I am in the final stages of revising our church's website (Christ Church PCA). I was hoping I could solicit some opinions with respect to some of the finer points of a website. That is, I'm not really soliciting or desiring to get macro feedback – about the color, where the pitcher should go, how many sub pages, etc. I'm more interested in some of the finer-grained details. So I'd appreciate opinions on the following:
- Do you have any preference as to the filename structure for sermons? That is, do you like a longer file name with more information to help you to remember something about the sermon (e.g. sermonname_date_numberinseries_speaker.mp3) or would you rather have a shorter filename with the details in the MP3 tag (e.g. 08222010.mp3)?
- Is podcasting through iTunes efficient, or should there be some other kind of feed?
- If they were available, would you use materials designed to complement the audio sermon (e.g. a PDF transcript, a devotional summary) or would that be overkill?
- With respect to denominational material, would you prefer a short paragraph containing links or would you like summary material on the church's website itself?
- How likely would you be to read reviews of books on a church's website?
- What would be the five (I know that's an arbitrary number) most important things you would look for on a church's website in order to determine whether it would be a church you would visit (think about if you were going on vacation to another city)?