ClubReading Facelift

ClubReading Facelift

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Well - it’s time for some changes at ClubReading. The current site has served us well for a long time, but it is feeling it’s age. As you can see, the new site start page is a blog. This will give us a chance to share and dialog with the community, while still having a place for a conversation.

The new books part of the site is written using the Zend Framework. I have to admit, the new books part of the site is not complete. There are still some very rough edges, but it will meet the basic needs:

  • Search Amazon and add books to the site

  • Display the books in a variety of formats

  • Maintain lists of books

A couple of new features:

  • Books can now be rated, and the ratings are searchable/browsable.

  • The comments section is being hosted by Disqus

Like I said, I know the new site still needs a lot of work, but it’s time to put it in place and start really exercising it. FYI - if we run into any security issues with the new books site, I’ll take it off-line and correct as necessary.

What should you expect here? Any number of things, including:

  • Posts about books, authors, reviews

  • Interesting technology that may or may not relate to reading/writing

  • Rants about anything…and nothing in particular

Enjoy!

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