Overview
The largest, most infrastructure-heavy site reviewed — a membership organisation for 800+ travel writers, editors and publishers, with a public marketing site feeding into a members' portal.
Design & UX
A polished institutional design: a video hero, an animated stat band (established, chapters, members, awards), clearly split value propositions for Creators vs. Associates/Businesses, a sponsor wall, events/awards/blog, and testimonials.
Functionality
- A membership funnel connecting the marketing site to a member portal (portal.satw.org) and a membership-management system (members.satw.org) — meaningful subdomain/DNS configuration and third-party platform integration
- Lead-capture ("Request a New Member Packet") via a forms plugin, sponsor/advertising pages, an events calendar, and a blog
Tech stack
- WordPress
- Separate portal + membership subdomains
- A forms plugin