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