Finally! A WordPress Theme for Live Events

November 12, 2010 in Church IT, Technology, video with Comments Off

Finally there is a theme made for and designed specifically for live events.  I’ve been doing live streaming of our church services and other special events for close to two years now on a wordpress theme but have never been able to find a theme that does exactly what I want.  I’ve searched every which way I could think of involving live streaming, live broadcasts, live video, etc and always been dissapointed. Now Live Theme has what I want with these great features:

  • Twitter Stream
  • Countdown Timer
  • 10+ Backgrounds
  • Video bumpers
  • Facebook integration
  • Schedule display
  • and more!

A quote directly from the livetheme site:

Live Theme is a video-centric WordPress Theme designed for live event broadcasting, community interaction, and all around awesomeness. Yes. Awesomeness.

Go check out Livetheme that is based of the very popular and award winning Standard Theme!

Worship song recorded with only 7 iphones

November 1, 2010 in church, Church IT, video, worship with Comments Off

As I am doing more and more with video and worship, this has my wheels turning, more coming as I try out a few things that most would consider out of the box :)

Five things I took from the 2010 CITRT

October 26, 2010 in Church IT, citrt with 3 Comments

Anytime I go to a conference, training, meeting, pretty much anything I try to look back on it and figure out what I took from it.  While it’s not always specifically about what I got but key learning points, bits of info, people I met, etc.  So here’s a look at 5 things I took from today’s Church IT Roundtable:

  1. While we do IT it’s not about the technology it’s about the people
  2. We are not alone in this, there are other guys and ladies that have had the exact same problems we’re having right now.  Just for the fall 2010 Roundtables there were 179 people (last count I heard) that all want to see each other succeed and came to meet with others to prove it.  Remember that even if you are a “1 man shop” your team is out here rooting you on.  Find another local Church IT person(s) and meet regularly with them over the phone, over lunch, however you need to, and use them to vent, to pray, and to encourage.
  3. You can’t please everyone all the time, and that’s okay.  Along with that it’s okay and healthy to say “no” because somethings can’t be done because of time, budget, manpower, etc.
  4. Every platform, OS, phone, etc, etc, etc will not fit every person, ministry, or church, we have to know the environment of who we are working with and where we are working at to know what the “best fit” will be, it won’t be perfect because they were all created by people, but when we take the time to match the real “needs” and not listen to what everyone “wants” we’ll empower people to do the most ministry.
  5. While we do IT it’s not about the technology it’s about the people. (Yes, I put that twice on purpose)

Also check out Andrew’s highlights from the Fall DC CITRT Meeting

I’d be interested to hear some of your insights!

Favicons made easy

October 25, 2010 in Church IT, citrt, free, Technology with Comments Off

I used to find it to be a chore to create a favicon for my websites, but the last time I did a google search I found http://www.favicon.cc/ which allows for the easy creation of a favicon either pixel by pixel or by the upload of an image.  After that it’s a simple download and then upload to your hosting.

Wondering why to use a favicon, what it is, and more: (From Wikipedia)

A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16 or 32×32 pixel square iconassociated with a particular website or webpage.[1] A web designer can create such an icon and install it into a website (or webpage) by several means, and most graphical web browsers will then make use of it. Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page’s favicon in the browser’s address barand next to the page’s name in a list of bookmarks. Browsers that support a tabbed document interface typically show a page’s favicon next to the page’s title on the tab. Some programs allow the user to select an icon of their own from the hard drive and associate it with a website.

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