All pages updated to new layout

Today I finally updated all of the original pages on the Knox web site to use a single, new page layout. There are still many improvements needed, but I feel that this was a big step, since it eliminates any difference between the new pages (the "Events" pages) and the old/original pages. Now all of them use the same stylesheet to describe the layout, so when I change the stylesheet, all of the pages will change consistently.

Now that everything is in sync, I would like to get some feedback from the people who use the site, to find out if they see any problems with the new layout.

These are the changes I would like to make in future.

• Switch the menu to be horizontal, between the heading and the content.


• Add new content into the left column, once the menu is moved. For example, the events page could list the months in this column, so people can go directly to the month of interest. Similarly for the sermons.


• Refresh the content of the current pages.


• Add some images to show the location and the people.


• Add descriptions of the groups and activities that make up the church. The events pages give very little detail and they are organized by date, not by the group involved.


• Perhaps add a simple search option for the site. Of course Google would do this already, so it would just be a cosmetic/convenience change.

The main change I would like to make is to have provide an interface so that other people can update the content on the site without knowing much/anything about HTML. My current thought on this is that it would need major enhancements to the back-end. (Currently there is no "back-end" at all. It's plain HTML!) PHP/MySQL seems the simplest development route to take, but perhaps there is something even simpler?