Espressostories.com
A venture of Redpump, espressostories.com site explores a new literary form: ultra-short stories, of 25 words of less.
Prospective authors can submit their own stories to the site, organised into various 'genres' roughly equivalent to recognised literary genres with a twist or two. Readers can vote on stories, pushing their authors higher in the rankings.
The home page provides a jumping-off point for all content; the story pages each contain one story; and the organising pages link the two by listing stories, authors, and genres.
It has a revenue stream in Google AdWords, small syndicated ads (right column) chosen to reflect the page's content. Every click earns the site a few cents.
The site is completely database-driven, using PostgresSQL and PHP for the gruntwork and a stylesheet for the design. It's both XML and CSS compliant.
Home page
Story page
Organising page
Author's page
A venture of Redpump, espressostories.com site explores a new literary form: ultra-short stories, of 25 words of less.
Prospective authors can submit their own stories to the site, organised into various 'genres' roughly equivalent to recognised literary genres with a twist or two. Readers can vote on stories, pushing their authors higher in the rankings.
The home page provides a jumping-off point for all content; the story pages each contain one story; and the organising pages link the two by listing stories, authors, and genres.
It has a revenue stream in Google AdWords, small syndicated ads (right column) chosen to reflect the page's content. Every click earns the site a few cents.
The site is completely database-driven, using PostgresSQL and PHP for the gruntwork and a stylesheet for the design. It's both XML and CSS compliant.
Home page
Story page
Organising page
Author's page