IT / Web

WordPress and Version Control

One of the things we’ve been trying to figure out is how to use version control with CMS platforms like WordPress. We had several discussions on whether or not we should place the entire installation under version control, but ultimately decided that would be wasteful and unnecessary. We really only need to consider the themes [...]

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GoGlobalX.org Re-Launched with Wordpress

The GoGlobalX.org site re-launched silently this past weekend with a new backend: Wordpress. One of the key considerations for the GlobalX team was the ability to update the site easily without having to ask the IT and Web team every single time. We agreed that this was a pretty good idea, naturally. One of the components that wasn’t [...]

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Content Management Systems

If you’ve poked around our organization’s websites at all you are aware that we have a lot of different brands and identities for the various ministries we support. We talk a lot about the differences between being a House of Brands and a Branded House (see Mike Davis’s post about that here.) Well, along with [...]

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New InsideOutStudents.org!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new InsideOutStudents.org! One of the fantastic things about this new launch is that we’ve moved from an all-flash-based environment to a Wordpress-MU install. Why? Because of the sheer flexibility, dynamic content generation, and management simplicity. This gives our ministry teams the ability to be autonomous with their updates, meaning, they [...]

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Inside insidenorthpoint.org

Here are a few details about how we created this website: Platform: We chose WordPress µ for insidenorthpoint.org for several reasons: Using a single installation simplifies our administration of all of the different areas of the site. It’s very simple to add a new blog, so when we have a need to add a new area, it really is [...]

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