From newsletter_admin at netadventist.org  Mon May  5 09:03:01 2008
From: newsletter_admin at netadventist.org (NetAdventist Newsletter)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:03:01 -0500
Subject: NetAdventist News & Notes - Volume 3, Issue 13
Message-ID: <dc28d5c20805050903h25b353ecl5e323975264bd4b3@mail.gmail.com>

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     Volume III, Issue 13?Monday, May 5, 2008

  [image: WEEKLY POLL]

      Each week a poll is posted on the *net*Adventist website. Respond by
clicking on the poll graphic below?which doesn't necessarily represent the
current poll ?then looking for "Local Poll" in the left-hand menu bar.Your
feedback is important to us. We appreciate you taking the time to
participate in our weekly polls. This week's poll question is *"What kind of
documents do you load most often in your Documents tab?*      [image: VIEW
POLL AT http://www.netadventist.org] <http://www.netadventist.org/>

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*Adding a Custom Domain Name to Your netAdventist Site*

When you signed-up for your *net*Adventist Web site it came with standard
domain name (i.e. ministryname.netadventist.org). You aren't limited to just
this domain name. You can choose a new one and add it to your site. You will
need to register it using any number of companies authorized to register
domain names, such as GoDaddy <http://www.godaddy.com/>. *net*Adventist uses
GoDaddy as our principal domain name registrar partner.

Having a shorter URL is one of the main reasons people choose a custom
domain name. For example, www.caldwellsda.com is easier to remember than
caldwellchurch.netadventist.org. Another reason for choosing a custom domain
name is if you want more than one URL pointing to your site, such as
caldwellsda.com, caldwellsda.org, and caldwellsda.net. You can easily add
any number of domain names to your *net*Adventist site (provided they are
available through a domain name registrar).

If you already have a registered domain name and want to use it with your *
net*Adventist site, you can do that to. You will need to set the nameservers
to *net*Adventist's nameservers. This is very easy to do. Just contact the
company you have registered your domain with and ask them to change the
nameservers. You might even be able to do it yourself. Most registrars set
up an account for your domain name where you can log in and set the
nameservers through a Web interface. If you are in doubt, contact your
domain name registrar.

If you are wondering what nameservers are, they convert domain names into
appropriate IP addresses and vice versa. That's why once you have registered
your domain name you will need to set its nameservers to *net*Adventist's
nameservers.

Here is the information you will need to set the nameservers to
*net*Adventist's
nameservers:

Primary:           ns1.tagnet.org           69.80.197.67

Secondary:         web2.tagnet.org           192.156.214.167

Tertiary:           ns2.tagnet.org           69.80.197.70

Once you have set the nameservers, give us a call at 1-800-9-TAGnet. You
will need to give us your current site name as well as the new domain name
you want to add. That's it. We do the rest. For more information about
changing domain names and nameservers, visit our Help site by clicking
here<http://help.netadventist.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=30>
.

*Feel free to email us <nicoleb at netadventist.org> your netTip ideas. Your
information may be featured in an upcoming newsletter.*

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*How to Format Long Copy on Web Pages*

*A Web Copywriting Tip from Nick
Usborne<http://www.excessvoice.com/web-copywriting-tip44.htm>,
copywriting coach.*

Here's a simple starting point: make it as easy as possible for your readers
to scan, understand, and read your text.

Perhaps the simplest choice you can make is to keep longer copy or content
to a single column. In other words, keep the copy sequential in a single,
vertical copy. This may sound obvious, but on many sites the core
information a reader wants to find is spread across two or more columns.
This just makes life harder for the reader. Keep it simple.

Next, make sure you keep your column width reasonably narrow. The wider the
column width, the harder it is for the human eye to track from the end of
one line to the beginning of the next.

Make sure you use plenty of subheads. This is important for visitors who
want to scan a page before committing to reading it. Subheads give them an
outline of what you are talking about. Your subheads should guide the reader
through the key points of your "story", and should also convey strong
benefits.

Indent key elements in the copy. This helps add emphasis where it is needed,
and break up what might otherwise seem to be a scary block of text. The
longer your copy on a page, the more important it is to use subheads and
indents. The last thing you want to convey is that your copy is going to be
hard work to read.

Basically, however long the copy is, you want to convey, visually, that it's
going to be an easy, effortless read. If the page looks like "hard work", a
lot of visitors won't even bother to read the first paragraph.

Formatting is essential to increasing the performance of long copy pages.

*Feel free to send us <nicoleb at netadventist.org> other resources or articles
you'd like to see.*

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     *Can I use VOB file formats for videos on my netAdventist site?*

 The best video file formats for your site are Flash (FLV) or Windows Media
Video (WMV). We don't recommend using VOB file formats. There are many free
file converters available on the Web for converting your VOB files in FLV or
WMV files. For more information on publishing videos to your *net*Adventist
site, click here
<http://help.netadventist.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104&Itemid=30>to
visit our Help site.

