WordPress in Other Languages
As we began developing the Adventist Living Pattern System, one of our underlying core values was that the work we did would work in other languages. Our church is a global church and the needs…
ALPS for Drupal Beta
As we have been developing ALPS, CMS integrations have been a must on the list. Building tools is great, but having it available in your CMS of choice makes it easier to adopt. As we…
ALPS for WordPress Released
From the time we set out to create ALPS (Adventist Living Pattern System), we knew that the only way to make sure the project got used, we had to make it easy for anyone to…
ALPS WordPress Beta
As I was getting ready to send these testers notes about via email, I realized that it would be just as useful to share them here on the blog, as what we are doing now is about being out in the open. So for those ready and willing to help with tesitng, thank you! Download…
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Alps for WordPress coming – Tester Needed!
Note: The theme has been released and is available to download. This fall has been busier then I had expected, and as a result, the blogging here at Adventist.io has been light. But be assured,…
Sabbath School and Personal Ministries
When you have been working on a project for a long time, it’s exciting to see it come to life. The Adventist Living Pattern System has been in development and planning for a long time,…
The ALPS CDN is Here
One of the core concepts of ALPS is to deliver the most up-to-date version of the pattern library to every website. As we considered this challenge, we quickly realized that if every website kept a…
Presenting the Adventist Living Pattern System
After so much planning, research, anticipation and work, I’m excited to get to show off the new Adventist Living Pattern System (ALPS). While it’s not perfectly finished (it probably never will be), it’s time to…
Logo Treatments
As we have been building Adventist Living Pattern System (ALPS), something that has continued to come up is the topic of logos. The logo is an important element in the branding of any organization, including…
ALPS on Adventist Church Connect
This last week I spend two days with a group of communicators and developers working on Adventist Church Connect (ACC). ACC provides church websites for the North American Division (NAD) to every church that wants…