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Brought to you by the Adventist Webservants Alliance (AWA) |
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Welcome to Adventist Webservant Assistance: A resources center website with info & tools to help Christian webmasters and Internet evangelists produce effective websites for Christ. |
| ABOUT US Overview of the Adventist Webservants Alliance (AWA) and the Global Adventist Internet Network (GAiN), plus basic info on the Seventh-day Adventist Church. |
| WEB EVANGELISM The Internet is an incedible medium of communication with the awesome potential to communicate the gospel and the warning message of the Book of Revelation to over 2 billion Web surfers who live on Planet Earth. |
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WEBSITE BASICS "Website 101" basic info for pastors, board members, administrators, evangelists and others who want to launch a website project or develop an Internet ministry. Topics assume no experience with HTML code. |
| CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CMS websites are an easy and convenient method of constructing, hosting and maintaining a professional-looking site. Systems covered include netAdventist, Adventist Church Connect, Simple Updates, Wordpress, Joomla, Mambo, and Drupal. |
| WEB DESIGN Valuable counsel for webmasters, web designers, project leaders, graphic designers and others involved in website construction & maintenance. |
| PHOTOS & GRAPHICS Learn about graphics files and how to place great photos and graphics on your website. Section covers copyright & permission issues. |
| STREAMING MEDIA Understand audio and video technologies and learn how to place these features onto your website. |
| WEBSITE TECHNOLOGIES For more advanced webmasters. Covers HTML editors, Cascading Style Sheets, Scripting Languages, RSS Feeds, I-Frames and more. |
| SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) Specific and effective strategies to configure your website for improved search engine optimization and increased Web traffic. |
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MOBILE WEB APPLICATIONS Mobile Internet access is the fastest-growing segment of the World Wide Web network. When designing websites, it will be wise to bear in mind that your site will be visited by users of hand-held devises. Specific mobile web applications also need to be developed. |
| WEBSITE SERVICES A listing of the website services provided in each of the "Division" administrative territories of the world-wide Seventh-day Adventist Church. For the North American Division, there is also a courtesy listing of professional website service providers, with links to the business website of each provider. Providers of website services can submit an online form requesting inclusion in the listing. Business owners must be members in good standing of the Adventist Church. |
