I covered Orange County for the Los Angeles Times. Now I build websites for the groups I wrote about.
Chambers of commerce, booster clubs, and community organizations get a site that stays current without becoming anyone's second job.
Aliso Viejo Chamber's member directory, kept current by the members themselves.
Live Event Integration
Add an event in MembershipWorks or Google Calendar and it shows up on your homepage. Nobody types it twice.
Sponsor Showcases
Every sponsor gets seen, and the top tiers get the most room. That helps when you're asking a business to move up a level.
Member Self-Service
Members keep their own directory listings current and renew online through your membership platform. Your staff stays out of it.
Content, Handled
Send a sentence and a photo — I turn it into clean news posts and member spotlights, written and published for you. Your site stays current without anyone learning WordPress. Prefer to post your own? The templates make it simple.
Maintenance Included
WordPress updates, security, backups, SSL, hosting. I handle all of it, and you'll hear about it only if something needs a decision.
Aliso Viejo Chamber
Complete redesign with live MembershipWorks integration, automated event feeds, tier-based member directory, and 425 archived articles preserved from the previous site.
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A 30-minute conversation about your organization, your goals, and your tools. You'll see a live demo tailored to your type of organization.
Build
Your site takes shape from proven templates, customized to your brand and wired into whatever you already use — membership platforms, calendars, payment processors.
Review
Everything lives on a private staging site for your board to review. I work your feedback in as it comes. We launch when you're ready.
Launch & Train
Your site goes live with a hands-on training session for your team. From there, I handle the technical side. You run the organization.
All plans require a one-time build fee based on scope. Most projects range from $1,000–$2,500. Get in touch to discuss yours.
- Custom design built for phones first
- Game schedules and season calendars — always current
- Sponsor logos placed where parents and fans see them
- Roster, coaching staff, and team info pages
- Photo galleries and season highlights
- Managed hosting, SSL, backups, and WordPress maintenance
- Staff training with a custom admin guide
- Custom responsive design tailored to your brand
- Contact and inquiry forms that route straight to your inbox
- Blog or news section to keep your site fresh and searchable
- SEO foundations so customers can actually find you
- Google Analytics and performance tracking
- Managed hosting, SSL, backups, and WordPress maintenance
- Staff training with a custom admin guide
- Membership platform integration — events, directory, and login all synced
- Live event feeds from your existing calendar
- Tiered member directory with sponsorship visibility
- Member login portal — no separate system
- Monthly member spotlight and news posts — written and published for you
- Auto-updating slideshow for meetings and mixers
- Managed hosting, SSL, backups, and WordPress maintenance
- Staff training with a custom admin guide
I started volunteering 30 years ago — preschool, youth sports, Little League boards, booster clubs. When my son played baseball and basketball at Estancia High School, I built and ran the booster club websites. He graduated in 2013. I never stopped.
My day job for nearly 25 years was at the Los Angeles Times, covering Orange County sports and communities for 12 of those years before becoming the paper's social media and reader engagement editor. I now work in higher education marketing and communications.
The name is an homage. In newsrooms, a stringer is a freelancer who reports stories without the resources of full-time staff — just persistence, local knowledge, and a deadline. That ethos still drives how I work.
I serve on the Aliso Viejo Chamber of Commerce board. I live in Orange County. The organizations I build for are the ones I've spent three decades working alongside.
Or email directly: martin@stringerdigital.com