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Your synagogue website should make it easy to discover upcoming programs without turning your homepage into an event calendar. Here are ten best practices for promoting events clearly, effectively and in a way that works alongside your other communications.
Event flyers can work beautifully in emails, on social media and in print — but they weren’t designed for your synagogue homepage. Here’s why flyers often fall short on the web, and how to present the same event information more effectively.
A synagogue is more than its programs, services and calendar — it’s a community built around relationships. Here’s how the principles of Relational Judaism can help us think differently about what a synagogue website should show, say and help people do.
Synagogue websites can accept donations, registrations and payments around the clock — including on Shabbat. Here’s why congregations may want to think about how online transactions fit with their own religious practices, and how the technology can be configured to reflect those choices.
Your synagogue gift shop may be a wonderful resource — but it’s only useful when people can shop there. An online store can make Judaica and gifts more accessible, convenient and visible while complementing, rather than replacing, your in-person shop.
Great photography does more than make your synagogue website look better — it helps visitors see the people, relationships and experiences that make your community distinctive. Here’s how to choose and capture photos that tell your congregation’s story.
Your synagogue may have a beautiful sanctuary, but an empty room can only tell visitors so much. Here’s why photos of real people and relationships do a better job of showing what makes your congregation a community.
Improving your synagogue website doesn’t always require a complete redesign. Here are four relatively simple ways to make your site more current, easier to use and more effective at showing visitors what makes your congregation special.
Your members may not visit the synagogue website every day — and they don’t need to. What matters is that when they do visit, they can trust the information, find what they need and easily accomplish what they came to do.
Synagogue websites are often managed by a changing mix of staff members and volunteers. Here’s why WordPress works particularly well for organizations where the people responsible for keeping the website current may change over time.
Should your synagogue preschool have its own website, or live within the main synagogue site? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Here are the questions to consider when deciding which approach will work best for your preschool, your congregation and the families you’re trying to reach.
Already have a great flyer for your synagogue event? Don’t simply upload it to the website. Here’s how to take the same photos, information and registration details and turn them into event content that’s actually designed for the web.
Choosing a payment gateway for your synagogue website involves more than comparing credit card rates. From ACH and recurring payments to integrations, accounting and the member experience, here are the factors worth considering before choosing a payment solution.
Sometimes visitors aren’t coming to your synagogue website to learn something — they’re coming to do something. Here are five common tasks your website should make as simple, intuitive and frustration-free as possible.
Accepting online donations is no longer enough — the giving experience needs to be easy. From simpler forms and tribute gifts to recurring giving, ACH and mobile usability, here are twelve ways to remove friction between a donor’s decision to give and a completed donation.
