Church Launches Technology Site
I just realized I never formally announced last month’s beta launch of the technology web site for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On this site, Tom Welch and others from the Church’s Information and Communications Systems Department will...MP3 File Naming Strategy
We have developed a consistent file naming convention for audio MP3 files available on Church sites for download. This will allow users to: Download audio files to a single directory without unintentionally overwriting. Quickly identify files in a list. Play files in...Cut-over for LDS.org
BELIEVE IT OR NOT…. Tuesday morning (Jan 30) from 2:00am-3:00am, we will replace the existing LDS.org with the new site (what you see today at beta.lds.org). Please note that beta.lds.org still points to many pages in the old design (and old Vignette 6 content...Online Scriptures in German, French, and Italian
We are pleased to announce that we have just added the latter-day scriptures in German, French, and Italian to scriptures.lds.org. They join Spanish and English that were available previously. You may be interested to note that the online scriptures now offer the...Mobile Possibilities
I just read the new Gartner report “Mobile Collaboration Will Be Driven by Consumer Technologies and Behaviors.” Smart phones already have keyboards and fully functional HTML Web browsers. The price of cell phones is dropping dramatically, while at the...Church Launches Beta Newsroom Site
We are pleased to announce that the beta version of the redesigned Newsroom site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has been launched at http://beta.lds.org/newsroom. [Note: This beta site is no longer active, since the new site is now...Church CIO Begins Blog
Joel Dehlin, the Chief Information Officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has begun a public blog. He plans to talk about the technology used at the Church, what it’s like to work at the Church, and random musings. He is planning to have...Additions to My Blogroll
I’ve just added the following links to my blogroll and encourage you to check them out: More Good Foundation (Promoting Good LDS Internet Content) LDS Chief Information Officer (Blog by the Chief Information Officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...Can’t get enough of ldsWebguy?
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I enjoy listening to the Glenn Beck radio talk show on the way home from work each day (570 on the AM radio in the Salt Lake area). It’s the third most listened to talk show in the country. Glenn doesn’t hesitate to mention he is a Mormon when the subject...Church Launches Beta Gospel Library and Improved Search
On November 9, 2006, we added the following to beta.lds.org: Redesigned Gospel Library We have provided improved navigation and organization of content. To help you find different format options (audio, video, PDF full layout, printer-friendly format, etc.), we have...Spanish Scriptures Now Online at scriptures.lds.org/es
The LDS Scriptures Internet Edition is now available in Spanish. We expect to release German, Italian, French and Portuguese before the end of the year. The Internet Edition of the scriptures contains the searchable text, complete with footnotes, study helps, maps,...Referral Logs and Search Logs
Bookslinger posted a great call to action on Bloggernacle: “Call to action for bloggers: If you have a public counter/tracker, send Larry the URL. If you have a private one, or a private referral log, send him an occasional snap-shot if you think that LDS.org or...Webmasters who link to Church sites
We want you to succeed. From time to time, we will provide you information on this blog to keep your sites up to date as we make changes to LDS.org and other Church Web sites. We recommend you sign up for the What’s New on LDS.org list service and also check...Follow on social media