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Who the club is, membership, rules and bylaws, facilities, events calendar, photo archive and news from every program.
Case Study • Community & Nonprofit
Catawba Yacht Club Hub: One Club, Four Connected Websites
How Kompani brought a volunteer-run lake club's scattered legacy websites under one modern identity — a main club hub plus Rowing, Sailing and Learn to Sail program sites, with shared news, one-click message routing and an admin area built for volunteers.
Multi-Site Ecosystem
Shared Design System
Shared News Feed
Membership Applications
AI Writing Help
Volunteer Admin
The Challenge
The Catawba Yacht Club is a volunteer-run club on Lake Wylie with separate rowing, sailing and learn-to-sail communities, each with its own legacy website.
The brief: unify everything under one clear, modern identity without inventing content. Every policy, price and program detail comes from existing club material, and anything missing is marked as a visible "Content Needed" placeholder.
- Several legacy websites with no shared identity, navigation or look
- Club news scattered across programs with no single place to read it all
- Long rules and bylaws documents that were hard to scan
- Volunteer officers with limited time and no technical training
- Messages and applications that belonged to one program arriving in the wrong inbox
- A strict need for accuracy: no invented programs, prices or policies
The Four-Site Ecosystem
Program site
Rowing
The rowing program's crews, schedules and activity. The reference design for the whole family of sites.
Program site
Sailing
The racing fleets, series, regattas and results.
Program site
Learn to Sail
The instruction program and registration for newcomers.
The Public Sites
The club hub and its three program sites share one navy, white and gold design system, so visitors always know they're in the same club.
Club Hub Homepage
Full-width rotating slideshow with brightened photos, navy shading for readable text, and the ecosystem bar linking all four sites.
Rowing Program Site
The reference design: deep navy, white and gold, bold uppercase geometric headings, and key program stats.
Sailing Program Site
Racing series, fleets and results under the same shared design system.
Learn to Sail Site
The newcomer clinic with dates, availability, pricing and registration.
"One Club · One Lake" Portals
Program portal cards and a shared footer tie the separate sites together as one organization.
How It Connects
One Club, Four Sites
Shared design, navigation, news and message routing make four separate websites feel like one.
Shared Design System
- Rowing site is the reference design
- Deep navy, white and gold palette
- Bold uppercase geometric headings
- Club burgee as logo and browser icon
Moving Between Sites
- Ecosystem bar on every page highlights the current site
- Scrolls sideways on phones
- Same-tab links between the four sites
- Large photo portal cards to each program
Shared News
- Every story tagged Club, Sailing, Rowing, Learn to Sail or Social
- Program sites send stories to the hub over a secured connection
- Editors choose hub or program-only placement
- Filter the News page by program
Passing Messages to Programs
- Messages and applications arrive at the hub first
- One-click "Forward to Rowing" with a ready-made email
- Records tagged and forward time noted
- No separate Rowing admin accounts needed
Front End
The Public Website
Club information, membership, events, news and a preserved photo archive, all search-friendly and built for phones.
Homepage
- Rotating slideshow of sailing, clubhouse, rowing and Learn to Sail
- Readable text over photos
- Program portals, club intro and news
Club Information
- About with history, leadership and map
- Programs, Facilities and Fleets pages
- Rules, Bylaws and Racing Rules reorganized into scannable sections, original wording kept
Membership
- How to join and guest policy
- Step-by-step path to membership
- Multi-step application with sponsors, family and background questions
Events & Calendar
- Events page with embedded live club calendar
- Dedicated signature annual regatta page
- Race instructions
News & Photo Albums
- Feed of up to 400 stories, filterable by program
- Story pages with photo gallery and full-screen viewer
- Legacy photo archive with albums and video
Contact, SEO & Mobile
- Topic-based contact form with 2-business-day reply promise
- Self-updating site map covering every story and album
- Mobile side menu that highlights your page
Under the Hood
Admin Built for Volunteers
A secure back office where part-time club officers handle applications, messages and news without training.
Access & Security
- Email/password or Google sign-in
- Admin area visible only to admins
- Only admins can read applications and messages; public sees published news only
Dashboard & Playbook
- Counts of new applications, open messages and recent posts
- Built-in Admin Playbook for common jobs
- Collapsible and remembers its state
Applications & Messages
- Filter by New, Reviewing, Approved, Declined
- Private committee notes
- Mark handled and forward Rowing-related items
News Editor
- Headline, program, story type, date and web address
- AI writing help: polish notes, rewrite, summarize
- Drag-and-drop lead image and gallery with screen-reader descriptions
Publishing Controls
- Publish, draft, archive and restore, or delete
- Active and archived filters
- Editors see only the programs they manage
Help & Notifications
- Navy-and-white hover hints on every icon button
- Automatic officer email for new messages
- Automatic email for new applications
Inside the Admin
Screens from the hub and program admin areas club officers use.
Hub Admin Dashboard & Playbook
Counts of new applications, inquiries and drafts, plus a built-in step-by-step playbook for common officer jobs.
Sailing Results & News Admin
Import race results, write news with AI help, manage photo albums and captain messages.
Rowing News Admin
A collapsible playbook and simple post list with edit and archive, built for part-time volunteers.
Key Design Principles
One Club, Four Sites
Shared branding, navigation bar and same-tab browsing make separate sites feel like one.
Accurate Content
No invented programs, prices or policies. Gaps are marked openly as "Content Needed."
Built for Volunteers
Playbook, hover hints, AI writing help and one-click forwarding keep the work light.
Nothing Lost
Archiving instead of deleting, a preserved photo archive, and original rule wording.
Readable & Accessible
Clear focus outlines, photo descriptions, readable text over images, phone-ready layouts.
Results Delivered
- Four linked websites unified under one club identity and domain
- One News page gathering stories from every program
- Applications and messages routed to the right program in one click
- Volunteer officers can post news, results and photos without training
- Legacy photo archive and original rules wording fully preserved
- Every page search-friendly and fully usable on phones
Frequently Asked Questions
How do four separate websites feel like one club?
All four sites share a design system, the same club domain, an ecosystem bar at the top of every page, and same-tab links between them, so visitors move between the hub and program sites as if it were one website.
How does news from the program sites reach the main club site?
Program sites send stories to the hub through a secured connection. Every story is tagged by program, editors choose where it appears, and visitors can filter the hub's News page by program.
Can volunteer officers run the site without technical skills?
Yes. The admin area includes a built-in step-by-step playbook, hover hints on every control, AI writing help for news stories, and one-click forwarding of messages to the right program.
How was content accuracy handled?
Every policy, price and program detail came from existing club material. Anything missing was marked with a visible "Content Needed" placeholder instead of being guessed.
Is member and applicant data secure?
Yes. Data security rules ensure only admins can read membership applications and contact messages, while the public can only see published news.
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