RTB Creation Conference June 24 2000 R E

RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000 R E A S O N S TO BELIEVE Creating a Christian Apologetics Website Mark Ritter Richard Deem Sword and Spirit Ministries Evidence for God From Science

Purpose This workshop is designed to give you the information you need set up your own Christian apologetics website. YOU can do it! 9/10/2021

Types of Christian Apologetics l. Science l. History l. Archeology l. Philosophy l. Cults/World Religions 9/10/2021

Sources of Apologetics Materials - Books l Scaling the Secular City - J. P. Moreland l Christian Apologetics - Norman L. Geisler l Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics - William Lane Craig l Handbook of Christian Apologetics Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli l Evidence That Demands a Verdict Josh Mc. Dowell l The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ - Gary R. Habermas l Come, Let Us Reason: an Intro to Logical Thinking - N. Geisler & R. Brook 9/10/2021

Sources of Apologetics Materials - Internet Websites l l l Reasons To Believe (www. reasons. org) Leadership University (www. leaderu. com) Origins (www. origins. org) Stand To Reason (www. str. org) Day Star (www. daystarcom. org) Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (www. carm. org) l Institute of Biblical Defense (www. biblicaldefense. org) l Miami Christian University Virtual Library (mcu. edu/library/apologet. htm) l The Errant Skeptics Research Institute (www. errantskeptics. org) l Tekton Apologetics Ministries (www. integrityonline 15. com/jpholding/tekton/) 9/10/2021

Sources of Apologetics Materials - Internet Websites l Sword and Spirit (www. swordandspirit. com) l Evidence for God From Science (www. godandscience. org) l Jude 3. org (www. jude 3. org) l Christianity and Science Resource Center (www. geocities. com/Cape. Canaveral/Hangar/4264/relsci. html) l Ultimate Christian Apologetics Website (www. home. earthlink. net/~gbl 111/) l The Big Question (The. Big. Question. com) l Christian Apologetics (www. ccel. org/contrib/exec_outlines/ca. html) l God, Genesis and the Big Bang (www. kiva. net/~kls/index. html) l Sean's Christian Apologetics Page (members. tripod. com/~vantillian/main. html) 9/10/2021

• Cosmology • Doctrine • Faith • God’s Love • Prophecy • Prayer • Cults • Theology • Apologetics • Design • Creation • Evolution RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000 God. And. Science. org

RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000 Sword. And. Spirit. com

Webmaster Tools l HTML editors l FTP clients l Clip art and graphics (for interest) l Animations l Java and javascripts (“cool” effects) l Miscellaneous n Site search engines n Discussion boards n free polls n counters 9/10/2021

HTML Editors l. Commercial n Microsoft Front. Page 2000 (www. microsoft. com) n Dreamweaver (www. macromedia. com) n Hot Dog (www. sausage. com) n Homesite (www. allaire. com) n Net. Objects Fusion (www. netobjects. com) l. Non-Commercial (Free!) n 1 st Page 2000 (www. evrsoft. com) n Cool Page 2. 5 (www. 3 Dize. com) n Coffee. Cup HTML (www. coffeecup. com) 9/10/2021

FTP Clients l. Commercial n FTP Voyager (www. ftpvoyager. com) n Cute. FTP (www. cuteftp. com) n WS_FTP Pro (www. ipswitch. com) n Bullet Proof FTP (www. bpftp. com) l. Non-Commercial (Free!) n WS_FTP LE (www. ipswitch. com) n FTP Explorer (www. ftpx. com) n Leech. FTP (stud. fh-heilbronn. de/~jdebis/leechftp/) 9/10/2021

Clipart and Graphics l. Clipart. com (www. clipart. com) l. Andrew's Graph. XKingdom (www. graphxkingdom. com) l. Icon. Bazaar (www. iconbazaar. com) l. A-1 Clipart Archive (www. freegraphics. com) l. Barry’s Clipart Server (www. barrysclipart. com) l. Absolutely Free Clipart (www. allfree-clipart. com) RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000

