Rapid application and web site development. Increasing demand for web standards. New standards and technologies appear, grow, and morph together within shorter and shorter cycles. Webmasters must be more productive than ever. These guidelines will help you become a more productive webmaster.
The building blocks of a productive webmaster are:
Webmasters can find plenty of excellent tools now to:
The old saying, "Use the right tool for the right job", remains true today. Invest time today in finding yourself the right tools for the jobs you do.
The net houses a myriad of web developer software. Some of the best web development applications and tools are free or open-source. Yes, many excellent web design applications still cost, yet can be worth paying for.
Good afternoon CWM community,
I’m excited to share with you some recently added features which better integrate the main Christian-web-masters.com site with our webmaster community forums.
As many of you may know, I upgraded CWM’s front-end to the Drupal content management system about three months ago. I have found Drupal to be an excellent content management system for running Christian-web-masters.com.
As mentioned in the post titled, “What’s New on CWM” future additions to the upgrades would include:
In order to remain on target with the mission and vision of CWM, those of us on staff must continue to ask ourselves, “What Makes Christian-Web-Masters.com any different from other Website Design and Development Sites and Forums?”
Many of the articles and tutorials on CWM, and many of the discussions held on the Christian Web Master Forums, cover the same topics found on other popular webmaster sites. In fact, those sites like SitePoint.com and AListApart.com have a level of participation and meet “excellence” standards that CWM continues to strive towards.
In discussing new articles to be posted on Christian-web-masters.com, CWM staff member Luke (iLuke) recently explained to another staff member:
The purpose here isn't to compete with sites like SitePoint or pixel2life -- the major focus would be substantially different (even if the content is hugely overlapping). Coming from a Christian perspective, and with the ability to interact in a Christian environment will be what sets this apart. It is not an easy thing to present the basics of HTML from a Christian perspective (there simply isn't a great deal of content there), however, having the ability to discuss the basics of HTML within a Christian community because of a basic article that you read would offer real advantages to a new webmaster.
I also just came across this post from CWM member tjsingleton on his In Awe of Him Ministry site:
Where can you find caring people who enjoy helping others and love Christ? Christian-Web-Masters (CWM) hands down. There are people from all over the world willing to share with you web tips, encourage you to keep it up, and make sure your site doesn't look tacky. (You should have seen my previous design. Just kidding.) Javascript, PHP, Photoshop, SEO and more. It all can be found at CWM and even more.
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Lately, I have come into contact with several Christian webmasters (and those in communications and information technology) that find themselves trying to discern God's direction in a specific issue, over a decision, or for His plan (mission) for their lives. I empathize with them because I have been there. I have spent many years walking around in that desert. This article is an offering to the C-W-M community, and to others, especially those trying to discern God's will over something. It is four pieces of wisdom/advice/manna gathered while in the deserts of tough decision making. There's also a bonus piece of manna if you make it to the end.
Lately, I have come into contact with several Christian webmasters (and those in communications and information technology) that find themselves trying to discern God's direction in a specific issue, over a decision, or for His plan (mission) for their lives. I empathize with them because I have been there. I have spent many years walking around in that desert. This article is an offering to the C-W-M community, and to others, especially those trying to discern God's will over something. It is four pieces of wisdom/advice/manna gathered while in the deserts of tough decision making. There's also a bonus piece of manna if you make it to the end.
Lately, I have come into contact with several Christian webmasters (and those in communications and information technology) that find themselves trying to discern God's direction in a specific issue, over a decision, or for His plan (mission) for their lives. I empathize with them because I have been there. I have spent many years walking around in that desert. This article is an offering to the C-W-M community, and to others, especially those trying to discern God's will over something. It is four pieces of wisdom/advice/manna gathered while in the deserts of tough decision making. There's also a bonus piece of manna if you make it to the end.
I just read this article today regarding the nine challenges George Barna has for American Christianity,
Challenge Number 5 states the following:
A Costless Faith
Christianity has no cost in America. We've made it way too easy to be "born again"—perhaps much easier than Jesus intended. When do we get to the point at which we accept smaller numbers of intensely devoted people rather than feverishly investing in filling auditoriums and stadiums with massive numbers of the lukewarm "Christians" that Jesus promised to spew from his mouth (Rev. 3:16)?
Christian-Web-Masters is a place to fire the imaginations and the passions of Christian web masters, organizations, and churches with a vision for the web and cyberminstry. It is a place to gather together and share your passion and vision with others. It is a place to mentor and to be mentored by others with a shared calling and gifts. It is a place to find resources, articles, tutorials, tools, examples, advice, and counsel to help you fulfill your vision for the Internet.
Christian-Web-Masters is a community where people visit daily to share what they have learned and are doing with others, -- who have come to see what others have learned and are doing. This is a community for you to interact. You are being asked to help build and maintain the Christian-Web-Masters Community through your interactions with others on this site.
Christian-Web-Masters is a place for the web novice who needs to find basic information to get started. Christian-Web-Masters is a place for the more advanced web masters who can benefit from the fellowship and sharing of skills and knowledge of other web masters with the same passion. Christian-Web-Masters is a place for expert programmers, web masters, and cyber-ministers to mentor and walk with other believers in their journey.