For those of you who are constantly wanting to check out new freeware apps, look no further than the 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities from dailyrevolver.com.
There’s something there for just about everyone.
Enjoy!
HT: “Bill” at Thinklings
We’ve added a Song Projection Tools as a new category to our Resources Page including the following tools:
Easislides
OpenLp
OpenSong
SNAP
ZionWorx
For those of you who use projectors as an aid during the worship service, these tools may provide a more customized fit to your needs than a standard PowerPoint or Impress Presentation.
Check them out and let us know what you think.
It’s time again for upgrades to the programs on the Mission Disk so we’re releasing Version 1.2 of the project with the following updated software versions:
- Firefox 3.0.3
- Gimp 2.6.2
- InfraRecorder 0.46
- Open Office 3.0
- Paint.NET 3.36
- PDFCreator 0.9.6
- SumatraPDF 0.9.3
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
- VLC 0.9
The big news in this release is OpenOffice 3.0, the updated productivity suite that has been getting great reviews in the computing community. This one product alone can save your organization hundreds of dollars…per person!
We’ve been hard at work writing website guides for Adding Sermon Audio, Event Calendars, and Visitor Tracking to your Wordpress.com or Hosted Wordpress Website.
Enjoy! And as always, feel free to post your questions or suggestions for new guides.
In the process of doing research for a write-up on how to use Wordpress as a platform for a church website, I discovered that the good folks over at Church Communications Pro have already done yoeman’s work on the topic.
Check out their instructions here
There’s also some good material over on Living OS including an article on Getting Started blogging your church with Wordpress
And if you’re looking for examples of what your church website can look like, there are dozens of church sites that use Wordpress listed here for your perusal.
I’ve posted a guide to embedding slideshows on your church website over at freechurchwebsite.wordpress.com. I’ll try to put up a workaround guide to using Picasa soon, since wordpress.com doesn’t officially support it currently.
Hopefully that answers the first part of Steve’s questions. 
I’m currently working on a website for a small church in Delaware using a Wordpress blog as the underlying platform.
In keeping with the MissionDisk philosophy, My goal is to build a $0 website, using all freeware, free plugins, and free services online.
Once I’m done I hope to write up an easy-to-follow guide on how to do this so others can do likewise. So many churches don’t have any kind of web presence at all. That’s a shame.
I’d appreciate any input on what I’ve got so far… http://www.calvarybaptistinclayton.org/
The months have flown by and Jamie is once again home from parts unknown.
Welcome back!! Glad to see you made it safe and sound.
To keep up with the latest upgrades to the programs on the Mission Disk we’re releasing Version 1.1 of the project with the following updated software versions:
- 7zip 4.57
- Firefox 3.0
- Gimp 2.4.6
- InfraRecorder 0.45
- Open Office 2.4.1
- Paint.NET 3.31
- PDFCreator 0.9.5
- Scribus 1.3.3.12
- SumatraPDF 0.8.1
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
- VLC 0.8.6h
We’re particularly excited about the release of Firefox 3 — an even faster and more secure web browsing solution.
Jamie’s job has taken him to parts unknown for the next six months working as a military contractor for the Air Force. We wish him all the best and he will be sorely missed on this project.
In the meantime, please direct any inquiries or suggestions to me either through this blog or write to darrellcdow@gmail.com