Media sharing is one of the most popular activities in social networking. That's why having interactive photo & video galleries in a community website is so crucial to it's success.

With Westernriding.co.uk you can now...

Upload videos directly to the website or embed videos from 3rd party video sharing sites such as Youtube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, MySpace videos and more! Video-posting capabilities are built right into Westernriding.co.uk.

Create, comment on & share photo galleries with online friends. There's no need to worry about inappropriate media being posted to your community, either. You as Admin for your account has total control over what is posted and can easily delete suggestive or copyrighted material.

Facebook has now eclipsed MySpace as the #1 most popular social network on the planet. With over 200 millions active users worldwide, chances are someone registering at Westernriding.co.uk will already be a member of Facebook. If you have used Facebook you will feel at home using Westernriding.co.uk

To make the registration process hassle-free, we've even included our new Facebook-Connect login-module so Facebook members can log-in to Westernriding.co.uk using their Facebook account details.

Profile pics, status updates are “pulled” in safely & securely from Facebook, making it easy for new and exisiting users to sign up and stay logged in.

You can message your friends directly from your community, instead of using email. With Westernriding.co.uk's Private Messaging System, you. can send a private message to anyone within the community.

Making new friends and maintaining exisiting relationships is the essense of any social network. Westernriding.co.uk allows users to connect and build meaningful friendships with other users in your community.

Intuitive design makes it easy to search for and add new friends. And we understand that privacy is important, so that's why we've made it easy for your users to approve or reject new friend requests.

Be in the loop!. Find out what your friend are up to. Don't be the last one to know about a buddys' birthday party!

• keep up to date on what is happening within your social circle

• subscribe to activity stream via rss feed

• find out what other people are talking about

Westernriding.co.uk GROUPS allow like-minded members to build their own mini-communities, made up of members who share their same interests.

Westernriding allows users to…

• Create and join groups.
• Create group discussion
• Post on group walls
• Group owner can publish news bulletin
• Admin can control group membership and access
• Subscribe to group activity streams

There are dozens of external 3rd-party plugins for Westernriding.co.uk that will enrich your community experience.

• Media Player Plugins (audio & video),
• Video sharing plugins
• Twitter feed plugins
• Flickr photo galleries plugins

and so much more await you in your Applications Tab which is updated from time to time with the coolest plugins available.