For a membership-based organization, communicating effectively with members is key. Second Baptist Church wanted to keep members up-to-date and engaged online with information that is personal, available and easy to find so members keep coming back.
The Second Baptist Church website is unique primarily in the size of the implementation, 3rd party integrations, and uncompromised elegant user interface while providing the ability to add entirely new themed websites.
At first glance, the website obviously makes a visual impact. One primary achievement was pulling off the dramatic design with a technical solution that was equally elegant. The website uses ASP.NET themes to provide each campus website a unique look-n-feel. The architecture also allows editors to quickly add a whole new campus with a new theme. Within a campus, special audience sections have unique themes as well that can easily be altered via Sitecore. The website also include a unique Media Center driven by Sitecore with integration of SlideShow Pro and includes its own search separate from the Google Mini Search Appliance that searches the rest of the site. Roundedcube customized this by adding custom meta tags that they would later filter on the search results page so the search results could be narrowed on a per campus basis if needed. Integration also included IMIS for member management and accounts and personalized content.
Social Media integrations allows editors can also push content onto fan pages within social networking sites including Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter, and RSS feeds were setup around channels and the media center and events. Roundedcube implemented workflow email notifications in this project. When a user submits an item through workflow, an email is automatically sent to everyone in a specified role. This will allow Second Baptist to select and manage the users that receive this email, most commonly content approvers. The Sitecore user-base includes more than 70 editors.
Key Components and Services
Sitecore Architecture and Implementation
Custom Workflow
Google Mini Search Appliance
Custom .NET Development
ASP.NET Themes
SlideShow Pro Integration