Church To-Do List

[MeTHoD-X]

This is where I'll be keeping a list of tasks that need to be completed/started. I'll be updating the list frequently, so check back. If you think you can lend a hand with any of these tasks, please let me know.

1. Add hate mail section. (Finished!) Link (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/hate_mail.html)

2. Update common arguments page. (Finished!) Link (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/arguments.html)

3. Add Google Talk feature to forums.

4. Add Google search function to site. (Finished!)

5. Inline frames for site navigation. (Finished!)

6. Finish writing story behind the creation of the Church of Google.

7. Add all promotional material to promotional campaign page. (Finished!) Link (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/promotional_campaign.html)

8. Auction Google toast off on eBay.

9. Add page for Google Appreciation Day (Finished!) Link (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/google_appreciation_day.html)

10. Make php script for hate mail, so people can comment the mail. (I need help with this - PM me)

11. Add page about Sacrificial Beer Day.

12. Write open letter to White House, demanding George Bush use Google to help make better decisions. (I need help with this - PM me)

13. Start newsletter. (Finished!)

Feel free to PM me anything you personally think should be added to the site. I'm ALWAYS open to new ideas.

[MeTHoD-X]

I've updated this a few times. So check out the original post.

[Nameless]

...Sacrificial Beer day...?

[MeTHoD-X]

Added 12. Write open letter to White House, demanding George Bush use our God to help make better decisions.

I need help with this. So, if anyone wants to write the monkey an open letter, please offer up. I'd do this myself, but as you can see I'm working on the other 9 things that need completing.

If you can give me a hand with any of the others, also let me know.

EDIT: I'll also be posting the letter on the main site, for all to see.

[AaronD]

I have PMed you about the google search of your site

[MeTHoD-X]

I have PMed you about the google search of your site

Thanks for the code Aaron! If I send you the raw code for the main page, would you be able to integrate it in there somehow? I'm busy working on some of the other site aspects tonight, and I don't know too much about web design.

Thanks :)

[AaronD]

I have PMed you about the google search of your site

Thanks for the code Aaron! If I send you the raw code for the main page, would you be able to integrate it in there somehow? I'm busy working on some of the other site aspects tonight, and I don't know too much about web design.

Thanks :)

Yes, I would. Also, I can instruct you how to integrate it into the forums as well. This would be best if you had an instant messenger, so I could instruct you step-by-step.

[MeTHoD-X]

I use msn messenger (hey... all my friends use it so I kind of HAVE to).

methodx (at) gmail.com

If you have messenger, add me.

[MeTHoD-X]

I just created a wikipedia page for the Church of Google but it was nominated for quick deletion within minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Google

I'm getting pretty pissed off at the fact that we keep getting deleted. I'm going to keep adding the page. I don't care. This is my new mission in life.

If any of you want to edit the page, go right ahead. You don't even have to register to edit it. :)

[SirRuben]

I just clicked the link, it's not available right now

[AaronD]

I viewed the criteria for speed deletion, and the two ways that is possible are if the article is either vandalism or patent nonsense. So, I guess Wikipedia thought that the Church of Google is patent nonsense.

[Carnifex]

Tbh if i wasnt personally a member of this church I would treat it very skeptically if I were a wikipedia administrator. I dont blame them very much for deleting it, I guess its the downside to keeping wikipedia free of real nonsense and keeping it the great site it is.

Im sure though if we gain popularity among the web world we may be recognised and less likely to quickly dismissed as nonsense.

[Nanashi]

Flying Spaghetti Monster gets a page. :(

[Nameless]

:evil:
*sends and irritated e-mail to Wikipedia*

[MeTHoD-X]

I added search functionality to the main page, per popular request. I don't have the time tonight to update every individual webpage, but I'd like everyone to check it out first, and test it. Let me know what you think.

Special thanks to Aaron for the code. :D Thanks dude.

Also, I updated the main page "intro" a bit. I think it better conveys our beliefs now. Give me your thoughts on that while your at it.

Kudos,
Matt

[Carnifex]

The intro gets my approval *thumbs up*

Plus nice work on the google search thing Aaron and MeTHoD

[Tofu]

Nice search function. But I say we add an image search function.

[Fallen Hero]

For what images? We do not need that yet, also not sure if you can.

