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<script>
const CATEGORIES = [
{ id: 1, name: 'Web Sites and Applications' },
{ id: 2, name: 'WordPress' },
{ id: 3, name: 'Static Sites' },
{ id: 4, name: 'Personal' }
]
const APPS = [
{
id: 'bay-vista',
name: 'Bay Vista Baptist Church',
url: 'https://bayvista.org',
active: true,
categoryId: 3,
frontPageText: 'Biloxi, Mississippi',
frontPageOrder: 1,
indexText: 'Southern Baptist church in Biloxi, Mississippi',
paragraphs: [
`Bay Vista Baptist Church has served the spiritual needs of Mississippi&lsquo;s Gulf Coast for decades. They
emphasize serving their community as well; they were a hub for
<abbr title="Federal Emergency Management Agency">FEMA</abbr> during Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery
efforts, and they are a relay point for each year&rsquo;s
<a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/">Operation Christmas
Child</a> campaign. As of late 2013, the authors of their current website were no longer around, and no one could
get to the site to update it. We proposed setting up a site based on WordPress, where multiple people could have
the ability to maintain the site, reducing the risk of that happening again. We also mentioned that such a site
could also serve a sermon podcast feed, increasing the reach of their ministry.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2014)',
narrative: `We manually downloaded all the publically-accessible parts of their old site, and used that content
to create a WordPress-based site, updating a few outdated items along the way. We also established a
podcast feed for their sermons. A few months after initially setting up the site, we updated the
theme to be more mobile-friendly.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2016)',
narrative: `In the nearly three years since we had set up the site, we were the only ones updating it. We had
recently migrated some older blogs to use the static site generator Jekyll, were impressed with the
performance gains. We converted their site, to include writing a custom template to support the
podcast feed; it is now generated along with the rest of the site.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: 'DJS Consulting hosts this site; we also publish sermons to their podcast feed weekly.'
}
]
},
{
id: 'cassy-fiano',
name: 'Cassy Fiano',
url: 'http://www.cassyfiano.com',
active: false,
categoryId: 2,
indexText: 'A &ldquo;rising star&rdquo; conservative blogger',
paragraphs: [
`Cassy Fiano (now Cassy Chesser) began blogging back in 2007 on Blogger. She worked hard to network with other
bloggers, and wrote prolifically. As she approached the end of her first year of blogging, she was about to
outgrow Blogger. She asked in a blog post if anyone had experience with Movable Type, the platform used by another
blog to which she contributed. I replied that I did not, but that I had experience with WordPress.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2008)',
narrative: `We assisted her with finding a theme, and customized that theme to contain the same sidebar elements
as her current Blogger theme. We modified her old Blogger template to send people to her new blog
(using redirection) after displaying a note that the blog had moved.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2012)',
narrative: `In July 2012, we began hosting the site, as well as continuing support for theme updates. This
joined her military wife blog
<a href="/applications/hard-corps-wife" title="Hard Corps Wife &bull; DJS Consulting">Hard Corps
Wife</a>, which we had begun hosting in mid-2011.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `Cassy formally decommissioned this site in early 2014.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'daniel-j-summers',
name: 'Daniel J. Summers',
url: 'https://daniel.summershome.org',
active: true,
categoryId: 4,
noAboutLink: true,
frontPageText: 'Daniel&rsquo;s personal blog',
frontPageOrder: 1
},
{
id: 'daniels-weekly-devotions',
name: 'Daniel\'s Weekly Devotions',
url: 'https://devotions.summershome.org',
active: true,
categoryId: 4,
noAboutLink: true,
frontPageText: 'A word from the Word each week',
frontPageOrder: 2
},
{
id: 'dr-melissa-clouthier',
name: 'Dr. Melissa Clouthier',
url: 'http://melissablogs.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 2,
frontPageText: 'Information Pollination',
frontPageOrder: 1,
indexText: 'Politics, health, podcasts and more',
paragraphs: [
`Dr. Melissa Clouthier saw our work with
<a href="/applications/cassy-fiano" title="Cassy Fiano &bull; DJS Consulting">Cassy</a>&rsquo;s site, and asked
us to help her move off Blogger as well. Melissa blogs from the political right, but also covers health issues and
social media. She had been blogging for a several years, and wanted to bring her old content with her to her new
site.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `We created a custom theme based on another site, and developed graphics to complement that theme. We
also imported the content from her Blogger site into the WordPress site, and created a featured
content template for the front page.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: 'DJS Consulting continues to provide WordPress upgrades, backups, and theme tweaks.'
