http://blog.churchinsight.com Latest articles from ChurchInsight Blog 2013, ChurchInsight Blog en Insight by Endis, www.endis.com 1440 http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/351632/How_to_write.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/351632/How_to_write.aspx Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT Many churches are aware that they need a website, but few actually give any thought as to the content (text, audio and visuals) and how it can be maintained when it goes live. By Abidemi Sanusi http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/354353/May_2013_New.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/354353/May_2013_New.aspx Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT In-browser PDF and document viewing, better editing on the iPad, improved layout loading speed for large sites, iCal multi-day events and more... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/351186/XL_Mentoring_Making.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/351186/XL_Mentoring_Making.aspx Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT We are working closely with XLP to deliver a fantastic looking site to highlight their project XL-Mentoring. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/344172/Feb_2013_New.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/344172/Feb_2013_New.aspx Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The development team elves have been burning the midnight oil to give us some new features and a whole shedload of bug fixes. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329203/Three_more_church.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329203/Three_more_church.aspx Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT It is great to see churches and ministries using the same system to produce very different websites. Three more ChurchInsight inspirations today – each with its own needs and approach, each with elements to inspire us all. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/338165/Merry_Christmas_and.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/338165/Merry_Christmas_and.aspx Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Merry Christmas from everyone at Endis. Here are 10 of our most popular posts from 2012. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/336884/Nov_2012_New.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/336884/Nov_2012_New.aspx Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT This month's release features multi-group queries, new fields in queries, Firefox 17 compatibility, media search improvements and much more By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329197/Even_more_inspiring.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329197/Even_more_inspiring.aspx Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:00:00 GMT Continuing our series of inspiration your own church website design, we bring you three more ChurchInsight examples. Today, a young church in Luton, an established UK and Ireland network, and an Anglican church on the other side of the world. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329165/More_inspiration_for.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329165/More_inspiration_for.aspx Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thanks for you response to Inspiration for church websites. It’s good to see what other churches and ministries are doing with their ChurchInsight sites. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/332262/Oct_2012_New.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/332262/Oct_2012_New.aspx Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Since the massive Web Office Design Update, the development team have been really busy with some system changes, updates and bug fixes – most importantly, relating to rotas. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329159/Inspiration_for_church.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/329159/Inspiration_for_church.aspx Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:00:00 GMT Well over 600 churches and ministries are using ChurchInsight. We want to show you what some of them are doing with their websites to give you inspiration for your own. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/321548/The_Dr_Dolittle.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/321548/The_Dr_Dolittle.aspx Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT Or...why you need to talk two ways at once – Alistair Birch talks about probably the most powerful but under-used feature of the ChurchInsight system: By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/320021/Another_cool_image.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/320021/Another_cool_image.aspx Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT We’ve recently looked at a way of easily presenting streams of single images to your website, but what if you want to display a collage of images – to commemorate an event or publicise one coming up? Pic Collage could be just what you’re looking for. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/316568/Turbocharge_your_images.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/316568/Turbocharge_your_images.aspx Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT Resizing, uploading and inserting the odd image into a ChurchInsight page is fine, but if you want to show more than a few images or speed is of the essence (or you just want an easier life) there’s a better way to do it – and work smarter... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/315896/5_Things_stopping.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/315896/5_Things_stopping.aspx Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:01:00 GMT Potential visitors want the answers to at least five key questions – right now people could be looking at your website and deciding whether to come along (or not) based on whether you have answers to these – and that's a sobering thought. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/315326/Latest_release_information.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/315326/Latest_release_information.aspx Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT June 2012 By Debs Dennis http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/314736/New_look_web.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/314736/New_look_web.aspx Thu, 31 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT New look web office update and some other exciting news. By Debs Dennis http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/313417/Make_ChurchInsight_better.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/313417/Make_ChurchInsight_better.aspx Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT Make ChurchInsight Better – Come and Work For Us By Adam http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/313116/Meet_the_company.