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Installing PHP Extension Mcrypt on Mac OS 10.7

Tracy Mazelin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:24:31 +0000

Today I needed to install the Mcrypt PHP Extension on my Mac running OS 10.7 and PHP 5.4.10. I had to piece together directions from a number of sites and so I’m outlining them here in case anyone else finds this useful: 1. Make a new directory called “mcrypt” 2. Download mcrypt from here 3. [...]

Web Dev = Creative Work

Tracy Mazelin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:28:02 +0000

It’s official – I work for Fellowship Technologies!

Tracy Mazelin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:43:02 +0000

After a whirlwind of change in the Mazelin family, I am excited to announce the news that starting on November 1st, I will be a Fellowship Technologies (or more accurately, Active Network) employee!! If you haven’t heard of Fellowship Technologies, check them out here or read my blog post here. I accepted the position of [...]

Google Apps for Non-Profits: All Churches REJECTED

Tracy Mazelin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:11:11 +0000

After a little research, I am disappointed to discover that Google changed their policy on allowing churches to use their apps for non-profits program. Churches were previously allowed to register for the services Google were offering which included free or discounted use of Google apps, free adword advertising, a premium youtube channel, and various other powerful tools. For [...]

Website Redesign: Christ Followers For Change

Tracy Mazelin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:26:01 +0000

I love being asked to help improve a church or ministry’s web presence. It’s what I’m passionate about! I am currently involved in a number of redesign projects and wanted to share my progress with one in particular – the Christ Followers for Change site. Christ Followers for Change is an organization based in [...]

29 Ways to Stay Creative

Tracy Mazelin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:38:12 +0000

This is a very creative little video showing 29 simple ways to keep creativity in your life! It is relevant to any profession but I found it to be a particularly good reminder for those of us in the web design / development world: 29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.

Free Google Adwords for Churches – Amazing Opportunity!

Tracy Mazelin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:30:36 +0000

I just submitted a “Google for Non-Profits” application for one of the churches where I work as the Web Designer, Lake Center Bible Church. This is a fantastic opportunity for churches everywhere to take advantage of some of the free resources Google are now offering non-profits. Here is snapshot of what Google is currently offering: [...]

Creating a Jewish Themed Blog Step by Step

Tracy Mazelin — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:16:08 +0000

A local pastor asked me to create a blog for him to use while on his 5 week trip to Israel. He wanted to share his location specific insights with his congregation while he was gone and provide a way to post photos etc. I loved the idea of this and so got to work. [...]

Church Assimilation using Attributes in Fellowship One

Tracy Mazelin — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:08 +0000

In 2010, I went to the Dynamic Church Conference held by Fellowship One at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. I went to a session called “Sticky Church” presented by Matt McMaster and Chris Risen. The information I gleaned from this session was priceless and completely changed my understanding of attributes and statuses and how [...]

Using jQuery to Color Table Rows

Tracy Mazelin — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:43:13 +0000

One of the reasons I love technology is that it is designed to make life easier! As the webmaster at Lake Center Bible Church, one of the things I do every week is upload the sermon to our website and to iTunes. On our sermons page, we have a simple table that contains the sermon [...]