The Newcastle United Supporters Trust is a non-profit organisation that aims to channel the passion and commitment of Newcastle United supporters into a legally constituted forward-thinking force for change, with the ultimate aim of fan ownership for the football club.
BigSpring developed a full Joomla-based CMS capable of delivering content, an online subscription service for collecting new members and a JomSocial-powered social network and forum.
List of features:
- Joomla CMS
- Commenting system (members only)
- Social networking inbound and outbound links
- Custom registration process - The site collect custom data specific to the needs of the trust, and inserts all the additional registration data into Joomla's user management tables. The information is also availabl and editable via the Joomla backend admin control panel.
- Fully automated online membership signup (using PayPal / Credit Card payment gateways) - Fully automated online system for membership signup. Users can quickly sign up to the supporters trust and pay using PayPal / credit card.
- Online renewals / reminders
- Forums (members only)
- Member-only content
- SEO-friendly design and content - The site achieved #1 status on Google for the search 'Newcastle supporters' and 'newcastle united suporters' within 8 days of launch.