*To submit a question for the FAQs column, email us<nicoleb at netadventist.org>.
Your FAQ may also be added to the FAQ list in our online help
manual<http://help.netadventist.org/>.
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Publisher: TAGnet
Editor: Daniel A. Houghton, Executive Vice President
Managing Editor: Nicole M. Batten, Communications Manager/Content Liaison *

* Contact info
To suggest story ideas or questions, send information about resources to
include in this newsletter, or to submit articles, click
here<nicoleb at netadventist.org>.

For letters to the editor, click here <nicoleb at netadventist.org>.
To submit a change of email address for your own subscription to the
newsletter, click here <newsletter-owner at netadventist.org>. *
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From newsletter_admin at netadventist.org  Mon May 19 11:31:36 2008
From: newsletter_admin at netadventist.org (NetAdventist Newsletter)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:31:36 -0500
Subject: NetAdventist News & Notes - Volume 3, Issue 14
Message-ID: <dc28d5c20805191131g56a40b4at34bd9c24e733c546@mail.gmail.com>

  [image: NetAdventist News And Notes]

     Volume III, Issue 14?Monday, May 19, 2008

  [image: WEEKLY POLL]

      Each week a poll is posted on the *net*Adventist website. Respond by
clicking on the poll graphic below?which doesn't necessarily represent the
current poll ?then looking for "Local Poll" in the left-hand menu bar.Your
feedback is important to us. We appreciate you taking the time to
participate in our weekly polls. *This week's poll question is "Do you use a
custom domain name for your netAdventist site?"*      [image: VIEW POLL AT
http://www.netadventist.org] <http://www.netadventist.org/>

   [image: netTip of the Week]

*Setting-up your netAdventist Prayer Request Module*

Your *net*Adventist site includes a Prayer Request Module to help you in
building a prayer chain. Once you've set-up your Prayer Request Module
people will be able to submit prayer requests through your Web site. They
can choose whether to have the prayer request privately sent to the pastor
and church staff, to have it appear on the site for others to view, or for
it to be automatically sent to everyone subscribed to the prayer chain.

You can find your Prayer Request Module under the Messaging tab in the
Dashboard. Once you click on the Messaging tab, additional tabs will appear.
Click on the tab that says Prayer Request.

To configure your Prayer Request Module, click on the white button titled
Configure Prayer Request. Several fields will appear for you to fill-in,
including an introduction for your Prayer Request page, directions for the
Request Form, and a Confirmation Message, as well as a place to enter the
email addresses of everyone on the prayer chain.

Once you have configured your Prayer Request Module, visitors and members
will be able to submit prayer requests and receive them if they are on the
prayer chain list. As the Web master, you will be able to view and approve
these requests before they are published on your site or distributed to your
prayer chain.

For more information on the Prayer Request Module, view our video tutorial
on the Help site by clicking
here.<http://help.netadventist.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=29>
.

*Feel free to email us <nicoleb at netadventist.org> your netTip ideas. Your
information may be featured in an upcoming newsletter.*

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* theFlow <http://insightmagazine.ning.com/>* ? Interactive community for
Adventist youth created by Insight Magazine.
 * Bible Bay <http://www.biblebay.org/>* ? Great Bible study site for
sharing with non-Adventists.
* Kid Zone <http://www.kidzvop.com/>* ? Interactive Bible studies for kids,
created by Voice of Prophecy.

*Feel free to send us <nicoleb at netadventist.org> other resources or articles
you'd like to see.*

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     *I want my article to display in two columns on my netAdventist site.
How do I get it to do that?*

 To format content into columns you have to create a Table. You can do this
by clicking on the Table Icon in your Static Content screen. When your mouse
goes over the Table Icon it will say Edit/Insert Table. From there you can
select how many columns (and rows) you want, as well as whether you want a
border and how wide or tall you want your columns or rows to be.

The most important thing is to keep your Table under 600 pixels wide (300
pixels each for two columns) so that is doesn't realign your site's layout.
You will need to set the individual width of the columns as well as the
Table width in order to keep the columns even.

*To submit a question for the FAQs column, email us<nicoleb at netadventist.org>.
Your FAQ may also be added to the FAQ list in our online help
manual<http://help.netadventist.org/>.
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Publisher: TAGnet
Editor: Daniel A. Houghton, Executive Vice President
Managing Editor: Nicole M. Batten, Communications Manager/Content Liaison *

* Contact info
To suggest story ideas or questions, send information about resources to
include in this newsletter, or to submit articles, click
here<nicoleb at netadventist.org>.

For letters to the editor, click here <nicoleb at netadventist.org>.
To submit a change of email address for your own subscription to the
newsletter, click here <newsletter-owner at netadventist.org>. *
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