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