I’ve had a couple hours of insomnia, so it was the perfect opportunity to put some more content on eQuipping for eMinistry to help you create a blog or website. I’ll have much more here on e4e over time, but I feel this is good material today to help a beginner launch their site.
For a general overview and helpful links, check the How-tos section for Blogs and Websites. You’ll also notice some drop-downs in the Tutorials tab at the top of this page for blogging and evangelistic blogging. Let me know if you have any content suggestions for the how-to page or any questions I can answer in the blog.
For easy step-by-step instructions, I published Getting Started on WordPress which includes:
- Starting an account
- Changing your blog’s appearance
- Creating a post, including adding pictures
(Again, thanks to my summer intern, Bethany, of one dress. one year. for freedom. for writing this step-by-step WordPress guide.)
Can you write a step-by-step instruction, or recommend a link for getting started with blogspot, typepad, posterous, tumbler, or other blogging platforms? Let me know! You would be helping staff start a blogging ministry.
Recommended:
- WordPress or Blogspot or Tumblr?
- Top 10 Free Online Blogging Platforms
- Using the Cru Blog Starter Kit (templates and instructions from Keynote) to create a Cru website quickly for your ministry.
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Sus this is great. GCX is an in-house solution available for anyone ( not just staff ) as a fast and free service to create your own WordPress site. Don’t forget about http://www.GCX.org – it’s great for your MPD blog or site.
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Thanks, David. As I expand this content on e4e, I’ll want a good write-up about GCX. I’ll ping you! 😉
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Hi Sus. I have a question for you.
I want to get my prayer resources on the web so they are more accessible for others to use. Is a blog the way to go or a web-site?.. there would be sections and archives of the older resources.
I’m not kooking for conversations/feedback. Just want to make them more available, rather than via email from me to those who ask me for resources on certain God focuses.
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Jacquie, I think I can answer better if you’d eMail me some of the content you’re talking about.
If you go through all the trouble of putting this material out there as a “static website,” it’s not likely to be seen. If it’s really a place for you to direct your friends to your resources, maybe Google Docs or SlideShare.net would be a better idea.
A blog could potentially reach more people and bless them by participating in prayer together, but I get the sense that you aren’t planning to do that.
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