We are very excited to offer the best templates and designs for your use.  If you are new to building web sites.  We have several very fast and easy templates you can have installed for you when you sign up for the system.   If you are an experienced web user and really want to fine tune a design around your colors and layout preferences, we have a wonderful tool for you to use.  Lastly, if you want to browse through 100s of templates and choose one, for you or someone else to edit and make unique for your church.   We have that too.

We are very proud to offer Bind.pt Puure Skin building tool.  With this one simple tool you can design and color a skin and containers for your site.  You dont need to know an ounce of programming.  Getting the skin and applying it to your site is fast and simple.

1. Steps:  

1.  Go to Bind.PT/Puure

2.  Expand the Skin Tuning tool

3.  Experiment with all the colors, backrounds, menus, and settings you can toggle.  Note all the variety you can create.

4.  Check out their templates for even more ideas .

5.  When you want to start downloading.  Send an email to bjelinek@synodnw.org .   Once we verify you as a user on our system we will send you instructions on how to get your Puure skin. 

Please note:  The puure skin tuning system is purchased only for those using our synod web hosting solution.  You may not use our license for any portals outside of our system.   If you would like your own license to puure.  You can purchase it through snowcovered.

We also have an account with alldnnskins .   They have 1000+ skins.   Once you find a skin that matches with your color and layout goals, contact bjelinek@synodnw.org to download and install the skin for you.  Depending on the time of day, it normally doesnt take more than an hour to process the request.  If you are in a rush to get it, please just call at 509 209 3535 and we can try to get it for you right away.

Once you have the skin, you may notice some difficulties with editing the images that come with the skin.  If you dont have a technician to help you with this process, you can always hire alldnnskins or our own www.itpws.com team to assist you.

We have 2 seattle based companies that work on our system to help churches build beautiful web sites.  If we don't have it and you can find it or build it on puure, the folks at www.iptws.com are your best bet for getting exactly what you want.  They have reasonable rates and specialize in church sites on our system.  Please feel free to contact scott@iptws.com for any we design needs.  

IPTWS works with Melody Fosmore for graphic art work.   If you need some help with logos or graphics for your site, she does a wonderful job.  You can contact her directly at melody.fosmore@verizon.net 

Please note that building high quality web designs is not only technically invovled but also art.   Just because something looks good doesnt mean it is programmed well and vise versa a really smart tech may not have the artistic skills to make your web site beautiful.  You need both aspects of your site to be 100%.   Cheaper is not always better.  Many of the "Free" templates you find on the web, simply fall apart once you start putting data in them.   That is why our synod works hard to purchase quality skins and products for our ministries.