Omnia Methodist
Omnia Methodist is a curated source for headlines and issues emerging within the Methodist family of Christian denominations. The curators of this site managed to build a following of loyal readers using the free tools available in the WordPress ecosystem, but they were eager to take their site to the next level with a fresh look and no advertisements. Warp Ten was able to meet and exceed their expectations.
Branding Refresh
Omnia Methodist was eager to raise the bar for their site design, beginning with fresh, new branding. Warp Ten used a clean, modern sans serif font to create a basic wordmark and designed a monogram that incorporated the initials and a cross. The result was a modern logo that could be used in a wide variety of applications.
New Layout
Once the branding was in place, Warp Ten went to work on a new layout for the Omnia Methodist website. The beautiful masthead background was borrowed from the old site to provide regular visitors with a familiar element. The rest of the layout was designed to highlight the latest, most important headlines.
WordPress, Customized
By switching to a shared hosting plan, Omnia Methodist was able to ditch the ads which cluttered their old site and implement a custom theme developed by Warp Ten. At the same time, Warp Ten built a custom slideshow for news articles. A few other off-the-shelf plugins added some additional features.
Simplified Site Maintenance
During the project assessment phase, Warp Ten discovered that the Omnia Methodist curators were manually rebuilding their main headlines page every time they added or removed an article. Warp Ten was able to build the front page so that it automatically populated with the latest headlines, and old articles were automatically removed. The result was a much simpler site maintenance process.