The bible.org team has been working extra hard to launch the new bible.org website (read late nights, sweat, caffeine, punchy jokes and prayer. We're very excited about the progress. I hope you are too. Thus I thought I'd take a minute and capture my top 5 favs. If you have time I'd love to hear your thoughts (comment below).
- New logo. I think it's clean, fun and more "Internet", plus I just love the people (community, together, praising, worshiping). As the team has been praying though and discussing the future, there has been a consistent passion and calling towards providing a trustworthy place for us all to learn, grow and engage with others. I think the new logo captures this essence.
- New look. I think the new look and style is much better. I think it looks less cluttered and easier to understand. Also getting rid of the old sharp colors gives a clean almost airy feel to the site.
- Easier to use. The new menu system is consistent across the site (on the old side the left side menu changed on each supercategory) and once you get the basic structure down I think it's much easier to find what I'm looking for.
- RSS feeds. Love the feeds for authors and all articles. Plugs right into my feadreader Bloglines. If you are not using a feedreader, I highly encourage it (more RSS). I plug in the feeds (paste the url) for my favorite blogs and websites and in a quick glance I can see anything new (without having to go to every blog site separately).
- Rate each article. Every article can be rated 1-5 stars (using the tool on the right side of each article). I love getting to tell others what I think (kind of a marker to say to other visitors that this one is worth some extra time). This is the first of a series of features in this area so stay tuned for more.
Chris Goodman is the Director of Ministry Development for the global internet ministry of bible.org. He is also the Director of Business Development for bible.org's publishing ministry, NET Bible Press. Chris' skills do not include speeling, grammar, or biosciences. He does however have a passion for being faithfully submitted to Jesus Christ, seeking effective models for ministry in the 21st century and partnering with others in the journey.
Every Bible study guide we write in my home church in McKinney recommends www.bible.org as a great Web site for Christian growth. All of you have done a great job!!
My only plea is to get a better copy of Daniel Wallace's series of videos on textual criticism. If the exercise "Gospel According to Snoopy" were downloadable, some of us would gather a group and give it a try. That may be why it isn't there. :-)
Keep up the great work for Christ's kingdom!
Barry