HTML-Based Church Website Solutions Compared
January 18, 2009 § 4 Comments
The following table summarizes key information from the various church website solutions I profiled yesterday. The top three (from my perspective) are:
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Rank |
Site |
Features |
Editing |
Samples |
Trial |
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High |
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Low |
audio, video, prayer requests, eNewsletter, blog, calendar, donations, and an eCommerce shopping cart |
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Med |
Events Staff Sermons Prayers History Photo Album Recommended Links Directions Calendar Groups Forms |
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Low |
N/A |
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Med |
ThisChurch provides an online HTML editor to edit your website contents. |
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High |
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Med |
Our web-based editor is so easy to use. It lets you edit text, add images, embed media, create links, and much more — all through simple-to-use tools. |
N/A |
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Med |
Our system allows churches to add new content to their site in a visual manner. What users see in their editing environment is what they will get when the content is published. Users have the ability to manipulate the arrangement, size, and look of content with the integrated WYSIWYG editor. It is as simple as using Microsoft Word.
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Med |
Our specialized control allows you to make your content look the way you want. Any page in your site supports images, text, audio, flash and streaming video. To see more about this feature click here
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N/A |
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High |
With Elexioâs CMS you see your content and your website graphic design at the same time. You see the webpage as your visitors will see it and you edit the content right inside the graphic design. |
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Low |
Finalweb Church/Ministry Package |
N/A |
Finalweb Site Samples |
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Med |
MyFlock.com Online Web Editor |
MyFlock.com Sample Sites |
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Med |
Unclear |
Camnio.com Sample Sites |
N/A |
iHack, therefore iBlog 
I’d be curious to know the criteria you use when making your rankings? What did the sites you ranked high have that the others didn’t?
It was very unscientific, but I generally ranked sites higher that had:
good aesthetics (both the site and their templates)
demos
broad features (calendar, photo albums)
I also tended to rank more general solutions (e.g., just hosting, or full church management) lower, since that wasn’t my interest.
I’d love for someone to turn this into a more formal and objective evaluation, say as a Wikipedia page.
Our church website (www.gpchurch.org) uses WebMedley. It has a lot going for it and is affordable.
Great Page, I noticed our page wasn’t in here. We are church website design company also named CAMNIO Media. Our website is http://www.camnio.com.
We use CMS and our portfolio or sample page is on http://www.camnio.com/portfolio.html
Great resources! Keep on blogging.