Making the most of the
World Wide Web

I frequently see commercial vans, letterheads and business cards adorned with non-custom email addresses. my_company_name@leading_broadband_provider.co.uk looks unprofessional because anybody contacting your organisation will rightly conclude that they could set that up themselves in five minutes. It looks like you just haven’t bothered. And why not make the effort when it is very quick and very cheap to set up a custom, professional email address. Continue reading »

I want every website I make to be fantastic before it goes live. But over time, the more I see them in action and the more people use them, the more I notice things which could be improved. Little tweaks, small enough that few people would notice the difference, can make a big difference. I blogged recently about the need to review your website and the need to take as much advice as possible: here are three minor changes I have recently made to the Game On theme here at Gledhill Online as a result of some advice and a review process. Continue reading »

GK Chesterton once said he owed his success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. That is often how webmasters and web developers can feel about the ‘advice’ they get from others. They just don’t understand what they are taking about, or what would they know about web design, they’ve probably never even heard of Dreamweaver! These responses are all too common, but that does not excuse their folly. Here’s my piece of advice: The less someone knows about making websites, the more helpful their advice is because they will see things you never will.

Here are some bits of constructive criticism I have received over the years, how I initially reacted to it, and how I eventually learned from it. Continue reading »

@gledhillonline for news, updates, chatter and stuff I think you ought to read. @aligledhill for chatter, updates, stuff I think you ought to read, and the odd joke I think deserves an audience. Continue reading »

My personal blog contains occasional reviews and articles on things which have caught my attention, particularly on theology, culture and politics. Continue reading »

The BigBible Project seeks to draw Christians from all churches and none into deeper engagement with the Bible through local reading groups and online conversations. I write a monthly article on using digital innovations in discipleship, church and outreach. Continue reading »