Activity Feed · Updates
No central feed: Members had nowhere to see what was happening, so the community felt quiet and disconnected.
Jetbrands Online Community Platform
WordPress community with activity feed, profiles, groups, forums and event booking.
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CommunityDesign + Build
SocialActivity feed
Groups& forums
EventsBooking
WPBuddyBoss
Overview/ 01
A social home for a thriving community
Members connect through feed, profiles, groups, forums and event booking.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.
- Live activity & news feed
- Member profiles & directory
- Role
- Design + Development
- Type
- Community · Social
- Timeline
- 3 months
- Platform
- WordPress
- Role
- Design + Development
- Type
- Community · Social
- Timeline
- 3 months
- Platform
- WordPress
- Stack
- BuddyBoss
- Year
- 2024
Scope & deliverables
- Discovery & Strategy
- UX / UI Design
- WordPress Build
- Performance & Launch
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
0Social feed
ManualEvents
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
0Social feedManualEvents
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.
FeedActivity
GroupsCommunities
ForumsDiscussion
EventsBooking
Key features
Everything a community needs, in one place
Activity feed, member profiles, groups, forums and event booking in one site.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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Activity Feed
The home feed surfaces member posts, group activity and updates so the community always feels alive.
Engineering
Technology & Build
WordPress and BuddyBoss community with feed, groups, forums and events.Built on WordPress with BuddyBoss, a community stack tuned for speed, with profiles, groups, forums and event booking.
- Theme LayerUIBuddyBoss theming · responsive community UI across the site01
- Community LayerSOCIALProfiles, groups, forums, activity feed and event booking02
- WordPress CoreCMSContent, members and roles managed in WordPress03
- PerformanceOPSCaching, CDN and security hardening for a fast, safe site04
- 01Discovery & ArchitectureMapped community structure, member journeys and the social feature set.Phase 1
- 02UX / UI DesignDesigned a modern social system across feed, groups and forums.Phase 2
- 03WordPress BuildBuilt BuddyBoss theming, profiles, groups, forums and event booking.Phase 3
- 04PerformanceTuned caching, CDN and security for a fast, reliable community.Phase 4
- 05QA & TestingTested member flows, groups and events across devices.Phase 5
- 06Launch & IterateLaunched the community and iterated on member feedback.Live
Stack
- WordPress
- BuddyBoss
- bbPress
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript
- PHP
- MySQL
- REST API
- Caching
- CDN
- Security
Product Screens
The whole community, one platform
Browse feed, groups, forums, members and event booking flows.Glide through the live Jetbrands community, feed, groups, forums, members and sign-in.
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Philosophy
Design Approach
Social design that makes community engagement feel modern and cohesive.A clean, social-first design philosophy that makes joining, posting and connecting feel effortless.
SocialClarityTrustResponsive
- Design pillars
- 04
- Accessibility
- AA
- BuddyBoss
- WP
- Feed-First DesignA familiar, social layout that puts activity and connection front and centre.Live
- Effortless NavigationClear paths between feed, groups, forums and events for any member.1-tap
- Responsive & FastA snappy experience that works beautifully on phones and desktops.100%
- Safe CommunityRoles and moderation patterns that keep the community healthy.Roles
Tokens
Design System
One community visual language across feed, groups and forums.A cohesive social visual language that keeps every community screen clear and consistent.
- Typography6 scale steps
- Spacing5 tokens
- Icons8 symbols
- Breakpoints4 sizes
Type samples
HeadingSpace Grotesk 800 · 32px
SubheadingInter 500 · 20px
Body text for product listings, collections, and guides.Inter 400 · 16px
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