Church & Web Design

12Stone Church iPhone 4 Background

Matt Haff — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:57:29 +0000

I recent post by 8BIT with their iPhone 4 background inspired me to be a little creative myself. While I don’t really classify myself as a graphic designer I still like to dabble in it from time to time. So for all you 12Stoners out there, here is an iPhone background for you! You can [...]

HTML5 Reset

Matt Haff — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:11 +0000

I start every HTML project with a CSS reset sheet. I’ve been using it for a long time and I’ve progressively added bits and pieces to it as my own personal best practices have evolved. Now that we are in the process of switching to a new coding standard, HTML5 & CSS3, it’s time to [...]

Design Showdown

Matt Haff — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:16 +0000

Hey all, a relatively short & simplistic post because the goal is more to get you to submit your designs… I’m going to be adding a section to my site for some awesome church websites. I’ll always be accepting submissions but right now I’d like for you to share this with everyone & anyone you [...]

Just Die Already!

Matt Haff — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:30 +0000

It’s one thing not to hate people, it’s another thing altogether to hate computer software. It’s been 10 years since Internet Explorer 6 came out and it just seems like it won’t go away! Sure the percentage of IE6 visitors is becoming less and less but on a site that gets roughly 25k visitors a [...]

Your Work On Display

Matt Haff — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:16:23 +0000

I just and an interesting conversation that led to one simple but game changing thought. We all try to do our best, and once we’ve accomplished that the next phase is to go beyond that and do even greater things. That is human nature, we’re always trying to out do ourselves, always moving forward, always [...]

Facebook Done Right

Matt Haff — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:41:08 +0000

Facebook is a hot topic for churches that want to have a presence in social media, followed closely by Twitter and YouTube. We all know what Facebook is and that if you want to build community it’s a great tool to use. What most churches DON’T know is how to use Facebook to effectively reach [...]

Inexpensive Video Hosting

Matt Haff — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:51:46 +0000

First let me apologize for not being on schedule and getting this post up on Monday, but at least I’m still meeting my goal with blogging once a week posting. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been forced to re-evaluate how we host our online video. Due to changes in the billing of our [...]

Simplicity of HTML5

Matt Haff — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:33 +0000

I read through “HTML5 For Web Designers” this past week, if 85 pages isn’t short enough for you then this post should help shed a little light on HTML5. A little history fun with tongue in cheek… In the beginning was HTML 2.0 there was no HTML 1 and it wasn’t that good… W3C saw [...]

New Design, New Goals

Matt Haff — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:48:40 +0000

Pulling some great advice that I got from John Saddington in a post last October, I’ve decided it’s time to really make this a good blog worth your time. 4 Ingredients for a Good Blog Have a schedule Less about passion & more about discipline Have goals Team effort So here it is, I’m going [...]

Three Most Common Barriers To Web Innovation – Part 3

Matt Haff — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:54:32 +0000

Featuritis – an infectious desire for MORE, afflicts everyone from the CEO to the programmer. The ability to subtract features is the rare gift of the true communicator, while the tendency to add features comes naturally. Have you ever heard the saying “You can be really good at one thing, or you can be okay [...]