Jetbrands — Online Community Platform

Exarth designed and built Jetbrands — a WordPress-powered online community where members connect through a live news feed, profiles, groups and forums, with built-in event booking and registration.

Activity feed & member profiles
Groups & discussion forums
Event booking & registration
Built on WordPress + BuddyBoss

Community
Design + Build
WordPress

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FeedGroupsForumsMembers

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CommunityFeed · Groups · Forums

JAM+

MembersProfiles & groups

A+

EngagementOperational

New activityGroup update · just now

A WordPress community platform — feed, members, groups, forums and events in one place.

SocialActivity feed

Groups& forums

EventsBooking

WPBuddyBoss

Overview/ 01

A social home for a thriving community

Jetbrands is a WordPress-powered online community. Members join, build profiles, post to a live activity feed, form groups, discuss in forums and book events — all in one branded social experience.

Exarth designed and built the platform on WordPress with BuddyBoss — theming, member flows, groups, forums and event booking — into a fast, cohesive community site that feels like a modern social network.

Live activity & news feed
Member profiles & directory
Groups & threaded forums
Event booking & registration

Role: Design + Development
Type: Community · Social
Timeline: 3 months
Platform: WordPress
Stack: BuddyBoss
Year: 2024

SocialCommunity feed

Scope & deliverables

Discovery & Strategy

Community structure, member journeys and the social feature set.

UX / UI Design

A clean, modern social design system across feed, groups and forums.

WordPress Build

BuddyBoss theming, profiles, groups, forums and event booking.

Performance & Launch

Caching, optimisation and a smooth, fast community experience.

Challenge & solution

Scattered conversations, or one social home

Conversations were scattered across chats and pages with no profiles, groups or central feed — so the community never gained momentum.

No central feed
No member profiles
Scattered discussion

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Activity Feed · Updates

No central feed — Members had nowhere to see what was happening, so the community felt quiet and disconnected.

✕

Members · Profiles

No profiles — There was no way to discover or recognise other members across the community.

✕

Groups · Spaces

One big room — Every conversation happened in one place, so niche topics drowned in the noise.

No core

No shared platform

Fragmented systems

Scattered · Disconnected

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✕

Forums · Discussion

No threads — Discussions had no structure, so answers and topics were impossible to find later.

✕

Events · Booking

Manual sign-ups — Event sign-ups were handled off-platform with spreadsheets and DMs.

✕

Onboarding · Join

High friction — Joining was clunky and off-brand, so new members dropped off before getting started.

Measurable impact on the live platform

FeedActivity

GroupsCommunities

ForumsDiscussion

EventsBooking

Key features

Everything a community needs, in one place

From the activity feed to groups, forums and events — every social feature lives inside one fast, branded WordPress experience.

01/05 features

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LiveFeed

Feature 01Activity FeedThe home feed surfaces member posts, group activity and updates so the community always feels alive.

Engineering

Technology & Build

Built on WordPress with BuddyBoss — a community stack tuned for speed, with profiles, groups, forums and event booking.

System architecture

Members → WordPress + BuddyBoss → community → secure data

Live

UI

Theme LayerBuddyBoss theming · responsive community UI across the site

Responsive

SOCIAL

Community LayerProfiles, groups, forums, activity feed and event booking

BuddyBoss · bbPress

CMS

WordPress CoreContent, members and roles managed in WordPress

PHP · MySQL

OPS

PerformanceCaching, CDN and security hardening for a fast, safe site

Cache · CDN

How we built it

6-phase delivery

01
Discovery & Architecture
Phase 1
Mapped community structure, member journeys and the social feature set.
02
UX / UI Design
Phase 2
Designed a modern social system across feed, groups and forums.
03
WordPress Build
Phase 3
Built BuddyBoss theming, profiles, groups, forums and event booking.
04
Performance
Phase 4
Tuned caching, CDN and security for a fast, reliable community.
05
QA & Testing
Phase 5
Tested member flows, groups and events across devices.
06
Launch & Iterate
Live
Launched the community and iterated on member feedback.

Technology stack

16 technologies

Platform4

WordPressCMS
BuddyBossCommunity
bbPressForums
ElementorBuilder

Frontend4

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Responsive

Backend4

PHPv8
MySQL
REST API
Roles

Ops4

CachingSpeed
CDN
Security
Backups

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The whole community, one platform

Glide through the live Jetbrands community — feed, groups, forums, members and sign-in.

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Philosophy

Design Approach

A clean, social-first design philosophy that makes joining, posting and connecting feel effortless.

SocialClarityTrustResponsive

Design pillars: 04
Accessibility: AA
BuddyBoss: WP

Audience: Community members
Platform: WordPress
Design system: Social · responsive
Accessibility: WCAG AA

Every screen is shaped around connection — clarity first, a feed that feels alive, and the lowest possible friction to join and take part.

Pillar 01
Feed-First Design
LiveFeed
A familiar, social layout that puts activity and connection front and centre.
The community feels active the moment you arrive.
Social core
Pillar 02
Effortless Navigation
1-tapTo groups
Clear paths between feed, groups, forums and events for any member.
Members reach any space in a couple of clicks.
Flow clarity
Pillar 03
Responsive & Fast
100%Responsive
A snappy experience that works beautifully on phones and desktops.
Great on every device, optimised to load fast.
Responsive
Pillar 04
Safe Community
RolesModeration
Roles and moderation patterns that keep the community healthy.
A safe, well-moderated place to connect.
Trust