We really like what the people over at Vox have done with their site, or should we say what they haven’t done to their site. Their artistic direction is the perfect example of a ‘less is more’ approach and it really seems to be working well for them. Vox is not afraid to use the ‘white space’ that the Kairos design has to offer which is very important for any website design for a few reasons. Firstly, the blank space on their site allows for the rest of the content, such as photos and text, to be more prominent on the page. Secondly, they let the design go hand in hand with their philosophy of stripping away any unneeded elements and looking at the core of church, being people. Overall, a great illustration of a minimal and super clean site.
To help launch and bring attention to his new book release, we decided to do a “little” giveaway through Stuff Christians Like. We’re giving away a MacBook Pro… It’s a pretty rad giveaway, and it’s super easy to enter and win.
Here is the 2nd and final video showing what it’s going to be like to edit your media player on the new Greenhouse 2.0 coming out on April 28th (next month!). In this video I just show what it’s like to add media items to your player. Check it out:
We’ve just posted the latest in our little featured video series: the new calendar.
Everything has been updated and polished, and I think you’ll agree that we’ve upped the level of quality in this new version. There’s also a major new feature available: repeating events. We know that it was one of the most annoying things left out of the original greenhouse, and we’re really happy about the fact that you’ll never need to update 35 events again when something like your Sunday Service time changes.
There are also a bunch of little improvements: events now sort by time correctly, email addresses turn into links, you can specify start and end times, and have events that span multiple days. And you can also now link an event’s location to a map. And like the new media player, you have a lot more control over the color scheme! Read More…
Sorry for the long time in between blog posts… Our efforts have really been focused on the release of the Greenhouse 2.0, set for April 28th. We’re getting there and it’s close, but we have our heads down and pounding out the finishing touches for you guys. It’s pretty awesome, so please bear with our blog silence.
I wanted to take a quick second to let you know where our conference team will be over this next year… We are sponsoring a number of great events, so if you’re attending any of these events, make sure you come up and say hello. We’ll also be giving away some tickets to a couple of these events over this next year, so make sure you keep coming back to speakingofclover.com to get the details.
January 11th we introduced our ‘Clover Gives’ campaign to the watching world.
January 12th Haiti drew our hearts in their direction.
We’re about a month into our new found philanthropy – our hearts are still stolen, and we can’t stop watching Haiti.
While we’ve selected Children’s Hunger Fund as our non-profit of choice, we were most interested in what they might be doing in Haiti given all that’s happened. What a few weeks it has been.
To back up a bit. . . for those of you not yet familiar with Children’s Hunger Fund, they are amazing. These guys are the real deal, and we’re happy to put our money (and yours) behind them. As we mentioned in our first post about it, we’ve decided that with each new site purchased from Clover (this quarter), we would donate the first month’s hosting to Children’s Hunger Fund. We really like what they’re doing. The impressive part of their approach is that they don’t just drop supplies and move on. . . they are really looking to transform lives. Working through the local churches (. . . what remains of the local churches) they are in for the long haul, and we wanted to cheer them on.
We wanted to invite you to join us . . and join them in transforming lives. Whether in Haiti or around the world, CHF is a worthy investment.
What a perfect fit Clover turned out to be for St. John’s here in Southern California! This site caught our eye and we thought you’d like it too. http://www.sjls.org/ Take a look around . . . we think you’re going to see how we couldn’t help ourselves from drawing some attention their way. They’ve done a beautiful job. From their Video Tours to their Newsletter Archives, you really get a feel for the school and their community. Great work St. John’s! We’re excited to work with you. Read More…
I’ve finally had a chance to sit down and knock out a video showing off the new Media Player for Greenhouse 2.0. The first video is showing what your users will experience when using your media player. The second video shows what it’s like to customize and edit your player in the Greenhouse.
In the middle of recording these I was totally struck with how much bigger and feature-rich this player actually is. It’s amazing being able to dream about what this thing could be, and then actually pulling it off. To get the full grasp of this new feature you’ll have to play with it yourself (April 28th), but hopefully these videos suffice for now. Read More…
This guy has some of the most beautiful and unique collection of script style fonts, however it is his consistency and attention to detail that really impresses me. Hubert Jocham is a type designer with a vast portfolio of fonts and custom type design, but I believe his real expertise can be seen best in his display fonts and more specifically his script fonts. I mean look at the balance between elegance and legibility that he challenges. He’s artist and type designer… doesn’t that have a name? Oh yeah, a calligrapher.
If you want to check out more of Hubert Jocham’s other stuff (including his awesome house) you can go here: www.hubertjocham.de
