Really good news - Steve
This was posted on the announcements feed, but it's exciting enough to include on our blog feed for those of you subcribed...
I'm extremely excited to announce that we have added a brand new feature to our website.
For a while now, we have had an app in the itunes app store. I'm happy to say that it has been downloaded over 270 times since its birth. That is good news. The bad news, of course, is not everyone has an iphone.
It has been said that the future of the web is mobile. I have seen that in my own life. I spend far more time surfing on my phone than on my computer, and for good reason--there is good content out there... designed specifically for mobile use.
As of this moment, I am thrilled to announce for the first time publicly, the Emergence mobile website--a mobile web experience designed for mobile use.
If you have a web-enabled phone (especially an iPhone or a Droid) head on over to emergencenj.org/mobile, mobile.emergencenj.org, or m.emergencenj.org. If you head to emergencenj.org on an iPhone, you'll automatically be redirected to the mobile site.
When you head to the page, you'll see a clean layout, with 5 tabs at the top of the page. We'll take a minute to walk through the site.
The first tab on the left will bring you to the blogposts. when you click it, you'll find an easy to read list, with the latest posts up top. All blogposts include the images found in the original, but completely optimized for the mobile web.
The second tab is articles. Here you'll find the announcements you'd find at the full site, but optimized for viewing on your web-enabled phone.
The third tab, events, shows you the next events coming up, and can even take you to detailed information or event registration when appropriate.
The fourth tab is probably the most used and anticipated--media. Here, you'll find streaming audio immediately accessible. This includes sermons, music recorded live at Emergence, and occasional interviews or audio blogs.
With the last tab, you can interact directly with Emergence: send an email, check out the FAQ, find directions, etc--all in your mobile browser.
If you ever want to browse the full Emergence site instead, you can click on the small cirle logo just under the tabs. It'll take you there.
While the new site opens up Emergence to a broad range of phones, we still do love the iPhone. In fact, the new mobile site is completely integrated into the iPhone framework. If you add the site to your home screen, you'll get a pretty little icon designed for your home screen, and you'll be treated to a splash screen reminding you of why we exist:
So, there you have it. Another way to stay connected. We'd be remiss if we didn't stop to thank our site's developers and hosts: Monk Develpment--and their Ekklesia360 system. They are constantly upgrading and updating, and we can safely say they were the perfect choice for Emergence.
Have fun browsing...