Portfolio

Business Requirements

• Membership System: Allow users to join as members, select membership tiers, and manage their profiles.
• Event Management: Organize and promote meetups, rallies, races, workshops, and car shows.
• Community Features: Enable forums, discussion boards, user groups, and private messaging.
• Media Sharing: Users should be able to upload photos, videos, and stories about their vehicles or events.
• News & Articles: Publish blogs, industry news, how-to guides, and technical articles.
• Club Merchandise Store: Sell branded gear, accessories, and motor-related products.
• Sponsorship & Partnerships: Highlight sponsors and partners, and manage sponsored content or deals.
• Newsletter & Notifications: Regular email newsletters, alerts about new events or articles, and updates to members.

Technical Requirements

• User Management: Secure login, user roles (admin, member, guest), and member directory.
• Responsive Design: Optimized for all screen sizes, including mobile and tablets.
• Secure Payments: Integration for membership fees, donations, and merchandise purchases.
• Content Management System (CMS): For easy creation and editing of articles, events, and announcements.
• Scalable Infrastructure: Should handle growing user base and content volume.
• Search & Filtering: Powerful search functionality for forums, articles, events, and members.

Community & Engagement Requirements

• Gamification: Points, badges, and leaderboards to incentivize contributions and engagement.
• Vehicle Profiles: Members should be able to create profiles for their cars/bikes with images, specs, and history.
• Event Check-In and RSVP: Members should RSVP to events and check in via app or website.
• Push Notifications: Optional app notifications for updates, events, and community posts.

Platform & Architecture

• Use a flexible CMS like WordPress for community-building features.

Membership & Payments

• Implement MemberPress (WordPress) or build custom membership modules with subscription levels and recurring billing.
• Integrate Stripe, PayPal, or local payment gateways.
• Include automatic renewal, email reminders, and cancellation flows.

Events & Engagement

• Use tools like custom-built calendar and RSVP tools.
• Include mapping integration (Google Maps) for event locations and directions.
• Enable member-generated events (with admin moderation).

Community Tools

• Enable threaded forums, private messaging, and topic tagging.

Media & Content

• Media galleries with support for bulk upload, tagging, and moderation.
• Video support via embedded platforms (YouTube/Vimeo) or native upload with compression.
• Integrated blog platform with author roles, draft/review/publish workflows.

Online Store

• Support for coupons, inventory management, and order tracking.

Marketing & Communication

• On-site alerts and announcements module.
• SEO tools and social sharing options built-in.