Gated Online Community with company directory

A design agency subcontracted me to expand a gated community website to a complex platform with a company directory, a job directory, a rating system, and several public forms that work together with these databases.

Although I worked with a full-stack developer on some of the functionalities of this project, I completed most of the client requirements by building the structure and connections needed. I did a lot of research into adding user-friendly plugins and downsizing the need for custom coding, as the client had a limited budget.

The client wanted some of these functionalities available via a gated community with free/paid membership levels. The rating system for the company directory was based on a form that users could fill in in different parts of the website.

Companies could add their own profiles as well via a separate form, and those profiles, once approved, could be automatically published.

Employees could join the community through free and paid memberships that gave them access to different resources. Companies could also join through distinct corporate memberships, where their employees would access the community knowledge base based on a number of limited seats.

In addition to this, the gated content consisted of video content grouped by taxonomy and events (past and future) that could be automatically published through a user-friendly interface for the client managing the website. This video content would be interviews, online events, panel discussions and courses.

In addition to using Elementor and some custom coding, we created most of this website's functionalities using the Formidable Forms plugin. I also worked for implementing or designing many of the website's pages. I'm still collaborating with this agency and adding new pages or managing their user base when needed. It is one of my oldest clients, as we started collaborating four years ago when I first started working in web design.