I’ve been meaning to post something for a while now about one of my favorite Pittsburgh sites, Bike PGH.  First off, it’s wonderfully designed both functionally and aesthetically.  It combines all the elements that a non-profit organization would have (Mission, Board, Staff, Events, etc), a ton of valuable resources to the biking community, and the art blends biking, crazy Pittsburgh topography and crazy Pittsburgh directions into an attractive and interesting visual diplay.  ClickNathan did a wonderful job.

As a non-profit/community resource website, it accomplishes its purpose beautifully, and to keep with the Waxing Blogosophically theme, also sports a blog.  Even in the current biking off-season it is updated 2-3 times a week on average, and serves up an array of content including advocacy, site news, tips for local bikers, etc.  My only complaint is that the blog is hard to find from the main page. A user either has to access it through the news menu, or see it amidst the content/link box in the sidebar, which somewhat resembles an ad.  This means that most users would have to know the blog is there to find it, which is definitely not optimal.  The blog is a great resource–don’t bury it!

This site is a good example of how a blog can be integrated into a non-profit/community site to better serve its members/interested parties and make the website come alive.

Other Waxing Blogosophically site suggestions, hit the comments or email brett at marginaldesigns dot com.