Success story · Cultural association
Real Sociedad Fotográfica: a new website for a society with over 125 years of history
Madrid’s photographic society, founded in 1899, with exhibitions, competitions, courses and a very active community of members. ARTIC has rebuilt its website so it can manage everything from a single place.
- Client
- Real Sociedad Fotográfica
- Industry
- Cultural association
- Location
- Madrid
- With ARTIC since
- July 2025
- Website
- rsf.es
- items of content migrated from the previous website
- 665
- items of content migrated from the previous website
- types of activity with their own page: exhibitions, open calls, competitions, discussion groups, screenings and presentations
- 6
- types of activity with their own page: exhibitions, open calls, competitions, discussion groups, screenings and presentations
- membership sign-up and annual or six-monthly fees paid via Stripe
- Online
- membership sign-up and annual or six-monthly fees paid via Stripe
- outdated items of content removed for a cleaner website
- 232
- outdated items of content removed for a cleaner website
Starting point
A website it had outgrown
Services
The Real Sociedad Fotográfica organises exhibitions, competitions, courses, discussion groups and screenings, and has a very active community of members. Its previous website was a patchwork build: a custom theme, Visual Composer, two sliders and many redundant plugins, with performance problems and no room to grow securely.
The society needed a new structure that separated each type of activity and added a members area, online sign-up and fee management.
The rethink
From a website built up over time to a platform for the community
Technology
BeforeCustom theme, Visual Composer, two sliders and redundant plugins
WordPress with Elementor Pro and JetEngine, with no duplicate plugins
Activities
BeforeScreenings, discussion groups and events mixed together
Exhibitions, open calls, competitions, discussion groups, screenings and presentations, each with its own page
Members
BeforeNo members area integrated into the website
Members area with galleries, online sign-up and fees with pro-rating and expiry reminders
Content
BeforeYears of accumulated posts
665 items of content migrated and 232 outdated ones removed
SEO and legal
BeforeYoast alongside overlapping plugins
Rank Math, a GDPR cookie manager and the previous website archived at old.rsf.es
Action plan
Architecture, community and migration
- 1
Architecture by activity
Custom content types with JetEngine for each activity and a monthly events calendar with date ranges.
- 2
Members area
Member galleries linked to each user account, a private area and access roles.
- 3
Online fees and courses
WooCommerce with sign-up and annual or six-monthly fees, pro-rating, payment by Stripe, bank transfer or at the society’s premises, expiry reminders and member discounts on courses (ecommerce).
- 4
Automations
Automatic import of competition rankings and the library from Excel or Google Sheets, and email from [email protected] via the Gmail API.
- 5
Migration without losses
A URL comparison between the old and new websites, 665 items of content migrated, orders included, and the previous website archived.
- Tools
- WordPress
- Elementor Pro
- JetEngine
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- Ultimate Member
- Rank Math
- Gmail API
Results
The whole society on a single website
The new website went live in September 2026: the events calendar, exhibitions, competitions and courses each have their own place, and members can sign up and pay their fees online.
The migration moved 665 items of content and removed 232 that no longer made sense, without losing the historical archive, which can still be consulted. Since October, ARTIC has handled the website’s quarterly maintenance.
The website today
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What has ARTIC done for the Real Sociedad Fotográfica?
A new WordPress website with content types for each activity, a members area with galleries, fees and courses with online payment, automated rankings and library imports, and the full content migration.
Can membership fees be managed from the website?
Yes. The RSF charges the sign-up and the annual or six-monthly fee with WooCommerce and Stripe, with pro-rating, expiry reminders and member discounts on courses.
How do you migrate a website with many years of content?
With a URL comparison between the old and new websites, deciding what is migrated and what is removed. Here 665 items of content were migrated and 232 were removed.
What happens to the old website?
It is archived on a subdomain (old.rsf.es) to preserve the history.
