01 / CHALLENGE
Challenge
A flying club needs to publish public information clearly while managing structured club content and keeping members-only material protected.
CASE STUDY / CLUB PLATFORM / WORDPRESS
Lyneham Flying Club
A club website with a real application behind it.A WordPress website and custom club management layer supporting aircraft, courses, member information and protected documents.
Production V1 exists · V2 in development
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02 / RESPONSE
Response
Separate the presentation layer from the LFC Core plugin, making club data and protected resources manageable within WordPress. The current production site is V1; a custom theme and Gutenberg-based V2 is being developed in parallel.
03 / DELIVERY
Delivery
- WordPress website
- Custom application plugin
- Structured club content
- Member access and protected documents
04 / HIGHLIGHTS
Behind the build
- LFC Core keeps operational functionality separate from the site design
- Aircraft, courses, trips, events and documents are structured WordPress content
- Members-only documents are served from protected storage
- Custom-theme V2 is being built without a dependency on the existing Oxygen presentation
05 / THE PROCESS
How it comes together
- Understand
Map public visitors, club editors and members, including what must remain private.
- Advise
Define data ownership, document access rules and a practical migration path from the existing site.
- Build
Create the site application layer and develop the separate coded theme and editing components.
- Manage & improve
Preserve the production site while validating V2 and preparing a controlled release.
06 / TECHNOLOGY
Under the hood
WordPressCustom PHP pluginCustom Gutenberg theme in developmentProtected document delivery
07 / CURRENT RESULT
Where it stands
A maintainable club platform with a clear separation between website presentation, structured data and member-only resources. The redesigned V2 remains in development.