CMS - DAT Ministries

This website is being built with WordPress CMS (Content Management System) and I have to say that I am super impressed! I could write a small book on all the cool features built into WordPress and its associated plugins, widgets and whatnot’s. The capabilities, features and security are simply outstanding.

There is a small learning curve; well maybe a steep learning curve for some like me, but it is doable with a little perseverance. After all, if I can figure WordPress out having MELAS Syndrome; anybody can! LOL! At first the menus were a tad confusing and a bit perplexing. but I overcame the initial fear of “What have I gotten myself in to?” to being able to relaunch DAT Ministries using the WordPress CMS. Having MELAS, I still have the challenges of a short-term memory and learning issues of new tasks. But running a website such as this is therapeutic in that it exercises my grey matter (the brain) which is a good thing. I will be talking more about the various things that I do such as maintaining this website, learning to play a six-string guitar and other things that help to keep MELAS, a degenerative neuromuscular disease, in-check. Those discussions will be found in the MELAS section of this website as accessible from the top-level menu on any webpage of this website.

So if you have a website and are looking to revamp it with a new CMS, I highly recommend that you give WordPress a try. I think that you will be pleasantly surprised at the capabilities and features of this fine CMS. As I understand it, WordPress is the #1 CMS for website building, blogging or app construction. It might just be a little noticeable that I cannot seem to find enough good things to say about WordPress. LOL!

That will be a wrap for today. You all have been great. I especially appreciate the eMails from folks that either let me know how this ministry has helped them or sent me ideas on content that I could publish. With that, I leave you by speaking this blessing over you:

“I pray that the Lord
will bless and protect you,
and that he will show you mercy
and kindness.
May the Lord be good to you
and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26 (CEV)

Pastor Dave

As of 06 July 2018, the DAT Ministries (DATM) website has undergone its fourth change to the Content Management System (CMS). Unfortunately, with each CMS change comes a period of messiness. If all goes well, I should have the website’s existing content re-loaded by the end of the summer. Our website hosting provider, BlueHost, suggested that I employ the services of UpWork to help transfer the content from the old CMS (liveSite) to the new CMS (WordPress). That costs money and was a non-starter. So I will transfer content the manual way; one keystroke at a time.

Nonetheless, the website is out of the maintenance mode and is now once again live. I have some quick housekeeping to attend to on the few pages that have been re-launched thus far. Over time, more pages will be added until the website is totally rebuilt. For now, let the fun times begin!

DAT Ministries sure has come a long way since the domain purchase on 11 April 1999 and the subsequent launch of the website on 24 May 1999. It is simply awesome to think that next year will be DAT Ministries’ twentieth year in online ministry or better called eMinistry. My good friend Andrew Carega wrote a book titled eMinistry: Connecting with the Net Generation that discusses in-part what we do here at DAT Ministries. It is a great book to read with lots of information about conducting online ministry.

God bless you all and thanks in advance for putting up with my mess while I shift through the new construction. Stay tuned as I will be posting about Ministry in the Christian faith, my terminal illness known as the MELAS Syndrome and my hobby of Amateur (Ham) Radio.

“I pray that the Lord
will bless and protect you,
and that he will show you mercy
and kindness.
May the Lord be good to you
and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26 (CEV)

Pastor Dave

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