Wossy Book Club is clever down to its core. The forum functionaility itself was taken from bbPress, the open source forum software from the creators of world-leading blogging software WordPress. The idea of the book club is that it runs through Twitter – it’s a Twitter book club after all. To integrate the two web sites Twitter OAuth has been put in to the core, with user registration and logon powered through the Twitter API. Through OAuth logon, the service is able to send tweets, and communicate with user profiles making the web site an extension of Twittter, rather than a seperate web site.

And the book club is now more than a forum. Ben Sutcliffe has added functionality to bring each forum in to a book discussion with book covers, blurbs and author details.

To help users with the fortnightly discussions, TweetStreams have been created to bring discussions and tweets in to simple conversation threads. The site also operates in the browser on iPhone, BlackBerry and Android, and developers are looking in to extending the site to application form in the Android mobile operating system. If you haven’t already joined, then sign up through Twitter now!

Visit: wossybc.com

The PilatesPlus web site has two sections: the brochure style Flash pages about the company, and the HTML pages that allow users to browse the class programme, updated termly, and contact the owner using a simple form. Continual site maintanence means that with the ease of one email PilatesPlus can ask for their content, images or design to be updated with new or revised content.

Testimonial: “I don’t change my web site often but all requests for updates are dealt with very promptly … I have had feed back from enquiries that my site is easy to navigate and gives all the information in an easy format.”
Ongoing: Right now I’m working on a new site for PilatesPlus where clients can register to book classes, keep up to date through Twitter and where PilatesPlus staff can manage bookings.
Client for: Over two years.

Visit: pilatesplus.org.uk

Fir Tree Quilting, whilst visually appealing, has incredible background capabilities. The ‘Price My Quilt’ tool presents information relevant to the user, rather than presenting the user with a table where they have to hunt for the data they need. Background extras keep the web site looking just as good if the user doesn’t have the neccesary plugins (such as Flash Player) or is using a mobile device such as iPhone.

Visit: firtreequilting.com

MS Boat Photos is a dynamic web site using user-contributed content that can be managed by the administrator. Registered users, approved by an administrator through the control panel, can upload photos which are bought by visitors. After the customer has paid, commission is passed on to the user. The site is easy to use, with simple search functions that return results ordered by relevance, and integrated with the easy-to-use Google Checkout shopping cart.

Visit: msboatphotos.com
Suggested search term: Boatname – Bubble