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/313116/Meet_the_company.aspx Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT Meet the company who offer design for ChurchInsight websites By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/312038/ChurchInsight_gets_a.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/312038/ChurchInsight_gets_a.aspx Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT ChurchInsight gets a redesign By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/310427/More_free_texting.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/310427/More_free_texting.aspx Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT Change your sender ID with this simple form. As a reward for using our text services, we will give you 10 of free texting. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/305148/How_to_reach.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/305148/How_to_reach.aspx Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT The problem with email, especially when you are in a role with responsibility in a church, is that there is too much of it. But not every email is urgent – and not every email is important. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/304835/3_free_apps.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/304835/3_free_apps.aspx Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT It’s not just Google who want to make their mail program more efficient. There are many other apps that can help you to triumph over your Gmail inbox and get down into the valley where you are needed the most. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/304357/8_Google_Labs.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/304357/8_Google_Labs.aspx Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT What you might not know is that Google offers helpful little add-ons to Gmail to make the service even better. They are found in Google ‘Labs’. They are all free. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/303430/Churches_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/303430/Churches_with_Insight.aspx Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT Can your website help your church to grow? Peter Cavanna of King's Church Cambridge is sure it can. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296487/Church_office_in.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296487/Church_office_in.aspx Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT If you're an inveterate note taker like me, pick up the excellent Notebooks for iPhone and iPad. It wins no prizes for an original name, but unlike the built-in Notes app this handles multiple Notebooks – ideal for getting all your thoughts organised. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/300109/Free_Text_Messaging.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/300109/Free_Text_Messaging.aspx Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT Text messaging from your website is a fast, cheap and easy way to contact your members. These days nearly everyone has a mobile phone on them at all times, meaning you can get your message to your congregation instantly. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/298691/Churches_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/298691/Churches_with_Insight.aspx Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland wanted a website that could be evangelistic at the same time as supporting their members. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/298480/Church_office_in.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/298480/Church_office_in.aspx Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT My iPhone has been a huge help in handling my church responsibilities. With over 500,000 apps to choose from, it’s hard to separate the sheep from the goats, so here are some apps I’ve found useful. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296336/A_beginners_guide.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296336/A_beginners_guide.aspx Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT Web design projects: advice to avoid pain, stress, unnecessary expense, and end up with a web design that communicates well for your organisation. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296161/How_to_get.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/296161/How_to_get.aspx Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Even a simple site can seem daunting when new. And when you want to explore the extensive features that make up ChurchInsight – we know it can be helpful to have some friendly support at hand. That’s why we made ShareInsight. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/293872/10_Crucial_questions.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/293872/10_Crucial_questions.aspx Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Five more questions to be answered about how to keep your church staff up to speed with changing technology, how to budget for communication costs, and how to make sure that people don’t fall through the net when they encounter your church. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/293866/10_Crucial_questions.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/293866/10_Crucial_questions.aspx Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Are we adapting as fast as the communication of the people we are trying to reach? Does our investment into communication really match up to how important it is? Does our website work for what we are trying to do? By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/288405/Harnessing_the_power.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/288405/Harnessing_the_power.aspx Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Creating dynamic links between ChurchInsight and Facebook is something we often get asked about. Here's what we'd advise to help the two systems do the connectivity tango. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/289456/Churches_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/289456/Churches_with_Insight.aspx Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Can ChurchInsight act as the information and communication hub of church life? Tim Nelson thinks so. He voluntarily runs the website for River Church, a Pioneer new church based in the Thames Valley. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/286955/Why_I_fell.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/286955/Why_I_fell.aspx Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT I was a late-developer. As an 8 year-old I couldn’t see the point of reading books. Now comics were a different matter - my dad used to bring me home boxes of American DC Comics from his second-hand bookshop, and so I devoured the adventures of Superman By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/286754/Ministries_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/286754/Ministries_with_Insight.aspx Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT London City Mission talk about the benefits of a ChurchInsight website By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/283806/Want_your_website.