Cooking up the redesign of my church's Web site was no easy task -- ask Mama. Here are the super-secret, but not really, ingredients and utensils I (we) used to do it:

THE INGREDIENTS:

One $62 Web Site Template No. 9679 -- Click on this link for the affliliate commission please. Warning: This is for advanced users. For the rest of us, check these guys out [him, him, them]

A pinch of this great IStock Family Photo -- That's been used like 1,000 times too many all over the Web. Funny aside: The day before we go "live," our state convention went live with their new design ... with the same photo. :-)

Content from the old site -- A major, major help. Volunteers in the church had went through a lot of the thought work for me. It helped having something to work with. Seriously, do you have any clue how much work it is to track down random facts, like, how long one of the age-group ministers had been there? How about photos? [Whole other post altogether for that one.]

Spicy meatball calendar -- Jury's still out on this one. It's one of the projects I've got to get updated. But the function within this service looks to be excellent. Lots of function for about 60 bucks.

Daddy's special Express Email Marketing sauce -- I'm sad to say they've changed their prices. It's a good service. I really like it. They were cheaper than the other big boys I checked into. I like the interface and function in it too.

UTENSILS:

The Swiss Army knife of graphic design, Adobe Photoshop -- To cut everything up [i.e. mess it up]

Magic Macromedia Dreamweaver -- my favorite WYSIWYG for dummies (letting you get just dangerous enough to mess with text. Hint: Ctrl Z is undo.)


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