It’s Been a Great Summer

Now that the summer VBS season is over, there is only one event still going on until the end of August. Our kids are back in school, and Mom and Dad are happy the sumer is over.

I wanted to take the time to send a thank you to everyone who helped VBSfinder this season. Several of you helped get the word out, and some of you even placed links on your church websites. Some of you helped by sending comments and suggestions. I can’t thank you enough, and hope we met everyone expectations.

So as the season has come to a close, we will be replacing the home page of the website with a temporary banner letting everyone know to come back next summer when we have all the vacation bible schools around the country entered and ready to go.

During this off season, we will be working on the mapping function. We just weren’t satisfied how it turned out as we worked on it, so we didn’t activate that ability. Mapping should be fully available by next summer.

One of the features we have considered, is the ability to leave comments on previous events. This kind of feature is ubiquitous in todays social internet world, but I’m not sure how well it would be received by some. After all, if someone did not like your church’s bible school, it might create some hard feelings. On the other hand, it may help the coordinators and volunteers improve next season. If you have a feeling, either positive or negative, please send us a note.

We are also working on a new search page that is simplified and adds the ability to search by church or event name.

Also, we will have a banner add that anyone can place on their website or even attach to an email. Getting the work out that we are here is the toughest part of starting a new website. Greater exposure will be one of our top priorities for the coming year.

Have a Great Year!

Karl