12 Free Graphics Elements are now available each Month on Envato Elements. Envato Elements is a great place to start looking for design assets if you are either a web designer, graphic designer, or crafter. You can Download unlimited templates for graphics and web for $29 per month with Envato Elements. All templates are designed by top independent designers! This marketplace offers unlimited downloads for Photos, Graphics, Add-Ons, Fonts, Graphic Templates, Presentation Templates, Web Templates, CMS Templates, and 3D Models. The Photos section is the newest addition to their lineup of great content libraries. The Team at Envato Elements seems to always find a way to make this marketplace better and yes, it has got better for anyone interested in trying out the products before laying down $29 Dollars a month for their unlimited assets. Their home page will now greet you with 12 Free Graphic Elements each month. That is more than… read more
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Church websites are getting better and easier to maintain, thanks to WordPress and its amazing content management system. Although WordPress is free and has some great built-in functions that are great for blogging, a theme developed specifically for churches has a greater advantage over the default theme in WordPress or any of the free themes available on the net. The advantage is that these Church WordPress Themes come with more advanced features, cleaner coding for a faster running site, and top notch frame work. Risen-Church WordPress Themes (Responsive) Risen WordPress WordPress theme has the features a church website needs — a mobile-friendly responsive design, sermon archive, photo and video gallery, church events calendar, support for multiple locations, staff profiles and church news. The sermon archive is complete with the ability for visitors to search for audio, video and text sermons by category, tag, date and speaker. Risen has… read more
In this article I will be sharing some simple tips to help you create a successful blog. Success is measured in a variety of ways, most times it is measured by how much profit your blog can produce or how many visitors you can get to read and respond to your articles, I will not cover the topic of profit, because you can find many resources that cover that on Google. I will speak about getting more people to read your articles. Getting people to read your articles can be a job in itself, it is important that readers can find your blog and when they find it, be engaged enough to share the article with others. A lot of hard work will have to go into getting great results, but the hard work will pay off in the long run. Lets look at these tips I have learned over… read more
It’s getting harder and harder to get a handle on all the great stuff that’s on the web for christian designers, that’s why I’ve compiled this list of awesome christian design blogs. These sites are a great source of design inspiration, they are straight from my bookmarks, so take a look at them, there just might be something that interest you. Please feel free to share any links you may have that fit into the christian design blog category. enjoy! Caramel Ink The portfolio and blog of Carine, where you can find insights on design techniques and other related articles. Carine has a background in fine art, she enjoys hand crafting beautiful designs while leveraging on latest technology and trends to create designs that stand out from the crowd. Website | Twitter | Facebook | RSS Media Salt Mediasalt is the blog of Eric Murrell and Cleve Persinger. They focus… read more
Setting up your blog and getting your articles published online is the easy part, but in a very short time you realize nobody is coming to read it. Furthermore now that you have a blog, what do you do next? How about joining a blogging community or Christian Networks where people can find and read your blog! Using already established social networks like Twitter and Facebook can also rank up your visitor count and help you to meet other potential readers and bloggers with similar interest. Check out our list below of great websites you can use to promote your blog. If we missed any that you know, feel free to post them in the comments section. Christian Article Submittal Christian Bloggers Network A global network of Christian bloggers and new media activists launched and directed by Dr. Andrew Jackson. The Purpose of this network is to connect,… read more
After posting 15 Beautiful Christian Website Designs we came across many more beautifully designed Christian websites which are worthy of mention. These websites serve as a source of inspiration especially if you are designing a church website. Feel free to mention any we may have missed in the comment area. One of the best places to see beautiful Christian website designs is over at BestChristianDesigns.com, ran by Stephen Costello and Phil Adams, they have a tremendous gallery showcase. Watermark Community Church Valley Creek Church South Coast Fellowship Status Sevier Heights South Ridge Rolling Hills River City Church Redeemer Covenant Peace Community Church Park Community Church Open Doors Student Ministries Murphy Road Baptist Church Long Hollow Kingsfield Church Inner Metro Green Hillsong Church Highpoint Church Harbor Church Greystones Community Church Grace Community Church Genesis Church Gateway Church Four Corners First Baptist New Orleans First Baptist Broken Arrow First Baptist Oviedo Edgepoint… read more
Best Websites to Submit Design News: Check out the Best Websites to Submit Design News, these are great if  but you need a way to get your blog more traffic. One method of increasing traffic to your blog is to submit your articles to popular website like Delicious, Digg, Mixx, Stumbleupon and Twitter. That is a great start, but if you want to get your articles directly to those who are in the Design Community, the best thing to do is to submit your articles to websites that allows you to post Community News. Below is a list of websites where you can get a lot of free traffic by submitting your articles. [sociallocker] Social Bookmarking Design Related A network for design professionals, students, and creatives. Find design jobs on our designer job board, post your portfolio, inspirations and profile, connect with designers, and more. Design-Newz Design–Newz is a site that… read more
While looking around the net we found some Christian websites that are worthy of mention, they are aesthetically pleasing and in our opinion can serve as an inspiration to churches or ministries that are aspiring to put their face on the web. The Church has a great harvest to meet on the internet and have a great opportunity to preach the gospel of Christ to all nations. “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Mathew 28:19-20 Stonebriar Lifechurch.TV Mars Hill… read more
Here are a listing some free applications which are very helpful for you to process your daily work. They are useful If you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, that don’t want to spend a lot of money on software. We made sure to add something interesting for everyone. Some of them are not very well known but they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share any that you know that have not been shared here. Prezentit Prezentit is a community where you can create (alone or with others), share and show your presentations. With Prezentit, your presentations are always available, anywhere, anytime and from any place, for viewing or editing. prezentit.com [sam id=3 codes=’false’] PFD to Word Using PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch… read more