Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category
A Venn Diagram
Monday, February 14th, 2011Like many nerds on the internet (like me), I’m a fan of XKCD, a popular web comic. I recently came across a certain XKCD comic that seemed pretty appropriate for Catholic Schools:
Source: XKCD.
Obviously this should be taken with a grain of salt (we still need to communicate to people to “sell” the idea of the school to them), but it makes a very important point: keep your basic information accessible to those who are looking for it.
IT vs. Web Design: An Issue for Catholic Schools
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010I grew up being the guys who “knew about computers” and therefore was tech support for many family members, friends, and sometimes teachers. Most of my friends were too, since we were young and knew about computers. It seemed to make sense.
Years later, I am still in that role with family for the most part, but I’ve also learned an important lesson about the differences between areas of technology. So if someone comes to me and says “can you help me with this router”, I’ll try to point out that I really know next to nothing about networking before they ignore me and make me jiggle the cords around to make it look like I’m doing something.
Organizing Your Site With a Sales Mindset
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010As we see more and more Catholic school sites here at Catholic School Web Design, we are starting to see a pattern emerge: having a section called “Development” in the navigation.
This strikes us as odd for a few reasons (which we’ll get into below), but after trying to get into the thought process behind having a development section on your website, it does make some sense. People may be looking for information on the development of the school, or development ventures in general.
These development sections usually look like the rest of the site’s template, which links to things like the Annual Fund, the current capital campaign, and even some fundraising events. We’ve even seen sections for alumni put in there.
So there is a reason that all of these schools are putting their development stuff in a “Development” section of their website: logically, it makes some sense. It’s not completely off the wall. However, we think it’s a bad idea, and one that is indicative of a larger problem for a lot of Catholic school site’s organization.
Great Tips for Creating a Horrible School Website
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Usually we leave links to our Twitter account, but we couldn’t resist with this one. It’s a list of 15 ways to create a horrible non-profit website, and each one is very funny while being painfully true.
There are a few I find to be common for Catholic Schools, so I’ll expand on them here:
