Finally...our site is live!

The private member site I've been building for over 8 months finally went live last Friday. So far everything is working well. We've had about 1800 members log in so far.

First, thanks to WPMN for creating a great product. And thanks to many of you that have answered questions here. It is very much appreciated.

We're using spaces but sparingly so far. Our old member site (all custom WordPress) didn't have similar functionality so we're starting slow with spaces in the new site. Based on internal conversations, I suspect we'll have close to 50 spaces by the end of the year.

We have an external LMS so we have the courses functionality disabled. The site has more regular WordPress content currently than true FluentCommunity content.

Some things I've learned over the last 8+ months building the site and working with FluentCommunity.

1. Test, test, test, and test again. Then test some more.
   Our site is using a good bit of custom code primarily to make the regular WordPress pages look exactly like FluentCommunity pages. This works great but it also means changes in future updates may break some of that custom code. Testing before upgrading the live site is key.

2. Not all the functionality we (or likely anyone) need will ever be included in the core FluentCommunity product so alternative solutions and add-ons are needed.
   WPMN has built a great product that meets the basic needs for most functions. Based on posts here by WPMN and the pace of new features over the last year, it is clear that FluentCommunity by itself will never meet all our needs.

3. Integration with other Fluent products is basic but could be MUCH better.
   It would be awesome for WPMN to make more of their products fully integrated in FluentCommunity. Even something as basic as making dark mode work with FluentBooking and others so we don't have to create all the necessary CSS manually would be a blessing.

4. Test!
   Did I already mention you should fully test new versions before upgrading production sites? :)

5. External tools and add-ons are key.
   Some of the other tools we're using are FlowMattic, Out-of-the-Box Dropbox plugin, FluentBooking, Formidable Forms, ICS Calendar, BasePress knowledgebase plugin, and a few small plugins I developed that are custom to our environment. Now that the site is live, I plan to look at some of the add-ons that have been mentioned here to see how we can make the site better.

Thanks!