About this Site
This site was developed to serve the church in March, 2001. Nancy Cottom was the original Webmaster, assisted by David Flaherty, who helped provide technical support.
Through the hard work of Nancy and Paul Collier, Church Historian, the site grew to include a great amount of detail on the church and it's rich history.
In the Summer of 2003, Eric Grubb, a former member who grew up in the church, assumed the role of Webmaster. The information that went into developing the Kirchentag (Church Day) Presentation was incorporated into the site to help provide a broad overview of what the church has to offer it's members and guests.
The goal of this website is to provide, firstly, a broad overview of church programs, and secondly, timely information so that the site will be a valuable resource and reference. For example, the secretary provides the Minutes and calendar, which are edited to suit the site.
Additionally, the Pastor and the Music Director send updates of information and upcoming music for our services, once again providing a useful resource to our members. The constant flow of information will keep the site dynamic and worth revisiting. A special "Thanks" to those who regularly contribute!
Technical:
This site was redesigned in 2004 using CSS-based layout. For faster loading, formatting is controlled by a single cascading-style-sheet, and most tables were dropped in the name of adopting new standards for compliance and accessiblilty. 16kb .html files were shaved to 4kb or less.
Some users with legacy browsers (Netscape 4 and under, for example) may experience an "unstyled" website, meaning that it will not display as nicely as it would for those using post-2000 technology. This reflects an unfortunate side-effect of the advancement of technology and standards. The good news is that the new standards allow for better cross-platform and cross-browser support.
Additionally, the new standards allow for accessibility for the blind or visually impaired. For example, a person with vision problems could change their browser's preferences to use a custom "style-sheet" in order to override the site's display and use a text size and color more appropriate for their condition (i.e., large white text on a black background).
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