Create you next church website with an apple

On 01.18.07, In Ministry Ideas, by Brandon Gross

Ok, I don’t have any vicious (one of my youth has been using vicious instead of awesome… it’s been catchy) explanation for using a real "apple" for a website; unless you just want to take a picture of one. But I can tell you that the other "apple" will rock your world for creating a [...]

Ok, I don’t have any vicious (one of my youth has been using vicious instead of awesome… it’s been catchy) explanation for using a real "apple" for a website; unless you just want to take a picture of one. But I can tell you that the other "apple" will rock your world for creating a church website. Here is my list of "If you are" then use an apple to make you next church website:

If you:

1. Are still trying to figure what the acronym for HTML stands for… use an apple. (by the way it is Hyper Text Markup Language… no I’m not a web programmer… I used Google… and I use a mac:)

2. Have spent the last 7 days trying to find your keyboard under what you think is the top of your desk…. use an apple.

3. Quickly designed the bulletin one week for service and now the congregation thinks your spiritual gift is web design… use an apple.

4. Have found organization is not your friend… use an apple.

5. Think CSS is an old Navy submarine… use an apple.

6. Know the term "Drag and Drop" saved your life on a computer… use an apple.

7. Quickly realized Myspace was not the best choice for a church website… use an apple.

8. Are looking to score an instant 100 "cool points" with your church youth… use an apple.

9. Were quickly educated that custom made websites are not cheap… use an apple.

10. Have spent the last 9 questions trying to figure out what the joke means… use an apple.

Check back in tomorrow and I will show you how an apple can have you a "vicious" looking church website in less than one day… I’m serious… In the mean time I will leave you with some homework… Google iweb and then come back here tomorrow.

Brandon Gross

Brandon is the Dir. of Marketing and Administration here at Nspire. He is the voice behind your daily morning cup of Nspire training videos found in your FullAccess Support Website. Apart from training the world in the ways of Nspire, Brandon spends his time around the office thinking of cool stuff and using his kung fu to knock out administrative challenges. Brandon has served in ministry for over 10 years as a youth minister and considers himself a teacher at heart and enjoys sharing unique perspectives of the Christian life with his students.

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2 Responses

Doug

01.18.07

I must agree that Macs are the best computers for ministry (or anything else for that matter). iWeb is a great tool for the novice web designer and it does create a great site. I must, however, ask this question: with so much commentary about the benefits of a Mac on this blog, why is there not a Mac version of N-spire? I know the FAQs suggest using Virual PC, but that doesn’t work for Intel-based Macs. I have to use Remote Desktop Connection and access N-spire on our Windows server. When my staff members need a new computer I want them to get Macs, but they cannot without losing access to N-spire. Is there any possibility of a Mac version?Pretty please…?

Brandon Gross

01.18.07

Doug,

You wouldn’t be the first to ask this question. There are a couple of reasons we do not have a mac version of Nspire. The major reason is for the lack of market. Now, I understand there are churches out there that use macs and would love something really geared to them, but the second reason is the cost of transferring the code to mac would barely pay for itself. It’s unfortunate but true.

But on another note… I’m not going to leave you hanging. I own a macbook core 2 duo and I can run Nspire on it. My friend Josh and me got the program Parallels and a copy of windows to put on our macs. Parallels runs windows faster on my mac than windows ran on my previous computer (Dell Inspiron 9300). Parallels even has a feature in its beta called Coherence mode, which runs a windows program without having to show the windows desktop. It’s really cool.

Like I said earlier, you are not the first to ask this question. So, a while back Josh and me wrote a 2 part series on putting Nspire on a Mac. You can read over those posts here:

Part 1: Nspire on a Mac

Part 2: Nspire on a Mac

Thanks for the comments Doug. If you have any other questions leave another reply and I will get back with you. Hope this helps. Oh, and if you want to look further into Parallels you can go to their website here. Thanks!

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