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Day 27: SQPN website gets major overhaul

By Sean | March 3, 2008

I have featured alot of SQPN podcasts during this 40 days project, but that is because I have sort of ‘grown up’ with the SQPN community. Two of the first podcasts I listened to regularly were the Rosary Army and the Catholic Insider . As the apostolates of Rosary Army and SQPN have grown, so has the community around them. My wife and I credit Catholic blogs and podcasts for helping us re-invigorate our faith and for helping us find Christian community both on the Internet and within our parish. A good example of the power of this community is that on Saturday, Father Bill Kessler was later than usual in starting his Technopriest podcast live on Ustream. There were about 5 people in the chat room waiting for him but we were quite happy chatting amongst ourselves, even if for some reason Father Bill was unable to arrive. He showed up about 20 minutes later with the Ustream party well underway in his absence.

Anyway, this weekend the SQPN website got major overhaul. I think the layout of the new site is very intuitive with content arranged logically into channels for easy browsing. There is a frequently updated rotating banner at the top which highlights recent episodes of SQPN shows and news. The tabbed bar at the right hand side makes it very easy to switch between views of recent shows, categories on the page, or recent comments to help you participate in the conversation. I’m not sure I like the idea of using visual elements and logos that resemble popular consumer brands for individual shows and entries but I love the overall visual effect.

The overall look and feel presents SQPN as very much a ‘Network’ of Catholic media with a little bit of something for everyone. Congratulations to Father Roderick and all the volunteers behind the scenes who made this happen.

New SQPN Website

Topics: 40 Days, Catholic Blogs, Catholic Podcasts, midland, spotlight on catholic media |

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