone to me. It was a pleasure to hear from her.
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I am still working on a visit to your area to see my brother. I haven't made it down there yet. Maybe next week, I'm not sure. You know how this time of year is!!! :D Be blessed above measure!!! |
I can't believe you preach that long! My people would be snoring in 30 min. Music is good though.
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Looks great MOW!
Man, folks here were brutal - with friends like this................. |
Hi MOW,
Few observations that have little or nothing to do with the design. First: Lose the active x control. using a technology on the index page that requires people to install someting is no-no. Seriously Bro, people browsing by are much more likely to click off if they have to install something. OK, Now, my main observations: First off bury the flash version of the site. I don't mean, get rid off it, bury bury it into a subfolder like http://www.newlife-church.org/flash/flash.html The main reason for this is because in the main page of your domain is the flash file. Search engine robots don't know what to do with flash as they read the title, description, and the page text when scanning the site for relevency. THEN, make the non-flash page the index page. Add more descriptive text to the index page. Secondly: Populate the Meta Tags. I looked in the code Code:
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />Try to have text content on each page that uses some of the words used in your title and Meta Description. This is how search engine "spiders" read and classify your page: <title> ---> <META Description>---> Body copy on the page. Help the spiders find their way around your site by providing links within the body copy to related pages with in your site. You may also want to invest in google adwords, you can budget a $1.00 a day and use keywords and phrases like "Church Sandusky" with a bid of say 10 cents a click. This way if someone googles "Church Sandusky" You will come up on the sponser links on the right. I would target those clicks to a page with basic info, contact info, service schedule and mapquest link. Well, sorry if I buried you with info Bro. This post is actually now the beginning of a white paper I have been planning to write on SEO for churches. Thanks for the inspiration! |
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looks better...if you want you might try slicing up the banner into smaller sections. It loads faster that way. The back ground is cool and so are the transparent text boxes.
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