| In this article I will go over a few observances that | | | | gentle and soothing to the visitor. 3. Non-conventional |
| may be helpful to churches in creating their church | | | | shapes. Rounded corners, patterns, layers, make |
| website. We will not touch on the functional aspect, | | | | most church websites escape a concrete type look. |
| so much as the aspect of design characteristics. This | | | | The use of rounded corners in CSS design, and |
| article is a response from a blog I read, (forgive me I | | | | non-traditional shapes made most church websites |
| forget the link). In this blog, the writer brought up | | | | eye-catching 4. Good looking people... I'm such a |
| the idea that church websites are some of the most | | | | proponent of using professional photos on sites. |
| unique designs on the web. At first glance, I thought, | | | | Photos can make or break a site. It seems like most |
| "church website designs", best on the web? I've | | | | church websites get the edge by having nice smiling |
| been used to seeing most church websites very | | | | families, kids, teens, and general emotion being |
| tacky and at best embarassing to the church. After | | | | showed through nice photos. 5. Clean contact forms. |
| reading the article, it did open my eyes a bit more to | | | | I love nice clean contact forms. Since contact forms |
| some of the artistic trends in church website design. | | | | are the primary vehicle of churches to gain visitors |
| These are some ideas I've picked up from that | | | | through their website, nice contact forms goes a long |
| particular blog and a few others. 1. Use textual | | | | way. Again, rounded corners, styled CSS gives a |
| elements. The characteristics of good church | | | | great effect. So in summary, there is a change in |
| websites used text font, size, style, and line spacing | | | | church website design that is paying special attention |
| well. This made the sites look professional, and the | | | | to artistic style and beauty. Hooray! For more |
| reader wanted to continue looking at the text. 2. | | | | information and samples of good church websites, |
| Colors that convey emotion. One major characteristic | | | | visit our homepage below. |
| is a good use of colors. Mostly warm colors that are | | | | |