BookJetty: Upcoming Updates

WED, 17 OCT 2007

BookJetty is preparing itself to support the social elements so you can follow your friends’ or strangers’ bookshelves.

Did a face lift, opting for a simpler homepage, adding friends ala Twitter.com, with simple news feed to keep you updated of what’s new in your network.

This is probably the biggest change ever at one go, gonna tidy up some back-end codes as well, planning to go REST-ful with RSpec/Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), so it’ll be easier to maintain, as the functionalities get more complex.

So it’s going to take a while, but a sneak preview into what BookJetty will look like. Hope you will like it.

Home Page

Home page

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User Profile Page

User Profile
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Wed, 17 Oct 07 02:34 pm . Larry Lim wrote:

Social networks is the way to go because that will give your site a unique angle. Once people start using BookJetty widgets on Myspace, Facebook, etc, I think that’s when it will really take off.

Wed, 17 Oct 07 06:26 pm . Herryanto Siatono wrote:

Yeah, I absolutely agree with that. :)

Wed, 17 Oct 07 10:15 pm . Joe Goh wrote:

The new layout looks fantastic Herry. Can’t wait for it to be rolled out.

Thu, 18 Oct 07 03:16 am . Cobalt Paladin wrote:

Yes, I LIKE! :)

The world, please prepare to hear BookJetty’s roar!

Thu, 18 Oct 07 10:20 pm . Herryanto Siatono wrote:

Thanks guys, at least I know I’m on the right track. :D

Tue, 23 Oct 07 08:28 am . Jason wrote:

Cool! Keep up the awesome work Herry! :)

Thu, 25 Oct 07 02:17 am . Mike wrote:

Yo Herry,

I like looking at the book covers on bookjetty and the more users and reviews you have, it gets more attractive.

I’ve been trying to search for people and message then on BJ. I also thought users’ featured quotes and lessons learnt from books would really keep the interest going.

Cheers!
Mike

Thu, 25 Oct 07 09:05 pm . Priscilla Tan wrote:

I like it too!! Great stuff, herry!

Sat, 27 Oct 07 06:35 am . Aen wrote:

The first thing I notice is the use of Optima for headings. Excellent choice. You using sIFR for them?

Mon, 29 Oct 07 12:21 am . Herryanto Siatono wrote:

@Mike, noted that thanks. :)

@Priscilla, thanks

@Aen, hey, typoholic! Probably not though, somehow I don’t like to use flash, for the front page will just use an image, and for others will fall back to other font.

Sun, 25 Nov 07 12:16 pm . Hendra wrote:

Now that you’re going-social, how about adding the feature for book-exchange/trading among members?

Sun, 25 Nov 07 06:07 pm . Herryanto Siatono wrote:

Thanks hendra.. I have that in mind as well for the future, but definitely not in this release. :)

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