Animations l Animfactory (www. animfactory. com) l Icon. Bazaar (www. iconbazaar. com) l Animated Gifs Library (www. animatedgif. net) l Animation City (www. animationcity. net) l Web Developer (www. webdeveloper. com/animations/) RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000

Java and Javascripts (“cool” effects) l Dynamic. Drive (www. dynamicdrive. com) l The Javascript Source (javascript. internet. com) l Java Boutique (javaboutique. webdeveloper. com) l The Applet Depot (www. ericharshbarger. com/java/) l Duck. Ware - Multimedia Java Applets and Applications (www. duckware. com) RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000

Miscellaneous l Site search engines n Beseen (www. beseen. com) n My Computer (www. mycomputer. com) n What. USeek (intra. what. Useek. com) l Discussion Boards n Beseen (www. beseen. com) l Free polls n Free. Polls. com (www. freepolls. com) l Guest books n guestworld. com (www. guestworld. com) l Counters n My Computer (www. mycomputer. com) RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000

Domains: Going, going. . . l Advantages n Easy to remember (i. e. , mysite. com) n Shows “serious” site n Ranked higher by search engines l Names n “. com” - for-profit company n “. org” - non-profit organization n “. net” - network l Single name domains are nearly all taken. Select a short two word name or abbreviation l Lookup: www. qwho. com l Registration: discountdomainregistry. com 9/10/2021

Web Hosting - where your pages live l Domain Hosts - $0 - $300/month l Domain Forwarding $0 - $50/year n www. namesecure. com n www. discountdomainregistry. com l Free Servers (banner ads or popups): n www. freewebspace. net (lists of hosts) n www. freesitex. com/domain. html (list) n www. freeservers. com (domain with banner) n www. portland. co. uk (no ads, restricted number of transfers/month - small site, low traffic only) 9/10/2021

Publicize Your Site l. Search Engines - Must submit your site l. Webrings - Link to similar sites l. Banner Exchange Display a banner and others display yours 9/10/2021

Search Engines - Tips to get listed high l Text content is everything n Use a relevant, descriptive title n First sentence should summarize your page (many search engines use the first line as the page descriptor) l Meta tags are essential on every page n <title>Your Title Here</title> n <meta name=“Key. Words” content= “apologetics, etc. ”> n <meta name=“Description” content=“Type a brief description of your page here”> 9/10/2021

Search Engines Submit your site l l l l Northern Light (www. nlsearch. com) Alta. Vista (www. altavista. com) Snap (www. snap. com) Hot. Bot (www. hotbot. com) Microsoft (www. msn. com) GO Network (www. go. com) Google (www. google. com) Yahoo (www. yahoo. com) Excite (www. excite. com) Lycos (www. lycos. com) Euroseek (www. euroseek. net) Christian Submit! (www. christiansubmitit. com) Cross. Daily's Submit. All (submitall. crossdaily. com) 9/10/2021

Webrings l. Bible webring (http: //nav. webring. org/hub? ring=bible) l. Evangelical Christian Webring (http: //nav. webring. org/hub? ring=evangelical) l. Ring of Great Commission Christians (http: //nav. webring. org/hub? ring=greatcom) l. Apologetics? - start your own! 9/10/2021

Banner Exchange l. Christian Banner Exchange (www. cbx 2. net) l. CGX 2000 Banner Exchange (cgx 2000. com) l. Christian Banner Network (www. chrbanner. com) l. Christian Banner Exchange Network (www. cben 1. net) 9/10/2021

Summary l Select a topic that you are familiar with l Gather the tools you need to do the job l Gather apologetics information from books and the Internet l Sign up for a domain name and/or website host l Create your pages l Submit your site to search engines l Prayerfully answer e-mails directed to your site 9/10/2021

Conclusion Anybody can make a Christian apologetics website - even YOU! 9/10/2021