01 / CHALLENGE
Challenge
A society website needs to do more than announce events. Committee members need usable processes for entries, guests, capacity, payments and results.
CASE STUDY / CUSTOM WORDPRESS / MEMBERSHIP
Grinders Golf Society
More than a website for a golf society.A custom WordPress theme and separate society plugin for fixture entries, guest choices, tee sheets, member administration and competition scoring.
Current site live · redesigned system in local testing
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02 / RESPONSE
Response
Build a custom visual experience alongside a dedicated plugin for the society workflows. The redesigned system has been implemented and tested locally, without replacing the existing public website.
03 / DELIVERY
Delivery
- Custom WordPress theme
- Society management plugin
- Booking and capacity workflows
- Scoring and committee administration
04 / HIGHLIGHTS
Behind the build
- Member self-service for fixtures and entries
- Guest and meal choices, capacity limits and reserves
- Committee-managed payment status and tee sheets
- Best-N Order of Merit scoring, with multiple leagues and online payments outside the current scope
05 / THE PROCESS
How it comes together
- Understand
Translate real fixture, guest, committee and competition workflows into requirements.
- Advise
Separate visual design from society data and decide which functions must work before release.
- Build
Develop the custom theme and independent plugin with role-based member and committee journeys.
- Manage & improve
Test booking and scoring workflows locally; keep the current public site unchanged until release approval.
06 / TECHNOLOGY
Under the hood
WordPressCustom PHP application pluginDocker local environmentMember and committee roles
07 / CURRENT RESULT
Where it stands
A locally tested custom WordPress society system. The redesigned version is not yet deployed to production.
PROJECT
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