}
],
footnotes: [
`<em>(NOTE: The thumbnail of the site represents a new skin on the original theme; while the theme is the same,
DJS Consulting did not create the graphics.)</em>`
]
},
{
id: 'emerald-mountain-christian-school',
name: 'Emerald Mountain Christian School',
url: 'http://www.emeraldmountainchristianschool.org',
active: false,
linkInactive: true,
categoryId: 1,
indexText: 'Classical, Christ-centered education near Wetumpka, Alabama',
paragraphs: [
`Emerald Mountain Christian School is a private Christian school founded over 50 years ago. They use the Principle
Approach&reg;, which emphasizes research, reasoning, relating, and recording to help students synthesize the
information they learn, rather than just requiring rote memorization. More information about the school&rsquo;s
rich history can be found on their site.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2004)',
narrative: `They had a website with very basic information and very little styling. We developed a theme (the
one in the thumbnail), based in large part on the design of their printed materials, and they
approved the design. Initially, the site only contained the content from their previous site. We then
put their school calendar of events up on the site, where parents could find the dates for upcoming
events. Finally, we put all the material from their Parent Information Packet online, which helped
prospective families learn more about the school before visiting it.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2011)',
narrative: `The underlying engine of the basic website was switched from PHP to an ASP MVC web application, and
the back-end database was switched from MySQL to a PostgreSQL database.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2013)',
narrative: `We passed off the content and hosting of the site to a new maintainer. They have since redesigned
it; it is accessible via the URL above, and at
<a href="http://emcspatriots.org" title="EMCS Patriots">EMCSpatriots.org</a>.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'futility-closet',
name: 'Futility Closet',
url: 'https://futilitycloset.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 2,
frontPageText: 'An idler&rsquo;s miscellany of compendious amusements',
frontPageOrder: 2,
indexText: 'An idler&rsquo;s miscellany of compendious amusements',
paragraphs: [
`Futility Closet exists as a place to give people a break from the dullness of work, by providing puzzles,
anecdotes, and more. It began on a shared host, but was growing too large and popular for that platform.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `We determined what the traffic requirements and size of the blog were, then made some
recommendations. Greg Ross, the site author, decided on one of our recommendations. He had backups of
the existing database, so we were able to set up a server and restore the data onto that new server.
We configured WordPress and locked down the server, and this blog was moved quickly.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `DJS Consulting still hosts Futility Closet, ensuring that the underlying server receives performance
and security upgrades, monitoring site performance, and maintaining regular backups.`
}
],
quotes: {
name: 'Greg Ross',
from: 'Futility Closet',
full: `DJS Consulting has been an absolute godsend for Futility Closet. We have been with them since 2010,
initially setting up and maintaining the site on a Rackspace VPS, and then hosting it completely.
