alex
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Back in 2015 I shared (in this post) that I had built the then new website www.skateparks.co.uk, and I sought some feedback.
Over the years the site has evolved into the UK's most-used skatepark directory. Almost 2k parks (and still growing), half of these have been visited and I have imagery. I also provide skatepark data to several third party apps, Sport England and local authorities.
I have rebuilt the site earlier this year to be completely mobile-first and plan to soon introduce user accounts to allow skaters to create lists of parks to visit / that they've visited, reviews etc.
It's a completely bespoke theme built on WordPress. More recently I have improved specific elements like accessibility by auditing with Claude Code and Codex, but I've deliberately tried to keep in the code as this is a hobby and I enjoy it... me in the driving seat not AI, although I have actively used AI to optimise.
I wanted to post here to share progress, but also to seek feedback. What features should I be adding?
I have also followed latest privacy guidance to the extreme, so Analytics and Adsense only load when opted into cookies. So how else would you approach advertising and monetisation? I have ideas, but keen for your thoughts.
Over the years the site has evolved into the UK's most-used skatepark directory. Almost 2k parks (and still growing), half of these have been visited and I have imagery. I also provide skatepark data to several third party apps, Sport England and local authorities.
I have rebuilt the site earlier this year to be completely mobile-first and plan to soon introduce user accounts to allow skaters to create lists of parks to visit / that they've visited, reviews etc.
It's a completely bespoke theme built on WordPress. More recently I have improved specific elements like accessibility by auditing with Claude Code and Codex, but I've deliberately tried to keep in the code as this is a hobby and I enjoy it... me in the driving seat not AI, although I have actively used AI to optimise.
I wanted to post here to share progress, but also to seek feedback. What features should I be adding?
I have also followed latest privacy guidance to the extreme, so Analytics and Adsense only load when opted into cookies. So how else would you approach advertising and monetisation? I have ideas, but keen for your thoughts.
