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This article explains the stages involved
in building a Catholic articles web site in
order to respond to the call of the Church
to propagate the Catholic faith on the Net and
serve the cause of peace.
In learning to build a Catholic articles
web site, one is called to go through stages
wherein one enters into each stage and builds
upon it until he is ready to enter the next stage.
The following article will outline the
elements and steps in each stage in learning
to build a Catholic articles web site in a
way of proceeding we have learned on the Net.
The experimental stage [Discovery]
This is the stage where one gets to know and
be familiar with one's computer and the Net
environment and culture. Some of the steps
and elements you may need to know in this
stage are:
- Joining a list of Catholics on the Net
- Learning to start and form your own list
- Joining a webring
- Learning to form and start your own webring
- Learning to create and post in your own blog
- Learning to create web pages with a free
web hosting account
- Joining a SEO Techniques class
The actual stage [Standardization]
- Grounding one's site in Catholic ideals
and principles that will govern it and its
direction - one in accord with the teachings
of the Church in relation to the use of the
Net for evangelization
- Purchasing one's own domain and web hosting
service package
- Learning basic HTML and CSS to standardize
one's web pages
- Learning SEO [search engine optimization]
techniques and internet marketing strategies
- Learning to install WordPress blog software
in your own web hosting account
- Entering into associate and affiliate
marketing programs to earn funds and offset
the site's operating expenses
- Engaging in link exchange and submitting
one's web site to directories
- Starting to produce and write many Catholic
articles and to post in one's Catholic blog
The growth stage [Building]
- Continuously optimizing one's web pages
to rank high in the search engines results
pages and to market well one's associate
and affiliate programs
- Purchasing a standardized and presentable
template that is affordable, if one feels
that personally designed web pages will
not progress anymore the web site
- Expanding and diversifying the scope of
one's Catholic articles to integrate other
fields of study and disciplines
- Fully utilizing all of one's web hosting
space to maximize opportunities for growth
- Continuing in one's link exchange business
in order to rank better in the search engines'
results pages
- Working in a manner with one's associate
and affiliate programs so that the web site
is not only self-sustaining financially
but can also help support some of the needs
of one's family or household
The propagating stage [Mission]
- Write and produce an eBook to propagate
this mission of building Catholic articles
web sites on the Net
- Promote the mission in simple ways
to a select group of people: working students,
stay at home moms, stay at home dads,
retirees, professionals engaged in
parttime work, and former seminarians, religious,
priests, who still desire to serve the Church,
but in a new way.
The stages in summary
Each stage is important in the building
of the Catholic articles web site. Even
though it will require a lot of work, what
is important is to practice ethical methods
and operate honestly if we want the web site to fare
well in the long run. It is good not to
take short cuts, but to take each step of
every stage well, and to progress steadily and
make changes conservatively. Though one may encounter
difficulties along the way of building this
Catholic articles web site, the strength
and the sustenance for such an undertaking
will always depend how our relationship of
commitment to God, our family and the movement
of Catholic evangelization on the Net.
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Stages in Building a Catholic Articles Web Site