Daniel&rsquo;s never failed in being friendly, knowledgeable, thoughtful, and farsighted. I&rsquo;ve
literally lost count of the number of times he&rsquo;s saved us from one emergency or another, always with
diligence and good humor, or recommended an improvement or a protection that saved us later. We would be
out of business many times over if it weren&rsquo;t for his reliability, expertise, and good judgment. And
he&rsquo;s a joy to work with.`,
pull: [
`Daniel&rsquo;s never failed in being friendly, knowledgeable, thoughtful, and farsighted&hellip;`,
`We would be out of business many times over if it weren&rsquo;t for his reliability, expertise, and good
judgment&hellip;`
]
}
},
{
id: 'hard-corps-wife',
name: 'Hard Corps Wife',
url: 'http://www.hardcorpswife.com',
active: false,
categoryId: 2,
indexText: 'Cassy&rsquo;s life as a Marine wife',
paragraphs: [
`Capitalizing on the growth from her Cassy Fiano blog, Cassy (now Chesser) began a separate blog in which she
could chronicle her experience as a military spouse.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `We customized the header and sidebar of the theme, and set up the hardcorpswife.com domain.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `In 2013, Cassy shifted priorities and closed this site down. She can still be found at other places
around the web.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'liberty-pundits',
name: 'Liberty Pundits',
url: 'http://libertypundits.net',
active: false,
categoryId: 2,
indexText: 'The home for conservatives',
paragraphs: [
`At its founding, Liberty Pundits was a joint venture by 3 established bloggers
(<a href="http://melissablogs.com" title="Dr. Melissa Clouthier">Melissa Clouthier</a>, Bill Dupray, and Clyde
Middleton) that, in their words, was aimed at becoming the new home for conservatives on the Internet. With the
three of them all being prolific bloggers in their own right, and the help of many contributors, Liberty Pundits
was a bustling hub of information.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `Bill and Clyde had been part of Patriot Room, an already-recognized powerhouse, and their desire was
for Liberty Pundits to contain the content that they had contributed to Patriot Room. The technical
lead on that blog had moved on, so we did some divining of what was there. Once we deduced the
current setup, we obtained the data from that site, determined how it would need to be manipulated to
become part of a WordPress blog, then accomplished the data migration. Initially, this was deployed
on the same shared hosting account where LibertyPundits.com, their podcast distribution site, already
resided. The site&rsquo;s traffic quickly overwhelmed that solution. They then were moved by their
host to a <abbr title="Virtual Private Server">VPS</abbr>, which performed moderately better, but
still had quite a few issues, mostly related to the site&rsquo;s traffic volume. We recommended a new
server configuration, including migrating from a fully-featured web server to a more lightweight web
server, along with caching, and configured that server. This configuration eliminated the
bottlenecks, and enabled them to have several 100,000+ hit days with no appreciable slowdowns.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `DJS Consulting maintained the server, keeping it current with performance and security upgrades. We
also provided support to the primary 3 bloggers, when they had questions about WordPress or how the
site was performing. The site closed in August of 2011, as the primary authors moved on to other
endeavors.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'linux',
name: 'Linux Resources',
url: '/linux',
active: true,
categoryId: 1,
noAboutLink: true,
frontPageText: 'Handy information for Linux folks',
frontPageOrder: 2
},
{
id: 'mindy-mackenzie',
name: 'Mindy Mackenzie',
url: 'http://mindymackenzie.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 2,
frontPageText: 'WSJ-best-selling author of The Courage Solution',
frontPageOrder: 3,
indexText: '<em>Wall Street Journal</em> best-selling author and C-suite advisor',
paragraphs: [
`Mindy Mackenzie, the prior Chief Performance Officer of Beam, Inc., is known as the &ldquo;Velvet Hammer&rdquo;
for her tough-yet-caring style of leadership. Her <em>Wall Street Journal</em> best-selling book <em>The Courage
Solution: The Power of Truth-Telling with Your Boss, Peers, and Team</em> details her spin-free approach to
personal and business success.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `We assumed maintenance of her site in 2015, several months in advance of the book launch of <em>The
Courage Solution</em>. We worked with her, and her publicists and other professionals, to ensure that
the book launch went smoothly. We customized her WordPress installation to support her Media
Appearances as a custom type, where they could be entered, tracked, and listed as of the date they
occurred. We also implemented rotating videos on the front page of the site.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: 'We continue to provide backups, WordPress support, and content updates for Mindy&rsquo;s site.'
