Posts by Andrew Peters
Sermon Plugins are Mostly Crap
Sermon plugins are mostly crap. Yes, crap. There are a few free versions that you make work for a church, but being that the media section of a website is one of the most highly visited sections I don’t think free podcast plugins that are clunky to use and ugly to look at are going to provide the…
Read MoreVisual Composer as a Church Plugin
PLUGIN: Visual Composer THEME IN VIDEO: Bridge Theme by QODE Visual Composer is without a doubt one of my favorite plugins, AND it is a page builder that comes as a packaged deal with a lot of premium themes on themeforest. Literally every site I’ve built for the past year and a half has use…
Read MoreGrow Your Easter Attendance with a WordPress Landing Page
Are you leveraging your WordPress capabilities for huge opportunities like Easter? Easter in America is statistically the most attended Sunday of the entire year! It’s when Church creative teams are at their best, the campus is at it’s most excellent, and the teaching pastor is in top form. Church’s find great ways to advertise for this…
Read MoreBest Podcast Plugin for Churches
What’s the point of having a podcast plugin or media page? The core of what we do as the church is to provide an avenue for people that are far from Jesus to come close, and one of the most effective ways to do that online is by providing a place for visitors to listen…
Read MoreEver Wondered ‘What theme is this site using?’
With over 58% of websites using the WordPress platform its safe to say that a great many of the sites you visit are using it. When I first discovered WordPress years ago I thought it was just for bloggers like me. I’ve since come to learn that some of the most amazing church websites are…
Read MoreChurch Themes :: Bridge Takes Top Theme of 2014
Envato and the people at Themeforest just put out their Top 50 Themes for 2014 based on overall sales and one of our most recommended themes happens to be THE top theme for the year. Personally, I LOVE Bridge and it is no wonder it took the top theme spot! I’ve used it for a…
Read MoreEasily Update a Themeforest Theme
So, when you get themes from WordPress or MOJO and other theme developers, theme updates are relatively simple. You click appearance > themes and you update theme. To Update a Themeforest Theme, where I really believe you will find the best themes out there, there is a little more to it. Their official answer to…
Read MoreChurch Themes – X Theme
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][image type=”none” float=”none” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” src=”1537″][vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][skill_bar percent=”90%” bar_text=”Design 90%”][skill_bar percent=”95%” bar_text=”Development 95%”][skill_bar percent=”80%” bar_text=”Ease of Use 80%”][skill_bar percent=”95%” bar_text=”Features 95%”][button shape=”square” size=”large” float=”none” block=”true” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” href=”http://themeforest.net/item/x-the-theme/5871901?WT.ac=search_item&WT.oss_phrase=x&WT.oss_rank=1&WT.z_author=THEMECO&ref=andrewpeters”]Buy Now![/button][/vc_column][/vc_row]The X Theme as a church theme is a solid choice for a ton of reasons. I haven’t used it to build a…
Read MoreChurch Themes :: Bridge
Recently I used the Bridge theme as my ‘base template’ for Impact Church in Miami, FL. It took some playing around with to get used to it, but, currently, it’s my favorite theme. Once again, this isn’t a church theme, but it is solid to build a church or ministry site on. If you are only…
Read MoreThree Tips for Your Church's Home Page
Your church site’s home page is probably the single most important page on your site. You may say ‘duh, isn’t that true for every sit?’ but it’s not. For this site, most of our views are on individual posts. Or, when was the last time you lingered on Amazon’s home page instead of just finding a…
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