I am so excited for the folks at Messiah Lutheran Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. This week, we launched their new web site. So far, the reviews are positive as we continue to fine-tune the site.

Working with Pastor Eric Murray and Administrative Kristin Kennedy has been delightful. Kristin and I were roommates back in college, and it’s always fun to spend time with her… even if it’s via email and telephone. The old web site was hardcoded HTML, which made it difficult to update. The staff and volunteer leadership had specific goals:

• Easier to navigate and find information
• Easier to update and maintain
• Clean layout with photographs that show the church and members
• Method to contact staff without publishing email addresses

We began the project by discussing sites that they liked, then worked through clearly defining their goals and designing an organization structure. Pastor Eric and Kris created a few layouts as a model for the look and feel.. and they had a great vision! My job was to do the “dirty work” of implementing the content management system and using CSS to create a template that fulfilled their vision.

The site was created in Drupal, which you know is my favorite content management system. Because their needs are relatively simple, I’ve installed only a few additional modules: Captcha, Contact Forms, Pathauto, Read More Tweak, Scheduler, Taxonomy Context, Ubrowser and Weight, along with TinyMCE and IMCE.

Now that the site is operational, they can explore other features that could improve their ministries. I’m looking forward to helping them as they continue their journey.

Hmm…. looks like I have time to take on another church web site project. Read more about my basic package, then use the form below to contact me.