}
]
},
{
id: 'nsx',
name: 'Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition',
url: 'http://notsoextreme.org',
active: false,
archiveUrl: 'https://hosted.djs-consulting.com/archive/notsoextreme_org',
categoryId: 1,
indexText: 'Public site for the makeover; provides event-driven management of volunteers, donations, and families needing help',
paragraphs: [
`In January 2008, a few members of <a href="http://hoffmantown.org" title="Hoffmantown Church">Hoffmantown
Church</a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico had an idea. The ABC show
<em><a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition">Extreme Makeover: Home Edition</a></em> had
just done
<a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-detail/martinez-family/224884" title="Martinez Family &bull; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition">a
build for a pastor in the &ldquo;war zone&rdquo; area of town</a>, and this brought attention to Gerald Martinez
and the work he had done to help clean up this area of town. Through
<a href="http://www.loveincabq.org/" title="Love INC of South Albuquerque">Love INC of South Albuquerque</a>, they
learned that there were many other homes in that area that could use the &ldquo;Ty Pennington touch.&rdquo; While
the goal was not to knock down homes and build new ones, the goal was no less extreme. The goal of the &ldquo;Not
So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition&rdquo; was to help 50 families in 5 days during spring break week in 2008.
From an idea in January to 57 families helped by March 29th, it was an amazing whirlwind.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `The call went out for the need for &ldquo;everything from carpenters to computer nerds,&rdquo; and
Daniel thought, &ldquo;Hey, I&rsquo;m a computer nerd!&rdquo; We obtained the domain name and stood
up the public website quickly using WordPress, which also allowed the coordinators to put content up.
We next began developing an application (NSXapp) where volunteers could sign up for &ldquo;X
Week&rdquo;, with over 80 different skill, talent, and ability categories. We then created a way to
identify families and their needs, and a place for people with donations to let us know what they
would be. From there, we created the ability to begin matching needs with goods (stuff) and abilities
(people), organizing the stuff into donated trailers and people into teams. During X Week, we
generated schedules and reports that were used to track the execution of the project.<br><br>
After we recovered, Love INC expressed an interest in a version that would allow them to handle these
same areas on an ongoing basis; this was the genesis of
<a href="/applications/tcms" title="The Clearinghouse Management System &bull; DJS Consulting">TCMS</a>.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `NSXapp was officially decommissioned in 2012. (It still exists in archived form, if a need arises to
use it again.) A <a href="//hosted.djs-consulting.com/archive/notsoextreme_org"> snapshot of the NSX
public site</a> remains as a record of what happened those three months in 2008.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'olivet-baptist',
name: 'Olivet Baptist Church',
url: 'https://olivet-baptist.org',
active: true,
categoryId: 3,
frontPageText: 'Gulfport, Mississippi',
frontPageOrder: 2,
indexText: 'Southern Baptist church in Gulfport, Mississippi',
paragraphs: [
`Olivet Baptist Church&rsquo;s pastor saw our work with
<a href="/applications/bay-vista" title="Bay Vista Baptist Church &bull; DJS Consulting">Bay Vista</a>, and asked
us what would be involved with setting up something similar for his church. Olivet did not currently have a
website.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2014)',
narrative: `We registered the domain name for the church, then set up a fresh WordPress install. They had
expressed a desire to do as much of the content of the site themselves, so we supported them as they
worked through its initial setup. We also, as with Bay Vista, established the framework for a sermon
podcast feed.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2016)',
narrative: `As with Bay Vista&rsquo;s site, this was converted to be a statically-generated site. We also
created a mobile-friendly site layout that looked similar to the one they had been using.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `DJS Consulting hosts this site; we also publish sermons to their podcast feed weekly.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'photography-by-michelle',
name: 'Photography by Michelle',
url: 'https://www.summershome.org',
active: false,
linkInactive: true,
categoryId: 1,
indexText: 'Photography services in Albuquerque, New Mexico',
paragraphs: [
`Michelle Summers (yes, Daniel&rsquo;s wife) had been photographing her children for years. When her sons were on
sports teams, she was disappointed with the cost of team photography, and felt that she could do a better job at a