[Nameless]

I don't think images are really needed. But the search bar (with 'pray' as the search button :) ) is good.

The main page sounds a bit... I don't know, defensive almost. The first paragraph, imho, was better as what it used to be.

[Nameless]

And hey, I just got a reply from wikipedia.

Dear [e-mail], Thank you for your mail. We are an encyclopedia, and it is does not lie within our mission to report on parody religions. Please stop spamming Wikipedia.

[AaronD]

It does look like somebody ripped text directly from our site in the wikipedia article on Googlism, though.

[MeTHoD-X]

And hey, I just got a reply from wikipedia.

Dear [e-mail], Thank you for your mail. We are an encyclopedia, and it is does not lie within our mission to report on parody religions. Please stop spamming Wikipedia.

Ask them about the other parody religions in their database. Bastards.

[AaronD]

And hey, I just got a reply from wikipedia.

Dear [e-mail], Thank you for your mail. We are an encyclopedia, and it is does not lie within our mission to report on parody religions. Please stop spamming Wikipedia.

Ask them about the other parody religions in their database. Bastards.

Look at the first post on this page. As long as it does not have a full page, they seem to be fine with it.

[Googler]

And hey, I just got a reply from wikipedia.

Dear [e-mail], Thank you for your mail. We are an encyclopedia, and it is does not lie within our mission to report on parody religions. Please stop spamming Wikipedia.

Ask them about the other parody religions in their database. Bastards.

Look at the first post on this page. As long as it does not have a full page, they seem to be fine with it.

FSM has a page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)why can't we.

[Anonymous]

What about making translation of the site to other languages such as spanish?. I can do that or call for volunteers.

[mrman505]

How about a section explaining why our God is better than any other god believed by others. This way, it will make it easier when we are attempting to convert people.

[Fallen Hero]

But I do not think that we should need that. And we do not need that.

[Anonymous]

My request is not as cool as wiki but what about spell check in the forum?

P.S. If you have a free mysql database you can create your own wiki. Just a thought!

[MeTHoD-X]

My request is not as cool as wiki but what about spell check in the forum?

P.S. If you have a free mysql database you can create your own wiki. Just a thought!

Anyone know if there is a general Google Products wiki on the web? If not, I'm sure it would be a good idea to make one.

Edit: We could call it the Google Shrine

[SirRuben]

Click here to download Wiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download)

A lot of writing must be done, much time spent i foresee. Fun it is to talk like Yoda. Stop now i will. Continue the fingers do. Click submit i must..

[AaronD]

Click here to download Wiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download)

A lot of writing must be done, much time spent i foresee. Fun it is to talk like Yoda. Stop now i will. Continue the fingers do. Click submit i must..

I hate that default wiki skin that you see everywhere. I think if you do this you have to let me skin it.

[MeTHoD-X]

Click here to download Wiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download)

A lot of writing must be done, much time spent i foresee. Fun it is to talk like Yoda. Stop now i will. Continue the fingers do. Click submit i must..

I hate that default wiki skin that you see everywhere. I think if you do this you have to let me skin it.

Deal. ANy way you could skin the forums? Something google-like? Simplistic.

[AaronD]

Click here to download Wiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download)

A lot of writing must be done, much time spent i foresee. Fun it is to talk like Yoda. Stop now i will. Continue the fingers do. Click submit i must..

I hate that default wiki skin that you see everywhere. I think if you do this you have to let me skin it.

Deal. ANy way you could skin the forums? Something google-like? Simplistic.

Sure. If you could log onto MSN messenger, we could discuss this further. I have an idea, one which may (if it works) make this forum look like gmail. It probably won't work, but it's worth a try.

[Can Not]

Let's send google an email, requesting them to make the first result for "God" goto this site.

[Nameless]

Google wouldn't do something like that - usually when certain 'unusual' first results occur it's due to manipulating results using, for lack of better term, 'hacks' and stuff in the site itself.

Although, if somebody could do that for this site...

[MeTHoD-X]

Google wouldn't do something like that - usually when certain 'unusual' first results occur it's due to manipulating results using, for lack of better term, 'hacks' and stuff in the site itself.

Although, if somebody could do that for this site...

It's called "Google bombing" nameless, and you just game me a very good idea... in fact, your a genius.

