The web allows us to interact quickly with our visitors in a personal way. On one hand, we have a chance to interact and showcase why they should choose to worship with our parish. On the other hand it does not give us a second chance to make that vital first impression or make them feel welcome. First impressions mean a great deal. In today's busy world visitors have less and less patience or time to read long pages of text or search for information. They just click and they are gone.

In order to help the many parishes who are developing websites, we have produced a series of tools which will enable a productive discussion within the parish, help you plan your site and save money on development costs. Please feel free to use them. We will develop additional tools as we go along.

If you would like to have a discussion about your future site or help auditing your current site, please do not hesitate to contact the Communications office at communications@ottawa.anglican.ca. We will be only too happy to help.

• Website Development Tips: 10 basic planning tips based on current web protocol.
• Website Development Questionnaire:  List of questions commonly used during the needs assessment phase of website development.  (pdf file size 101 KB)
• Navigation Planning Template:  A schematic drawing useful as a basis for laying out the look of the site and assigning navigation. We have offered a recommended navigation plan that we hope you will consider. (pdf file 258 KB)
• Text Planning Work Sheet (pdf file, 21 KB) or (word file 23 KB):  A tool to help organize and plan out your navigation, images and text which will go on the site and will also aid understanding of the levels and story development. This document will also give your developer a clear picture of what you want the site to do. (pdf file 21 KB)
• Privacy Do's and Don'ts:  A quick reference list of privacy considerations for your site. Please refer to the Diocesan Privacy Policy for more information.  (pdf file KB)