The Lutheran Care Network Assessment

This website assessment is for The Lutheran Care Network site at http://www.tlcn.org/. It was done by Luthernet Website Services in order to help those who run the program see what can be done to spread their message more efficiently.

Framework
The Lutheran Care Network website is built on asp.net. That means it's probably complicated. It also means there's a way for it to be more modern than it is.

Mobile-Friendly
This website is not mobile-friendly. See Google's test results here. According to Google's test, these are the problem's with tlcn.org:

• Clickable elements too close together
• Viewport not set
• Text too small to read 

Fewer people are finding the website as Google ranks other sites higher because they are mobile-friendly.

Other Concerns
Many columns, font sizes, and text colors make the website a bit confusing, as do the separated and quite different menus (top and side). Text is not only too small on mobile, but it's too small on desktop, too.

The top menu actually disappears when the links are clicked. Odd. And some pages, like "Benefits to Being a Partner" are missing, and read, "Under Construction." With a website that is obviously older, a viewer wonders how long it's been empty. None of the links under "Support Us" go anywhere at all.

Basically, this is a website that was created with upgrades in mind that would have happened as time went on. But time went on and on, and now the website is no longer waiting for an upgrade but waiting to be retired.

Call Luthernet or a reputable freelance web designer. Or use the contact form on this page.

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