lower cost. Thus was born Photography by Michelle. She specializes in outdoor photography of families, children,
and sports teams, as well as maternity photography and holiday cards.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2007)',
narrative: `We created the site with a few custom pages, including a gallery page that would automatically
display whatever pictures were there. We also, using WordPress and a custom image plugin, set up a
site where customers can view the proofs from their photography session.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2012)',
narrative: `The custom PHP/WordPress site was replaced by a custom ASP MVC web application, which handles the
front pages and the proof set galleries. The proof display was also upgraded to allow cursor-key
navigation of proofs.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `As Michelle is no longer doing professional photography, the current version of this site is a
simple thank-you to her customers over the years.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'prayer-tracker',
name: 'PrayerTracker',
url: 'https://prayer.djs-consulting.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 1,
frontPageText: 'A prayer request tracking website (Free for any church or Sunday School class!)',
frontPageOrder: 1,
indexText: 'Provides an ongoing, centralized prayer list for Sunday School classes and other groups',
paragraphs: [
`Years ago, Daniel was responsible for keeping up with prayer requests for his Sunday School class. To help him
keep up with requests, automatically drop requests that were old, and track long-term requests, he wrote a custom
app made up of a few pages. Over time, he added security mechanisms and other options, arriving at the site that
exists today. It is provided free for the asking to any church, Sunday School class, or small group that desires a
tool to help them establish a continuous list of prayer requests.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did (2005)',
narrative: `Created the original site using PHP, storing the data in a MySQL database.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2011)',
narrative: `We rewrote this application using ASP MVC 3 backed by a PostgreSQL database, building the security
additions from the ground up, and posturing it for an interface with
<a href="/applications/virtual-prayer-room" title="Virtual Prayer Room &bull; DJS Consulting">Virtual
Prayer Room</a>.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Did (2012)',
narrative: `In April 2012, version 4.0 was released with support for Spanish - our first multi-lingual
application!`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `Host and maintain this application.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'riehl-world-news',
name: 'Riehl World News',
url: 'http://riehlworldview.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 2,
frontPageText: 'Riehl news for real people',
frontPageOrder: 4,
indexText: 'Riehl news for real people',
paragraphs: [
`Dan Riehl began blogging as &ldquo;The Carnivorous Conservative&rdquo; back in 2004, specializing in the areas of
crime and politics. He changed to &ldquo;Riehl World View&rdquo; a short time later, and writes both news and
opinion pieces. He was a prolific blogger, publishing over 15 posts a day on most days. He wanted to take his blog
in a different direction, and was having trouble getting his Movable Type blog do move with him.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `We spoke with him regarding his ideal direction and assisted through the selection and customization
of his eventual chosen theme. We also did some work on the customization of that theme. Additionally,
we imported the large volume of posts from the Movable Type blog into his new WordPress blog.`
},
{
heading: 'What We Still Do',
narrative: `DJS Consulting continues to provide backups and WordPress updates for Riehl World News.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'tcms',
name: 'The Clearinghouse Management System',
url: 'http://tcms.us',
active: false,
categoryId: 1,
indexText: 'Assists a needs clearinghouse in connecting people with needs to people that can help meet those needs',
paragraphs: [
`The TCMS motto, &ldquo;Putting People Over Paperwork,&rdquo; sums up the mission of this system. To successfully
run a needs clearinghouse, such as those run by Love INC affiliates, there is a lot of paperwork involved. Clients
must be tracked, along with their needs; these needs must be verified; resources for goods and services must be
known; volunteers must be known and sent communications to keep them involved. All of this adds up to a
significant recordkeeping (i.e., paperwork) burden.`,
`TCMS addresses these issues by providing a repository for all clearinghouse operation needs. It can eliminate
duplication of work, as well as link clients with goods and services. It also provides the means to communicate
with volunteers, either en masse or using selective criteria. This allows the recordkeeping requirement to be
