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		<title>Bad idea design poster #11 &#8211; Canned Content</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2010/05/17/bad-idea-design-poster-11-canned-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm getting very excited about the upcoming Word Camp Raleigh ... just so long as we don't get so focused on premium themes, theme frameworks and plugins at the expense of discussing how-to develop a sensible information architecture that suites the goals of your church and/or charity.]]></description>
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		<title>Bad idea design poster #10 &#8211; Feature Creep</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/24/bad-idea-design-poster-10-feature-creep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The misguided notion that somehow more is always better.

Main Entry: Feature Creep
Pronunciation: \ˈfē-chər ˈkrēp\
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English feture  crepen, from the act of over-building something
Date: December 24, 2009

Remember folks, flee from temptation to &#8216;gizmo&#8217; up your site.

Instead, focus on workflow &#8211; that is the things your users want/need to do/learn from visiting your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of Jesus Junk &#8211; Day 5 &#8211; Speak Clearly</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/18/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-5-speak-clearly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you haven't read the latest writings of Steve Krug, Jakob Nielsen or Luke Wroblewski, it doesn't take a 'Jesus Christ Rubber Duck' to understand that church speak and clique-chat only help relegate your site into the realms search engine obscurity.]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of Jesus Junk &#8211; Day 4 &#8211; Unreadable at 11:23</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/17/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-4-unreadable-at-1123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If conversion rates are the metric by which we measure successful web page adoption, then the antithesis of that is product abandonment. Today's example shows how something as intuitive as a wall clock was made unreadable at 11:23.]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of Jesus Junk &#8211; Day 3 &#8211; Avoid Wipeouts</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/16/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-3-avoid-wipeouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says "wipe-out" like a cheap little Holy Bible eraser. And nothing spells disaster like having all your valuable data turn into techno-mush. Here's some tips to avoid this.]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of Jesus Junk &#8211; Day 2 &#8211; Think Globally!</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/15/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-2-think-globallyl/</link>
		<comments>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/15/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-2-think-globallyl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As once again the  TSA reminds us that Christmas Snow Globes a threat to National Security, I thought it might be a good time to talk about the wide-World of bad-guys and some simple things you can do to guard your site from a potentially explosive situation.]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of Jesus Junk &#8211; Day 1 &#8211; Hallway Testing</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/14/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-1-hallway-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2009/12/14/12-days-of-jesus-junk-day-1-hallway-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn how to cheaply and quickly avoid 'accidental-message-myopia' syndrome - like inadvertently creating a design that asserts an Aryan baby Jesus.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Church marketing dead? Nope, just stuck on stupid!</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/05/08/is-church-marketing-dead-nope-just-stuck-on-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/05/08/is-church-marketing-dead-nope-just-stuck-on-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's no getting around it, despite the efforts of many to teach, rebuke, correct &#038; train in righteous web design, there still exists a great cloud of witlessness when it comes to the Church's presence online. A fact painfully corroborated by the persistent body of ‘kitsch‘ out there that distracts, annoys and otherwise drives-away people seeking and/or serving the Lord.]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Ready Defense by Planning for Failure</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/05/02/making-a-ready-defense-by-planning-for-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/05/02/making-a-ready-defense-by-planning-for-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. While this aphorism is very worn, it is also very true. Here are some simple things you can do with mysqldump, crontab, tar/gzip and a little contingency planning to insure you don't lose your sanity when your server crashes upon the shoals of of virtual disaster.]]></description>
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		<title>How to avoid high maintenance church website design</title>
		<link>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/03/31/how-to-avoid-high-maintenance-church-website-design/</link>
		<comments>http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2008/03/31/how-to-avoid-high-maintenance-church-website-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeanDean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For what will it profit a man if his church website is the slickest in the Internet if he has to forfeit a month's collections just to change the welcome message? If you haven't guessed by the play on Matthew 16:26 (&#038;/or Mark 8:36, &#038;/or Luke 9:25), or the somewhat wordy "bad church web design poster #006," the topic of today's "sermonette" is website maintenance.]]></description>
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