Help with project Part 2

[Faithhb_lutheran]

Hello again,

This is part two of a project I have started. I would like anyone who has the time to reply with a few of the resources they find useful for web ministry in the following categories (or just make up your own). Thanks everyone for your help.

General:

Books:

Blogs/ personal sites:

Marketing:

Design:

Development:

Administration:

[mrbelfry]

Hi Kyle

Here are a list of a few of the resources I use the most->I've tried to cut down because I was spending more time at work keeping up with the resources than actually doing any work!

Blogs:
www.mezzoblue.com

Marketing:
www.churchmarketingsucks.com

Design:
I get tons of free images from www.sxc.hu
You can also get a free image a week from www.istockphoto.com

Development:
www.alistapart.com has some great stuff
I used to use the forums at www.tek-tips.com quite a bit but that was one of the things I had to give up to make time to do my job!
I use a lot of php and just discovered www.codeignitor.com - it is a php framework that is very easy to implement and saves you time.

If I think of any more I'll add them but my biggest resource is my brother who sits just behind me in my office -> he's got a big brain

mrbelfry

[Faithhb_lutheran]

mrbelfry,

Thanks for the response. I had church marketing sucks and a list apart on my list. I had never heard of www.codeignitor.com (http://www.codeignitor.com/). Thanks for the help.

[rePete]

Kyle,

In my fledgling design experience here are some tools, you probably know about most of them. Many I use have already been mentioned.

As has been stated before the Web Developer Extension (http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/) for Firefox is indispensable. Other software tools are Jruler (http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jruler.htm) and SnagIt (http://www.techsmith.com/).

Books: "Don't Make Me Think" (http://www.sensible.com/) a book about website usability and testing.

CSS Mastery (http://www.cssmastery.com/), relatively new 2/06. Very comprehensive.

For a quick online refresher on css syntax I use W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp)

Macromedia Dreamweaver for development but for all I use it's capabilities I could just as easily use notepad!

Other sites I read are SonSpring (http://sonspring.com/) and Godbit (http://godbit.com/). (I guess I'm a Nathan Smith fan)

Hope that helps.

Pete

[JackWolfgang]

I've posted about software and sites I use as resources in the following threads:


Web Design Resources (Software) (http://www.greatchurchwebsites.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34)
Some Web Design Resources (Sites) (http://www.greatchurchwebsites.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33)

[Faithhb_lutheran]

Thanks you Pete and Jack,

And pete don't worry I'm a fan of Nathan myself.