Bing!
Posted on July 12, 2009 in Blog, First Principles, News, Online Resource
Bing is a new search engine created by Microsoft as the latest tool in its campaign to take control of the web. But can it outshine Google?
At first glance, Bing appears to be based so closely on Google that it's hard to spot any real differences.
The design itself looks like Google, despite the added background images. Yes, there's the search box. Yes, there's the go button. Yes, there's the links to other types of content searches, like image and video.
The returned results page is even displayed in a similar fashion to Google's results.
Are online reviews leaving you open to a lawsuit?
Posted on August 31, 2008 in First Principles, Website design
Reviews are a great way of adding user-generated content to any website, but what happens when your reviewers turn nasty and leave very critical comments? Not only does it reflect negatively on your own site, but here in Australia there can be legal ramifications.
The laws I am talking about are regarding libel, the written form of slander. It prohibits a writer from damaging the reputation of someone else, known as 'defamation', and the laws are designed to temper the power to falsely sway public opinion that an unscrupulous member of the press or other influential writer might have.
Neither freedom of speech nor freedom of the press are constitutionally guaranteed in Australia in the way they are in US. Instead, there are several acts under which civil or even criminal action action may be brought, with statutes in some jurisdictions providing for fines and even imprisonment for serious offences.
Creating Your Church Website - Part 3
Posted on January 1, 2006 in First Principles
Evangelism on the web
Evangelism is one of the most important parts of the church, and the internet can be used to help us with this task as much as the previous two uses mentioned.
Creating Your Church Website - Part 1
Posted on January 1, 2006 in First Principles
Did you know that here in Australia we have 14 million internet users? In a country of 20 million or so people that's a lot. When you consider that a simple website can reach any of those people and costs less than a yearly ad in the yellow pages (in some cases it can cost nothing at all) it's an easy and important way for a church to express itself. The web is an opportunity that we should be taking advantage of, both as individual churches and as a whole.
In this series of short articles I want to talk about three ways that a church can utilise the internet through having its own website.
1. Advertising
“The Internet is becoming the town square
for the global village of tomorrow.”
- Bill Gates
What is a dynamic website?
Posted on January 1, 2006 in First Principles
Many of the websites we produce are dynamic. A lot of people don't know what this means - even the people we build them for - so I would like to give a simple definition and an explanation of when a dynamic site is needed and when it isn't.
Please note: this is a very simple explanation designed for people who are new to this concept. If you're after more, try wikipedia.
Dynamic website: a simple definition
The word 'dynamic' in this context means 'characterised by continuous change, activity, or progress'. In the case of a website, to be dynamic means that content of the page has the potential to change every time the page is loaded.
For instance, a very simple dynamic site might show the time and date in the corner. This date stamp will automatically be updated every time a user loads the page so that it shows the correct date and time.
A website that is not 'dynamic' is considered 'static': every time it is loaded it will be the same.
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