We’ve been working hard; it’s tough to manage a growing internet startup!
Ups and downs and lateral motion provides enough movement to make one sea sick. But it’s been a thrilling ride.
The 8BIT Network is now officially 1 month old (and some change). We’ve experienced some tremendous growth. Here’s a look at what the first month [...]

I once counted how many blogs I’ve “started” in my lifetime and it was something ludicrous and somewhat embarrassing. Thankfully, I can’t remember (and perhaps it really doesn’t matter).
As you already know, we’ve recently launched 3 new blogs in the 8BIT Network and trust us when we say that we’re not done yet. All of [...]

Are you using the right one? Which one do you use?
Check this cool infographic after the jump…

By design, blogs seek to foster conversation. You post, ask for comments, and look to engage in discussion. The lifetime of a post can exist long after you press “Publish.”
But a single post isn’t the only thing you want your readers to pursue. You want them to come back, engage with others, explore other posts, [...]

We’ve made a small adjustment to the commenting area for all the blogs in our network: Live Previews are gone.
Apparently a number of people were experiencing some slow-down with the feature and although I personally thought it was freaking neato I’d rather have people have a better experience than a little bit of eye-candy.
So, we’ve [...]

Have you seen our sidebars on all the 8BIT Network sites? We’ve got a “Top Weekly Commenters” spot just for you, our lovely community.
The problem is that some of you haven’t registered for each of the sites and haven’t given us your blog address and/or site URL to give you love back. See those “white” [...]

Being a church web designer, I often find myself needing to set up a podcast. I have used several different methods to achieve this in WordPress (my platform of choice), but only a few stand out as being really great options.
Let me first start by saying that PodPress, as popular as it may be, is [...]

We’ve been hard at work tweaking the design, running code queries, and even installing new applications to make this iteration of ChurchCrunch (and the rest of the 8BIT Network) the best community platform ever.
I’ve learned a lot about how this community responds to change and have taken extensive notes on how to make it better. [...]

I’ve been using a lot of landing pages recently (if you haven’t noticed) and even last night I was using one as I swapped out the theme for ChurchCrunch (you can view it here still).
Well, someone asked me how I was accomplishing this and the answer is easy: The Members Only Wordpress Plugin.
Seriously, this plugin [...]

Kevin recently asked me if I could provide him with some tips and suggestions on how to make a case for Wordpress within the context of a ministry and non-profit organization. I told him a few Fortune 500 companies that use it for their online properties but I then shot him this list of government [...]