What's been going on?

I haven't been around here recently and I do apologise for that. There are two reasons.

The first is that I took a little break from the hectic day to day schedule and had a couple of weeks holiday. I didn't do too much but I did have a nice rest.

The second is that I, and the rest of the digital team, have been hard at work putting together the second of our digital projects, LightLive. LightLive isn't quite ready for launch yet, but lookout as we enter May. In the meantime you can find out what is happening by checking out the LightLive blog here.

Finally, just in case you've furned up here and know nothing about WordLive then take a look at this:

God's Word everywhere you go

Need an online Bible?

If you ever need an online translation of the Bible, or something to download and browse at your own leisure, then the list at the following may be of help to you. There is pretty much everything covered here, including a translation in Klingon.

Tyndale Tech: Bibles in English and ancient-languages on the web

WordLive hacks: using in a small group

There is no need for WordLive to be limited to personal use. Have you thought about using WordLive in a small group context? There are specific activities on WordLive that can be used this way but you can also use the technology that is around too.

What about meeting in any place that has a wifi hotspot? One or more of your group could bring along a laptop and set it up. Then over a coffee or tea you could share with each other, going through the activities, and meeting with God as a group.

And if any of you do this, we'd love to hear of your experience, let us know in the comments.

Happy Birthday to us

In the fast paced world of the Internet and all things digital the concept of yearly birthdays are a little passe. We measure things by the month, by the week even daily. In fact when it comes to stats we even care about what time of the day people are looking at the site. With this in mind I wanted to point out that WordLive is almost three months old... so happy birthday to us.

I also wanted to share with you some really encouraging numbers we are picking up from our stats. We don't have exact figures yet but WordLive is being accessed by several thousand people each day. This is very encouraging and a wonderful three month birthday gift. So we'd like to thank everyone who has visited the site and we'd also like to hear some feedback from you too. So please leave a comment here if there is anything you'd like to share or ask the WordLive team about.

National survey reveals the depth of our secrets

WordLive has just released results of a survey showing that 3.4 million people in the UK are currently cheating on their partners. For more about this head on over to the link below and see what you think.

Scripture Union - Have we lost our moral compass?

Don't sit back and relax

‘Are you ready? Are you prepared?’

‘For what?’

On 12th march the WordLive Pray First activity starts with these very words. The activity continues with a call to seek God's will, but I want to tell you something else. There have been even more changes to WordLive to make things easier for your good selves.

If you are using the Flash navigation carousel you'll now notice that the activity you are now on is highlighted with a nice blue shadow. Before, the icon was grayed out and gave the impression you couldn't do anything with it. You'll also notice that the carousel can now be paused and restarted whenever you want. The constant wheeling around had been distracting to some so we've listened and acted. Personally I was hoping for a speed up and slow down button too, but we can't have everything. If you are not getting this wonderful new addition you may need to delete your temporary internet files from within your tools tab.

But that isn't all, we've redesigned the daily email. Several of the web based email clients weren't rendering the email code properly, meaning that some people were receiving a lovely black screen. That should all be different now. However, as I type this we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties the email hasn't been sent. But we are working on this, now sorted.

If there are any other things that you'd like us to consider then please do post a comment here and we'll see what we can do.

Spread the word[live] - pimp my site

Have you been looking at your blog or webspace and thinking it really needs a little something to liven it up? Well you can now add a cool banner to link through to WordLive if you are so inclined. WordLive now offers a horizontal or square banner for you to use and to be honest we would appreciate any promotion you could do.

With this in mind there are also some posters and other informational pieces you can download and use. So if you want to promote WordLive, and spread the word around, then pop along to the new resource page we have here.