Comments on: How I Built a Church Website for Free: Picking a WordPress Theme http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/ theology. youth ministry. life. join the conversation. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-25001 Matt Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:00:51 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-25001 Josh, thanks for your input. You are right and your suggestions are helpful. Josh, thanks for your input. You are right and your suggestions are helpful.

]]> By: Josh Stauffer http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-24999 Josh Stauffer Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:53:49 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-24999 Hi Matt, Great list of themes and sources here. There are a lot of free themes out there but the trick is finding a good one. I can speak from experience that a lot of time can be spent trying one theme and then ditching it because the design breaks in various browsers or you dislike the coding style of the creator or for whatever reason. I suggest to your readers that if they are going to go with a free theme, at least try to find a free theme from someone who puts out premium themes. Those doing theme creation for a living have a lot riding on their free themes since it must be quality work or no one will buy their premium themes. I encourage everyone to check out Matt's links above and also you can check out http://www.ithemes.net which has a huge collection of premium themes if you still can't decide. Hi Matt, Great list of themes and sources here. There are a lot of free themes out there but the trick is finding a good one. I can speak from experience that a lot of time can be spent trying one theme and then ditching it because the design breaks in various browsers or you dislike the coding style of the creator or for whatever reason. I suggest to your readers that if they are going to go with a free theme, at least try to find a free theme from someone who puts out premium themes. Those doing theme creation for a living have a lot riding on their free themes since it must be quality work or no one will buy their premium themes. I encourage everyone to check out Matt’s links above and also you can check out http://www.ithemes.net which has a huge collection of premium themes if you still can’t decide.

]]> By: Brian http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-22517 Brian Sat, 02 May 2009 04:26:04 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-22517 Helpful stuff. Thanks. Helpful stuff. Thanks.

]]> By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-22225 Matt Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:37:38 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-22225 Hey Tim, I was wondering if you were still developing the theme. Glad to see that you are. I'm looking forward to 1.0. Hey Tim, I was wondering if you were still developing the theme. Glad to see that you are. I’m looking forward to 1.0.

]]> By: Tim Bednar http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-22224 Tim Bednar Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:07:16 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-22224 I believe that Ashford would not disappoint any of you readers. It is still in development -- the most recent release adds many new features not found in other free themes. I believe that Ashford would not disappoint any of you readers. It is still in development — the most recent release adds many new features not found in other free themes.

]]> By: Bill Robbins http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-21302 Bill Robbins Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:14:28 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-21302 Hey Matt, Thanks for including Organized Themes in your listing. I think WordPress is an amazing tool to help churches, so everything we can do as a community to help churches take advantage of this fantastic software is good. I'd also mention the Ministry Theme that Brandon Cox created http://www.ministrytheme.com/). He intended it to be a paid theme, but choose to release it for free. Hey Matt,
Thanks for including Organized Themes in your listing. I think WordPress is an amazing tool to help churches, so everything we can do as a community to help churches take advantage of this fantastic software is good.
I’d also mention the Ministry Theme that Brandon Cox created http://www.ministrytheme.com/). He intended it to be a paid theme, but choose to release it for free.

]]> By: Matt http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-21231 Matt Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:41:33 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-21231 Patrick, no problem. I just want to point people to quality work and I liked what I saw. Looking forward to future releases at ChurchRoot. Patrick, no problem. I just want to point people to quality work and I liked what I saw. Looking forward to future releases at ChurchRoot.

]]> By: Patrick Daly http://mattcleaver.com/2009/03/16/how-i-built-a-church-website-for-free-picking-a-wordpress-theme/#comment-21230 Patrick Daly Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:16:52 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/?p=647#comment-21230 Hey Matt, Thanks for featuring WP Full site and ChurchRoot! Hey Matt,

Thanks for featuring WP Full site and ChurchRoot!

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