Godaddy
Godaddy is where our files live. Godaddy provides facilities and services such as a database for holding variable information describing how a website is to look and function. Godaddy also supplies the domain names (e.g., pcdemclub.org) and the mechanism for managing the domain names, such as pointing it to the proper files.
WordPress
WordPress is a tool for building websites. It provides the basic functionality and skeleton code upon which a website can be built.
WordPress Themes
A WordPress theme is additional code added to the WordPress tool that provides the foundation for a specialized website. For instance, the theme that we use in pcdemclub.org is named Inspiro.
Plugins
Plugins are additional sets of code that provide even more specialized functionality. Our website uses the following notable* plugins:
Admin Menu Editor Pro
Provides the ability to hide or rename existing menus, add custom menus and more.
Allow Multiple Accounts
Websites built with WordPress do not allow, by nature, multiple login accounts with the same email address. We, of course, need that functionality.
Broken Link Checker
Provides a way to see if any internal links have become broken.
Event Manager
Provides the ability to manage events including display of upcoming events and individual member event bookings.
Participants Database
Provides the database to hold member records as well as ability to add, edit and delete members. The form for requesting membership is part of this plugin and automatically creates the member record when the form is submitted. Additionally, members can be listed using filters and/or downloaded as a comma-separated values (.csv) file for display in any spreadsheet app.
User Registration
Provides the ability for approved members to register their personal login name and password of choice to gain access to member capabilities on this website.
Smart Slider
Provides the ability to cycle through groups of photos.
WPForm
Provides the mechanism for building various forms such as the Change Membership Info form.
WPFormDB
Provides a database where information generated by various forms built with the WPForm plugin is captured.
* There are additional plugins with each WordPress installation that are not mentioned here. Some are supplied with WordPress, others are supplied with the theme, while still others are not of interest here.