Beta.LDS.org Becoming Less Beta

6 June 2006 by admin | No comments

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Many in the Bloggernacle have noticed that the church’s new site design is on display at www.beta.lds.org. Today, the Church sent out an official proclamation announcing the beta via its GEMS email list. There is also a pdf file which explains some of the innovations of the new site and what to expect in the near future.

Highlights include:

  • better support regardless of operating system (i.e. more Mac friendly) and W3C standards-compliant
  • enhanced Gospel Library with standardized URL system for it and rest of the site (sorely needed)
  • CES materials will be incoprated into the Gospel Library
  • limited evaluation of podcasts for 2006
  • more RSS feeds
  • site-wide search capability and index
  • improved integration of church-wide and local units’ calendars (2006 or 2007)

The official transition to the new site begins sometime this summer to the new site is expected sometime in the summer of 2006, including the revamped Gospel Library section. Hallelujah!