welovemagalies.co.za is live, and map adverts now arrive as complete submissions with their files.
Where it standsLive; business portal rolling out
Year2026
What we builtRegional website, business portal, office workspace and map portal
We Love Magalies is the visitor brand of the region's business forum. Memberships and map adverts ran through outside forms, Drive folders and email. We built one public home for the region, a portal for its businesses and an online map-advert portal.
Memberships and map adverts ran through outside forms, Drive folders and email, and the directory ran on an older WordPress site.
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The region's visitor brand
We Love Magalies is the visitor brand of the Magalies Business and Tourism Forum, which covers Magaliesburg and the Cradle of Humankind. It runs a directory of local businesses, a programme of events and a printed visitor map, published edition after edition.
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Forms, folders, email
Memberships came in through an outside form tool, and the directory ran on an older WordPress site. Map adverts arrived through forms, Google Drive folders and email.
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Digging through archives
Answering whether an advertiser needed to upload again meant digging through archives.
How it ranBefore
WordPressAn older site for the region's directory.
Outside formsMemberships and map adverts collected through a separate form tool.
Google DriveLogos and artwork for the printed map, in many separate folders.
EmailEvery submission, correction and confirmation, handled in the inbox.
What was breaking
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Every map edition meant chasing logos, copy and confirmations again.
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Answering a simple question meant digging through old folders and emails.
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Membership lived in a separate tool, away from the directory it fed.
[02] What we changed
One home for the region, one way to take part.
Give the region one public home, and give every business one clear way to take part.
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One public home
Give the region one public home, and give every business one clear way to take part, from joining to booking its place on the map.
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Complete entries
The office reviews complete entries instead of chasing them.
WordPressAn older site for the region's directory.
Outside formsMemberships and map adverts collected through a separate form tool.
Google DriveLogos and artwork for the printed map, in many separate folders.
EmailEvery submission, correction and confirmation, handled in the inbox.
Before
Now
Before: WordPress, Outside forms, Google Drive, Email. Now: Live; business portal rolling out.Drag, or use the arrow keys
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Before: Visitors piece a trip together from old listings.
Now: One directory of places, stays and experiences across the region.
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Before: Events posted wherever there was space.
Now: A regional agenda with every current reason to visit.
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Before: Join through an outside form.
Now: Businesses join and take part through the site itself.
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Before: Map adverts collected by form, folder and email.
Now: Businesses book their place on the printed map online, with their files.
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Before: Terms explained one email at a time.
Now: Each listing type shows its price, who qualifies and the conditions before anything is sent.
01 / Real screenDiscover Magalies
[03] How it works
From a listing to the printed map.
The website and the business portal share one system, so the listing an owner updates is the listing visitors see.
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One shared system
The website and the business portal share one system, so the listing an owner updates is the listing visitors see, once the office approves it.
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The map portal
The map portal is deliberately separate. It collects each advert with its files and conditions, confirms to the business and sends the office an email with previews.
Visitor
Browse places, stays and events in one directory.
Business
Apply or list through the site's own forms.
Business
Sign in with an emailed code, edit the listing or event and submit it.
Office
Approve, ask for changes or publish.
BusinessKey step
In map season, choose a placement, see the price and conditions, upload and submit.
Office
Each entry arrives by email with previews, and payment is collected by payment link.
Real screenDiscover Magalies
On the live site
Recorded on welovemagalies.co.za
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One directory
Visitors browse places, stays and experiences in one directory, a category at a time.
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The regional agenda
Events are presented as part of the destination, not a separate noticeboard.
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Cradle of Humankind
The region's heritage is given a strong, dedicated editorial chapter.
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Join through the site
Membership joins through the site's own form instead of an outside tool.
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On a phone
The menu opens the region's places, events and directory on a phone.
[04] What we built
A public home and the office behind it.
A public website for visitors, a portal where businesses keep their own listings, an office workspace and a separate portal for printed-map adverts.
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Website, portals, workspace
A public website for visitors, a portal where businesses keep their own listings, an office workspace and a separate portal for printed-map adverts.
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Public website
For visitorswelovemagalies.co.za
The region's public home: places, stays, experiences, events and stories, from the Magalies valley to the Cradle of Humankind.
Business and events directory
Regional stories and heritage
Membership, listing, event and vendor forms
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Regional opening
The public experience introduces the Magalies as one connected place worth exploring.
The valley story
A longer editorial view gives the landscape and the region's character room to land.
Discover Magalies
Visitors can move from the regional story into places, experiences and businesses worth visiting.
Stays and experiences
The discovery layer helps visitors find the kind of trip they actually want to take.
Regional agenda
Events and current reasons to visit are presented as part of the destination, not a separate noticeboard.
Cradle of Humankind
The region's heritage is given a strong, dedicated editorial chapter.
Commerce and membership
The public platform makes the relationship between visitors, local businesses and the alliance visible.
Visitor information
Practical details close the journey with a clear next step.
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Business portal
For member businessesWeb, rolling out
Owners sign in with an emailed code, edit their own profile and events and send changes to the office for review.
Edit the profile and events
Submit changes for review
Team access and billing
Listing updatenow
New winter menu, waiting for the office to review.
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Office workspace
For the forum's officeWeb
The office approves, asks for changes and publishes, and manages contacts and billing in one place. Membership renewals through Paystack are built and ready to switch on.
Approve, request changes, publish
Contacts and billing
Paystack renewals, ready to enable
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Printed-map portal
For advertisersWeb
Each map season, businesses choose their placement, see the price and conditions, upload their files and submit. The business gets a confirmation; the office gets an email with previews.
Front-of-map adverts and listings
File uploads with draft recovery
Confirmation and office emails with previews
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Printed-map portal
Businesses book space on the printed Magalies map online, with the placement prices shown up front, instead of over email.
Listing terms, up front
Each listing type shows its price, who qualifies and the conditions before anything is submitted, so coordinators get complete, correct entries.
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One clear way to take part
Businesses join and take part through the site's own forms.
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Membership
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Listing
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Event
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Vendor
Commerce and membership. The public platform makes the relationship between visitors, local businesses and the alliance visible.
What the platform handles
Membership renewals through Paystack are built and ready to switch on.
Public business and events directory
Business-owner portal for listings and events
Office workspace for review and publishing
Printed-map submission portal
Membership payments ready to enable
[05] What changed
Submissions that arrive complete.
welovemagalies.co.za is live as the region's public home, and the business portal is rolling out in stages.
Regional opening. The public experience introduces the Magalies as one connected place worth exploring.
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One clear way to take part
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From a listing to the printed map.
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Where it stands
Live; business portal rolling out
Livewelovemagalies.co.za
Dec 2023→Oct 2026
Dates from our project records and release history.
Update
First work for the forum.
then, +26 months
Start
The new platform build starts.
then, +2 months
Live
Printed-map portal live for the new edition.
welovemagalies.co.za
then, +6 months
Update
First business owners invited to the portal.
Dates from our project records and release history.
welovemagalies.co.za is live as the region's public home.
Map adverts arrive as complete submissions with their files, not as email threads.
Membership joins through the site's own form instead of an outside tool.
Member businesses are moving onto the portal, starting with a first group of owners.
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Live, with complete submissions
welovemagalies.co.za is live, and map adverts now arrive as complete submissions with their files.
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Rolling out in stages
The business portal is rolling out in stages, starting with a first group of owners. Membership payments are built and ready to switch on when the forum is.
