Keeping your site current
A website is only as good as how current it is. Here's exactly how updates work — what to send, who can send it, and how quickly it goes live.
Most church websites don't fail because they look bad. They fail because they were built once, looked good for a few months, and then quietly stopped being updated — because updating it meant learning a content management system nobody had time for, or waiting on the one volunteer who understood it. Visitors land on a page still advertising last year's Christmas services, and the whole site starts working against the church rather than for it.
That's the problem this service is actually built to solve. Because the site is hand-built rather than something you log into, there's nothing to learn and nothing to maintain yourselves. You send me what you want on the site, and I build it and publish it properly — with no limit on how often, at no extra cost, for as long as you're a client.
Not just one gatekeeper. Whoever in your church or benefice is best placed to tell me what's happening — the vicar, a churchwarden, the person who runs the parish magazine, whoever's organising the summer fete — can send content in. There's no login to share round and no risk of someone breaking the site by mistake, because nobody's editing it directly. You just need a way to get the content to me, and I'll do the rest.
This matters most for groups and benefices, where several churches are sharing one site and the person with news for one parish often isn't the same person looking after another. Everyone involved can send things in directly, rather than everything having to funnel through a single webmaster.
Whatever format is easiest for you is fine — an email, a WhatsApp message, a phone call, a forwarded newsletter. I'll take it from there and turn it into a properly formatted page.
Most updates are published within a couple of business days of being sent. Something urgent — a cancelled service, a last-minute change — I'll usually turn around faster than that; just say it's time-sensitive when you send it. "Unlimited" means there's no cap on how much you can send, not a guarantee of instant publishing, but in practice most churches send updates far less often than the limit would ever come close to, and it never feels rationed.
An online request portal is in development, which will eventually make sending updates even more straightforward — a proper place to log in, submit content and see what's live, rather than relying on email or a phone call. It isn't ready yet, so for now the simplest route is still the best one: send me what you've got, however suits you, and I'll take care of the rest.
Email, WhatsApp or a phone call — whatever's easiest.
Formatted properly, matching the rest of the site.
Faster if you flag it as time-sensitive.
No extra charge, no limit on how often you send.
£50 a month, no setup fee — built and updated personally by Jake.
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