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Houston...We Have Facelift

03/13/2009 06:01 AM Filed in: Site News | Personal

I don’t think it’s possible for me to express to you how pleased I am with the completion of this latest website update. It’s has been a long time in the making and what I had hoped would be finished last November actually took an additional four months. The hope is that this latest refresh can last us at least two years.

Joshcrain.com has had quite a few evolutions since I started it in 2005. With each shift we’ve added more features (or taken away useless ones), but the goal has always been the same: writing and discussion that isn’t afraid to celebrate, ponder, question, and rethink the Christian faith. Authenticity. Honesty.

In order to better facilitate that, we’ve eliminated the old forum. It hasn’t been used much since we were forced to lock it down due to constant spamming by online bots. We’re considering adding it back with a much sleeker version, but that will have to wait for some time.

There is a new Essay section that has much more in-depth articles than our blog entries could ever hope to accomplish. We’re starting with only four articles, but we’ll be adding more over time (though certainly not with the frequency of our blog posts).

And speaking of frequency...the blog hasn’t been updated lately due to the mountain of work that was involved in finishing up the website redesign. With that behind us blogging should be much more consistent.

Finally, our Podcast page actually has podcasts on it now. For too long it only contained a handful. It currently has 8, with several more to be uploaded later this week and then weekly after that.

Thanks for checking out the website refresh. I look forward to conversing with you guys in the coming weeks and months.

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