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The Florida Yacht Club - Online Member Services Portal

The Florida Yacht Club is one of the country's oldest private yacht clubs and is located in Jacksonville, Florida by the St. Johns River. The Club was originally founded in the late 1800s, and is also a long standing member of the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs.

Their Request: The Florida Yacht Club wanted to create an interactive web site to provide members and the general public detailed information and registration procedures about the yacht races they host annually, the clubs activities, member benefits and services, and its rich history. FYC also wanted to provide a password protected area exclusively for its members.

Our Solution: We began by photographing each of the amenities and activities at the club and developing a look and feel for the new site that was representative of its extensive history and stature. Among other detailed areas, a "Fleet" section was produced to offer race and registration information to yacht racing teams from across the country. We then developed a PHP/MySQL based private member area that allowed members to use existing club credentials to login. Here, members would initially have access to two key needs: a full online member directory with contact information, and an online reservation process that would allow members to make reservations for the regular dining events hosted by the club.

The Result: FYC now has a premier web presence that features the many benefits available to members including dining and event planning, visitor information, wedding and event planning, a detailed historical timeline dating back to the late 1800s, a Fleet Services area that provides much information about the sailing and cruising events and the Club including the many sanctioned yacht races hosted each year at FYC. Members can use the club's private online directory to contact other members and even make reservations for dinner at the club. The new site continuously receives compliments from members and is a great example of how our design / development team at BoomClient started from scratch and developed a custom web application tailored to the Club's specific requirements.

Key Features:

• Considerable use of Flash and Java Script for navigation and feature functionality.
• Numerous downloadable forms and documents.
• Online Banquet / Reception Planning.
• Secure Member Portal.
• Member Contact Information Directory (Member Portal Only).
• Online Dining Reservations (Member Portal Only).
• Regatta / Race Registration Procedures and Documentation
• Ongoing Search Engine Optimization is provided under our managed hosting program.
• Regular site updates are a provided under our managed hosting program.

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