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/283806/Want_your_website.aspx Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT ChurchInsight now have a referral scheme giving you unlimited discounts off your monthly bill as you introduce your friends to Insight websites. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/279547/Great_online_services.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/279547/Great_online_services.aspx Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT Basecamp – perfect for simple and complex church projects. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/279546/Free_online_services.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/279546/Free_online_services.aspx Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT Dropbox, view your files anywhere, work from home! By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/271302/Free_online_services.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/271302/Free_online_services.aspx Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT Google Apps provide email and other services for churches to use alongside their ChurchInsight sites, all absolutely free. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/277859/_Free_photo.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/277859/_Free_photo.aspx Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:00:00 GMT A cautionary tale: You know how it is. You've just created that web page but as it’s just text, it looks about as exciting as something from the Inland Revenue/IRS’s website. So, you need a nice image - whither shall you go? By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274817/3_Big_website.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274817/3_Big_website.aspx Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMT Logo Madness: Chris is in a meeting of the team responsible for redesigning the church logo. He’s been encouraging the church to embrace a more modern approach to branding. He's has just received the new draft designs - things have gone well, so far... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274769/3_Big_website.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274769/3_Big_website.aspx Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMT Don’t Mention the War, Herr Pastor...I was shocked. Looking at a church website the other day, there was a panoramic photo of the church service with the minister preaching in full flow - looking just like he was giving an enthusiastic Nazi salute... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274097/3_Big_website.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274097/3_Big_website.aspx Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT Designed for the leadership team not those outside the church: It’s always a tense moment in any website project - the graphic designer has worked hard to incorporate all the suggestions of the church’s leadership team. He shows them the draft designs... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274129/These_are_a.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/274129/These_are_a.aspx Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT As the writer of the "1000 Irritations" blog will tell you, there’s plenty in life to get narked about. Perhaps you find some things about using ChurchInsight annoying... By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269984/Latest_development_single.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269984/Latest_development_single.aspx Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:30:00 GMT I've just been in to the ChurchInsight developers' office. I'm not sure I increased productivity but the banter was worth it. Now I can give you a sneak peek into what they are currently working on By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269184/Churches_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269184/Churches_with_Insight.aspx Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT Our featured Insight church this month is Wharfedale Vineyard in Leeds. David Wallace, the leader responsible for communications, told us how ?bringing everything into one place has eased their admin and communication. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269758/Riding_the_Web.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269758/Riding_the_Web.aspx Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT Assessing what you need as a church when it comes to online systems is not easy. I've found it can be simply described by way of a three part diagram. By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/266508/The_Notting_Hill.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/266508/The_Notting_Hill.aspx Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT One of the most memorable scenes in the film, Notting Hill, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, is when Hugh’s housemate opens their front door to collect some milk, only to find a hoard of the world’s media camped outside. Clad only in his underpants, By Alistair Birch http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269768/Special_offers_to.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/269768/Special_offers_to.aspx Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT We have just launched our first offer for ChurchInsight customers who follow us on Facebook. To view the offer please visit www.Facebook.com/ChurchInsight and take a look at the Special Deals section on the left hand side. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/266989/Churches_with_Insight.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/266989/Churches_with_Insight.aspx Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT St Andrews Oxford are using ChurchInsight. "It has been a quantum leap for us". By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261166/This_is_the.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261166/This_is_the.aspx Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT This blog is not to sell you anything or act as another avenue for support. It is simply to say a huge ‘thank you!’ to our customers, in appreciation of what you’re doing with Insight. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261170/5_Things_youll.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261170/5_Things_youll.aspx Mon, 09 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT Some helpful things about texting through ChurchInsight that you might not have realised. By Adam Johannes http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261177/Is_YouVersion_the.aspx http://blog.churchinsight.com/Articles/261177/Is_YouVersion_the.aspx Tue, 03 May 2011 11:00:00 GMT I recommend YouVersion as a great way to access scripture. Have you tried YouVersion? Like it? By Adam Johannes