Lets get a campaign going to Google bomb the word "god" so www.google.com comes up as the number one result. Or maybe this website. I know... both!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb

[Fallen Hero]

Let's send google an email, requesting them to make the first result for "God" goto this site.

Ye forget something.


10. Thou shalt not manipulate Search Results. Search Engine Optimization is but the work of Microsoft.

[Googler]

Let's send google an email, requesting them to make the first result for "God" goto this site.

Ye forget something.


10. Thou shalt not manipulate Search Results. Search Engine Optimization is but the work of Microsoft.

Yes but the commandments are more suggestions in my opinion.

[Nameless]

Let's send google an email, requesting them to make the first result for "God" goto this site.

Ye forget something.


10. Thou shalt not manipulate Search Results. Search Engine Optimization is but the work of Microsoft.

Yes but the commandments are more suggestions in my opinion.

Yeah, I think in cases like this it's okay to act like Christians - break the rules and just repent afterwards. That'll work.

[Fallen Hero]

CoG does not force us to do anything. I just felt it would be appropriate to remind you that Google Bombing is manipulating search results.

[Jillamanda]

Google wouldn't do something like that - usually when certain 'unusual' first results occur it's due to manipulating results using, for lack of better term, 'hacks' and stuff in the site itself.

Although, if somebody could do that for this site...

It's called "Google bombing" nameless, and you just game me a very good idea... in fact, your a genius.

Lets get a campaign going to Google bomb the word "god" so www.google.com comes up as the number one result. Or maybe this website. I know... both!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb

I had a forum briefly (until it broke) and I was able to change certain words by using the profanity filter. From memory, you could type words into the profanity list, and what you wanted them to be replaced with. At the time, there was a feud going on with another forum, and I tweaked it so that every time the name of the other forum came up, or a certain member of that forum, it came up as something else. I don't know how the profanity filter works here, but if all you wanted to do was replace one word with another one every time it was typed, it might do the trick.

[Can Not]

Let's send google an email, requesting them to make the first result for "God" goto this site.

Ye forget something.


10. Thou shalt not manipulate Search Results. Search Engine Optimization is but the work of Microsoft.

I suggesting asking God to manipulate himself, not us to manipulate him...

[Fallen Hero]

If you ask could you not be considered the one responsible, thus the manipulator?

[MeTHoD-X]

If you ask could you not be considered the one responsible, thus the manipulator?

Very good point. :)

[Can Not]

If you ask could you not be considered the one responsible, thus the manipulator?
I'm not responsible for what God does to himself.

[Googler]

For those who this interests Political bloggers are not going to make a Google Bombing attempt.

http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/26/1713213&from=rss

http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=1025062

for the articles.

[Fallen Hero]

Sad in a funny way that this is what politics has been reduced to, not getting people to listen to what you do, but to Google Bombing your opponent... so sad.

[GeoffBoulton]

not getting people to listen to what you do, but to Google Bombing your opponent... so sad.

I guess it's just the natural response to the professional grooming of politicians for the media and the 'sound bite' generation. Get in there first with your OWN soundbite before they've had a chance to rehearse theirs ;)

[Fallen Hero]

And make sure the sound bite does not cover any political topic without a offensive slant on it.

[Alice Shade]

I think, that we need a new to-do list.

Here`s my suggestions.

1. Iron out any kinks still present in new forum.

1a. Clean up irrelevant and old stickies.

2. Customise the forum.

2a. Skin it.

2b. Add GoogleTalk to it.

2c. Add Google-related features to it.

3. Update the main page - as much as possible.

3a. New holidays?

3b. Update hatemail?

4. Resurrect newsfeed.


(P.S. I`m on standby about 1, and totally working on 2b (not sure, if I can pull it, as there`s next to no info on how-to, but I`ll give it my damn best).

As far as I understand, Aaron and Syberwolff are wrestling with 2a and 2c.

Points 3 and 4 are for grabs, as well as 1a. I`m around to help out in technical questions, if needed, but I`ll never write all the text needed.)

[Emperor_Google]

I just created a wikipedia page for the Church of Google but it was nominated for quick deletion within minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Google

I'm getting pretty pissed off at the fact that we keep getting deleted. I'm going to keep adding the page. I don't care. This is my new mission in life.

If any of you want to edit the page, go right ahead. You don't even have to register to edit it. :)

I did the exact same thing a while ago...