Website Changes and Upgrades!

Montreat Conference Center's website has come a long way since its inception in 1999. Interestingly, the old website has been archived - so if you'd like to browse the website in its various forms throughout the last decade, you can at Archive.org. There are quite a few gems (the animated groundhog from 1999), but my favorite has to be from the 2002 Frequently Asked Questions page:

Q: Are there televisions and telephones in the rooms?
A:  No, however a limited number of bag phones are available for rent in the Assembly Inn.  A television is available in the lobby of Assembly Inn and Winsborough.

Ah, the good old days of the "portable" phone. With technology changing so fast, it's important that Montreat Conference Center stay on the cutting edge. Over the last few years, we've embraced Facebook and Twitter, and integrated this blog into the website.

With the introduction of the Center for Faith & Life this past week, we needed to re-organize Montreat.org to include the new center and enhance the navigation. Some of the navigation at the top has been shuffled around to make things more intuitive, and the buttons updated with a more consistent font. Also updated are sidebar navigation features on different sections of the website, hopefully making it easier to find the conferences you're looking for, resources from past events, and how you can host your event here at Montreat. I'm always taking suggestions on site usability, so leave any thoughts or ideas in the comments, send me a tweet, facebook me, or send 'em in an email!

PS: You might have noticed that the blog is now being hosted on Blogspot.com instead of Montreat.org. Something broke this morning, but I'm working on re-integrating it as soon as possible!

* * * *

Josh Richard is the Video Marketing Associate at Montreat. He creates promotional videos for Montreat and helps manage the website, blog(s), Facebook and Twitter.

Josh can be found @josh_montreat & joshr@montreat.org