Why all the fuss over your website??

Just strip it.

Like taste-making blog The Brilliance
Like Robb Bell's speaking tour site
Like youaresolastyear
Like Tony Morgan just did
Like Catalyst's Filter site
Like Craig's List

What if our church's site was stripped?

Rip off the layering... remove the shaded text effect... kill the color... let content be king... trash Flash... run off roll-overs... raw and real. It's simple. strip.

Comments

[Jason Roberts]

Apple's influence continues.

I'd actually like the stripped down version of your site -- other than the menu items.

[Jumaine Jones]

Yeah. Something to think about. Thanks for adding me to the blog roll, too. I feel honored, bro.

[Jason Curlee]

Like the potential of your site...it gives me great ideas for when we design ours.

[Cole]

uh, no

[Jim Henry]

Hmmm...that's a tough one. From a designers perspective, minimal is simple, but not very interesting. However, in an incredibly fast paced internet world, perhaps simple is everything. With web, I'm convinced that the key is navigation...Big and flashy, or plain and simple, if I can't find my way around your site, I'm not going to hang around long.

You always manage to give me something to think about...thanks Ben!

[Ben Arment]

cole, you've got the anti-simple site. =)

[Gary]

Ben, I like the new site look BUT, I would say stripped down website gives the impression of stripped down church. Nothing wrong with that if that is the style of church you are trying to be.

I have a rockstar complex so simple wouldn't work for us :)

[Josh Wilcox]

Ben, if that's the kind of site you're looking for, I could definitely do something like that. I love the idea of a truly simple site.

[Jason Hayes]

I agree completely. My site is semi-stripped. But, it could use to be even more simplified.

[Tim]

If you guys don't mind, may I ask a question or two...why keep it simple or maybe I should ask it this way, what is the purpose of keeping the site simplistic?

[Ben Arment]

the definition of quality is the absence of non-quality :)

[Zak White]

Ben,

Forgive Cole for his comment. He is pretty protective of our site. I am ready for a FULL site overhaul personally, but we are working on other priorities right now...mainly a BIG MOVE we are about to make as to our venue.

While we are on the subject of sites...I thought you were putting me on your blogroll?

:)

Merry Christmas!

[perrin]

Although I just recently complimented you guys on your website, I actually like the simple look! To spend off of what someone commented above, in the complex world we live in, simplicity often says more than something grandiose. It makes a larger impact even because it's so unlike EVERYTHING else. Sometimes, and maybe even most times, "less is more."

[Ryan Ricketts]

Hey, just an FYI: you spelled Rob Bell incorrectly.