A custom designed website is one that is created from scratch based
on each church's specific needs and requests. You have direct input and
final say on EVERYTHING, from the layout and design, to the colors and
typography used. Additional customizations are possible at any time since you are working on an HTML based site, whereas with a
flash template, many elements on the frontpage are fixed and cannot be re-positioned.
Limited Supply
Mychurchwebsite.com takes no more than 28 new churches a year as customers. This is on purpose. We do not want to sacrifice quality for quantity. We want each church to have our undivided attention as we create the website and support it. This enables us to provide valuable feedback and tips on how to improve the functionality of your new church website to fit your churches specific vision. So, not only will you receive your own personal designer, but you will receive your own personal website guide.
Image is Everything
You NEED to capture people's attention and interest as quickly as possible on the web. It's also the first screen your members and visitors will scan to see what is going on at your church.
This is why we spend so much time making your frontpage look so professional. This is also the reason for the added design cost compared to certain other website providers. We put a lot of time into making sure your site will stand out from the crowd and not look like a templated site. Please visit our
portfolio page to view our work.
Frontpage Layouts
With a flash website, you are limited in what you can highlight on the front-page. Because of this, visitors will need to scan through each page to find what they are looking for (there is no search feature on a flash website). On the other hand, with an HTML site, latest announcements can easily be shown on the frontpage, in addition to slideshows, sermon messages, calendar items, etc. These kinds of things cannot ALL be shown on the frontpage of a flash site nor on the side of the content pages, like an HTML site can. If you want people to always be aware of what is going on at your church, on every page, an HTML site is a must have.
Free Free Free
We include a number of free items for every church:
- Free subscription to worship background website christiancollages.com.
- Free Web Hosting with 2GB of storage space (Unlimited storage space for premiere customers)
- FREE Content migration from old site! Many providers charge extra for this, but we feel it's important to do it for you for free so we can insure your site looks professional when it launches.
- Free email/webmail
- Free software additions/changes during the year! Let's say you wanted a slideshow on the frontpage instead of a flash animation. We will set it up and install it for for you for free. Let's say you wanted to add a Twitter box or Facebook wall somewhere on the site. We will set it up and install it for for you for free.
Social Media Integration
Our HTML enabled websites allow you to enter your announcements into your church website and have them automatically sent to Facebook and Twitter. This is a HUGE time saver! Their are also built in 'Like' & 'Share' Facebook buttons on each page, allowing your users to share pages or sermons with their friends. These features are not available on a flash website.
Blogging software is built into every website. Once a user logs into the site and writes a post,
it is sent out to both Facebook & Twitter automatically. Or, if you
feel like emailing your blog entry into the website instead of logging
in to write it, you can! The whole purpose is to make your churches job easier and the website as functional and up to date as possible. Our new tools enable all this, and can only be done with an HTML based website.
Full Page
With a flash site, you are stuck having to view all content in a small window. Your screen size does not determine how much content you see at a time. To see more content inside a flash site, you cannot scroll your browser bar, but instead, have to use the scroll bar inside of the flash site. This makes for an awkward user experience, and can be frustrating for those with regular computer monitors that want to see as much content as possible without having to scroll. To make matters worse, when you try to select text on some of the darker backgrounded flash site, you have no idea what you are copying either, as their is no visible highlight function. Want to search for a word on a page so you don't have to read it all to find what you are looking for specifically? You can't in a flash website. Text capabilities are heavily crippled.
Advanced Features
A flash based website cannot offer you advanced software which enables such things such as event registration, drag&drop forms, online giving, e-cards, and calendars. These pieces of software may be on flash based web sites but are very limited in what they can do. With our HTML content management system, not only do you have access to the advanced software but you can customize each feature to fit your needs specifically. It is not a one size fits all solution, like the flash software is.
It gets better! If for some reason a piece of software (like the photo gallery) doesn't meet your needs, we oftentimes have other options that may be a better fit for your situation. We are not limited to only one piece of software like other companies may be with their proprietary HTML and flash content management systems.
Mobile Friendly
Mobile devices are being used more and more these days. Most popular mobile devices do not support flash and thus are forced to view a heavily crippled version of a flash website on their browser. HTML sites offer the flexibility to let the user decide whether they want a mobile friendly version or the full website, including the frontpage slideshow.
Customer Service
Lastly, you get 1 on 1 personal service with our company. You won't be passed around to different people. Support is always a live chat, email, or phone call away, with the same person. We invite you to write to ANY church in our portfolio and ask them about our service. You can also visit our
customer feedback page to see comments we have received
unsolicited in our email box.
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