Newbie 1st post..
I run Pro Golf Academy in the San Antonio area. While we do cater to adult golfers, we specialize in junior golf programs. Our niche is after school junior golf programs, camps & clinics, private lessons and junior golf league (tour). I have struggled for several years now trying to find the right solution. I have also witnessed just about every school and other program providers struggle with the whole childrens camp/sport/league/activity management issues. From online registration to employee/coach training marketing & management.
I have been pulling my hair out and was even considering going with ProStores to have a database and simple shopping cart with online registration for our services and have the ability to offer products both physical & digital. My current site is a Drupal site which I manage myself but have no experience doing so. I've been looking at Joomla and I'm very impressed with the Shape 5 team's work. If the needs of my unique business model could be addressed, it could have far reaching implications and make the world a better place
To mention a few of the issues/needs we have:
online registration for single & ongoing events
attendance rosters and reports
coaches and staff training and scheduling
online calendar
forum and classifieds
members only area for additional content, videos, downloads, etc
database
photo gallery and pictures sales
shopping cart with quickbooks integration
physical products and digital downloads, dvd and books
blog/newsletter
SEO
league management
ebay integration
lots and lots of pictures, video, audio and content articles, etc
My current inadequate site can be viewed at
http://www.progolfacademy.comI am really looking for help and could provide the labratory for a very powerful and widely needed application/solution. Something like this could be used for all sports, music lessons, cheerleading, boy scouts, chess clubs, bowling leagues, after school programs, summer camps, etc.
Thanks,
Molsen