The friday night square dance hosted by the youth group was amazing! We’ll be looking to continue dancing sometime in the next month of two. Thanks so much to the caller and everyone who set up this great evening! It really took me by surprise… square dancing is so much fun.
Ok, after much deliberation 
, Diego and I have come to several conclusions concerning the church webpage:
Home page – all colors; Individual pages – each a different color
Top bar must always be the same color
Diego likes a tabbed menu – also likes a line of color above or below menu items… – maybe not tabs, but faded color bar…
Only one main photo at a time… a central image on the home page should draw you in (An image can make or break a site)…Play with color in images to make certain elements stand out
Diego doesn’t like Bradley script font…
When we have a great photo – use a black/white/grey border right around the main photo
Use a good transition of central image – maybe a vertical rollover in flash…
Micah – spread out primary colors – not so much contrast
Maybe use diagonal stripes on top bar… but they can’t be distracting…
Try to use more paper textures than wood
Keep it centered
- As of Jan 11/2010
check out this paper tutorial: http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/03/06/rapid-fire-1-photo-realistic/
OK SO HERE ARE 2 PICTURES, 1 OF THEM IS THE MODIFIED OF THE OTHER ONE (THE MODIFIED HAS THE BLUE BAR ON TOP), FRIEDA SAYS THEY ARE TO FANCY SCMANCY FOR THE WEBSITE BUT I STILL FELT LIKE PUTTING IT UP HERE!
Ok, here are a few more ideas, let me know what you think…
By the way, it would be great if other people from church, besides me and diego, gave feedback on these designs… just remember to look at the overall structure… this is what we’re deciding right now… it is easy to tweek and improve a design once we have decided on it.
Also, for the next week or so I’ll just continue to edit this post with new design photos instead of creating new posts, so even if there are no new posts there may be some new designs!
The following files are ideas for the re-designing of the church webpage. Diego and I worked on these last Sunday. Sorry I wasn’t able to upload them until today… (at home we have dial up)
By the way, (diego), in the future we should just use the church blog to communicate at school… we can use the youth group category for now.
Just to let everyone know, we just bought office 2007 home & student for the church laptop. I should be able to spice up the powerpoints on Sunday with this… if you have any great templates or cool backgrounds, send them to me – blue and green backgrounds usually show up best on the wall in the sanctuary.
The blog template pages have finally been completely customized and can now be used. I will soon have them linked to the rest of the website, and soon we will be posting updates, etc, on things we are doing here at LifeBridge. Contact me on facebook if you have any questions!