smaller and quicker, giving more time for the actual helping of clients. It uses WordPress for its front end; this
can provide organizations with a web presence that they can maintain without having to employ a web guru, using
WordPress&rsquo;s <abbr title="What You See Is What You Get">WYSIWYG</abbr> editor and management tools.`,
`TCMS was decommissioned in 2014.`
]
},
{
id: 'tech-blog',
name: 'DJS Consulting Tech Blog',
url: 'https://techblog.djs-consulting.com',
active: true,
categoryId: 3,
frontPageText: 'Technical information (AKA &ldquo;geek stuff&rdquo;) from DJS Consulting',
frontPageOrder: 3,
indexText: 'Geek stuff from DJS Consulting',
paragraphs: [
`The DJS Consulting Tech Blog grew from Daniel&rsquo;s personal experience with learning and using the Linux
operating system. His first experience with blogging consisted of pages that had to be edited every time a new
post was made. The initial posts were titled &ldquo;My Linux Adventure,&rdquo; and existed as a copy of this
home-grown blog. The DJS Consulting Tech Blog has that, plus tech tips regarding many different computer
products. It covers web servers, databases, programming languages (a lot of PHP), and open-source software. DJS
Consulting also hosts 64-bit RPM builds of xine, a Linux multimedia player; the tech blog, via the RSS feed for
that category, can deliver notices of updated versions directly to subscribed users. Finally, it also contains
notices of new versions of DJS Consulting-developed WordPress plug-ins (&ldquo;Daniel&rsquo;s Dropdowns&rdquo;
<em>(inactive, as its functionality is now part of the WordPress core)</em> and &ldquo;HCSB Verse of the Day
(Plus)&rdquo;).`,
`The original theme, &ldquo;Almost Spring,&rdquo; started as a pastel green and orange theme for WordPress.
However, it was customized to match the original look and feel of those initial static pages that served as the
blog from 2004-2006, and was converted to a BlogEngine.NET theme when we changed blogging platforms. When we went
back to WordPress, we changed to a simple theme called &ldquo;Mantra,&rdquo; which has unobtrusive social media
integration.`
]
},
{
id: 'the-shark-tank',
name: 'The Shark Tank',
url: 'http://shark-tank.net',
active: false,
categoryId: 2,
indexText: 'Florida’s political feeding frenzy',
paragraphs: [
`The Shark Tank is a news and opinion site centered on south Florida politics (and the state at large). They
provided extensive coverage of Rep. Allen West&rsquo;s winning campaign in 2010, and are continuing their focused
news and opinion to current political races.`
],
activity: [
{
heading: 'What We Did',
narrative: `They were displeased with their current theme, and had found a theme (and a demo site) that they
preferred. We set up the theme, ensured that their content would fit in the new theme&rsquo;s
requirements, and helped them turn off parts that they didn&rsquo;t need. We also converted the
social media connections from their old site to a style that would work nicely in the new theme.`
}
]
},
{
id: 'virtual-prayer-room',
name: 'Virtual Prayer Room',
url: 'https://virtualprayerroom.us',
active: false,
categoryId: 1,
indexText: 'Gives prayer warriors access to requests from wherever they may be, and sends them daily updates',
paragraphs: [
`Many churches have prayer rooms - rooms set aside for people to come in to pray. Hoffmantown Church in
Albuquerque, New Mexico was one of these churches. However, they had seen the use of this physical prayer room
dwindling over the years. People had become less willing to drive to the church, especially at night, and security
became an issue as well; either prayer warriors had to know how to disable the security system, or the church
would have to remain unlocked.`,
`Having seen our work with the
<a href="/applications/nsx/" title="Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition &bull; DJS Consulting">Not So
Extreme Makeover: Community Edition</a>, the church contacted us to see if something similar could be developed to
help their prayer ministry. The resulting application that was developed extends the prayer room to wherever the
prayer warrior can get an Internet connection! Prayer warriors can enlist right from the site, and must be
approved. Requests and updates are tracked by date/time, and warriors can record when they&rsquo;ve prayed for a
request from the site, or from clicking a link in the daily e-mail they receive with requests from their interest
areas. As many prayer needs are confidential, security and confidentiality are very important. Virtual Prayer Room
ensures these by providing varying security levels for prayer warriors and the ability to mark each request as
confidential.`,
`In 2016, Hoffmantown Church elected to begin using another package for their prayer requests. While a few other
churches had expressed interest in it, none ultimately decided to use it; so, in 2017, Virtual Prayer Room was
officially decommissioned.`
]
}
]
export default {
categories: CATEGORIES,
apps: APPS
}
</script>
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