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Civil Solutions

We built Civil Solutions a polished digital home for the Legacy Clay Classic, designed to support registration, sponsors, event storytelling, and long-term visibility.

Web-Development

A Launch-Ready Event Platform With Perfect Lighthouse Scores

We built Civil Solutions a polished digital home for the Legacy Clay Classic, designed to support registration, sponsors, event storytelling, and long-term visibility.

Civil Solutions needed a brand-new website that could introduce the Legacy Clay Classic clearly, guide visitors toward registration and sponsorship opportunities, and present the event with credibility from day one. We delivered a 14-page Next.js website with measured 100/100 Lighthouse scores across Performance, SEO, Accessibility, and Best Practices.

  • Custom Website Design
  • Next.js Development
  • Event Website Architecture
  • SEO Foundation
  • Performance Optimization
  • Responsive UX Design
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The site

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14

Pages Delivered

Measured

100/100

Lighthouse, all 4 categories

Measured

Challenges

What stood in the way

4 problems, and what each one took to clear.

Challenge 01

  1. Problem

    Creating a Digital Presence From Scratch

    Civil Solutions needed a dedicated online presence for the Legacy Clay Classic so visitors could understand the event, explore key details, and take action without relying on disconnected offline communication.

  2. Solution

    We planned and built a complete 14-page website architecture around event discovery, registration intent, sponsor credibility, gallery content, honorees, and supporting information.

  3. Result

    The project launched with a structured, scalable site that gave the event a credible online destination from day one.

Challenge 02

  1. Problem

    Clarifying the Event Story

    The event needed to communicate what the Legacy Clay Classic is, who it serves, and why participants and sponsors should get involved.

  2. Solution

    We shaped the site around clear page hierarchy, direct navigation, event-focused messaging, and content sections for sponsors, gallery imagery, honorees, and registration pathways.

  3. Result

    Visitors received a clearer path from awareness to action, with content organized around the questions participants and sponsors are most likely to ask.

Challenge 03

  1. Problem

    Supporting Registration and Sponsorship Intent

    For an event-based organization, the website needed to do more than look polished — it needed to help convert interest into registrations, sponsor inquiries, and deeper engagement.

  2. Solution

    We prioritized high-intent sections and pages, including registration, sponsors, event proof points, and calls to action placed around the user journey.

  3. Result

    The launched site gave Civil Solutions a practical platform for driving event participation and sponsor visibility.

Challenge 04

  1. Problem

    Launching With Technical Quality

    Because this was a new public-facing website, it needed to be fast, accessible, search-friendly, and stable immediately at launch.

  2. Solution

    We used a modern Next.js and React foundation, optimized page structure, semantic markup, responsive layouts, and clean technical implementation.

  3. Result

    The live Lighthouse audit measured 100/100 in Performance, SEO, Accessibility, and Best Practices.

Strategy

How the work ran

5 phases, in the order they happened.

  1. Phase 01

    Event Discovery and Site Planning

    We began by defining what the Legacy Clay Classic website needed to accomplish: explain the event, support registration, elevate sponsors, and create a credible destination for participants and supporters.

    • Event website goals
    • Audience journey map
    • Core page plan
    • Navigation strategy
  2. Phase 02

    Information Architecture

    We organized the site into a clear 14-page structure that could support the most important visitor intents, including learning about the event, viewing sponsors, exploring galleries, recognizing honorees, and registering.

    • 14-page website structure
    • Primary navigation model
    • CTA placement strategy
    • Content hierarchy
  3. Phase 03

    Visual Design System

    We created a grounded visual direction using a warm clay-inspired brand color, strong contrast, and event-forward layouts designed to feel credible, energetic, and easy to navigate.

    • Color system
    • Typography direction
    • Responsive layout patterns
    • CTA styling
  4. Phase 04

    Next.js Development

    We built the website as a modern Next.js application with React components, responsive pages, clean routing, and a performance-first implementation.

    • Next.js application
    • Reusable React components
    • Responsive front-end build
    • SEO-ready page structure
  5. Phase 05

    Launch Optimization and QA

    Before launch, we focused on technical quality, accessibility, SEO fundamentals, and live performance so the site would be ready for real visitors immediately.

    • Performance optimization
    • Accessibility review
    • SEO metadata foundation
    • Live Lighthouse validation

Results

What it delivered

2 outcomes: 2 measured.

The numbers

100/100

Perfect SEO Foundation

Measured

We delivered a technically sound SEO setup with clean structure and audit-ready fundamentals for future search visibility.

14 pages

Complete Multi-Page Launch

Measured

We delivered a full 14-page website, giving Civil Solutions room to present event details, sponsors, galleries, honorees, and conversion paths.

Live analytics

▲ 556.3%

Sessions

64 to 420, since launch

▲ 100%

Page Views

0 to 747, since launch

Read from the live site against its pre-launch baseline.

Performance

What Lighthouse says

Google Lighthouse, measured on the live build.

Lighthouse

100
Performance
100
SEO
100
Accessibility
100
Best practices

Site architecture

How the site is built

14 pages across 3 categories, laid out the way the site is.

/14 pages
  • Homepage1 page
    • Legacy Clay Classic 2026 · Sporting Clays Tournament
  • Top-Level Pages3 pages
    • Honorees | Legacy Clay Classic
    • Register | Legacy Clay Classic
    • Sponsorships | Legacy Clay Classic
  • Sponsors10 pages
    • Advantage Structural
    • Bray Construction Services · 2026 Sponsor | Legacy Clay Classic
    • Brown And Brown
    • Cardinal Engineering
    • Civil Solutions Associates · Presenting Sponsor & Host | Legacy Clay Classic
    • +5 more

Totals

14

Pages built

3

Content categories

2,293

Words of content

Every page in the tree above is a page the site serves, grouped as the navigation groups it.

Tech stack

What it's built with

7 technologies across 6 categories.

Framework

Next.js

We used Next.js to create a fast, scalable application structure with strong performance and SEO capabilities.

Frontend

React

We built reusable interface components in React to keep the site consistent, maintainable, and easy to extend.

Responsive Web Design

We designed and developed layouts to work cleanly across desktop, tablet, and mobile visitors.

Hosting

Managed Hosting

We deployed the site through the managed project hosting environment available for this build; no specific hosting provider headers were supplied in the audit data.

Accessibility

Semantic HTML

We used structured markup to support accessibility, readability, and search engine understanding.

Quality Assurance

Lighthouse

We validated the launch using a live Lighthouse audit, confirming 100/100 scores across Performance, SEO, Accessibility, and Best Practices.

SEO

SEO Metadata

We prepared the website with metadata and page structure designed to support future search visibility.

Services

What we delivered

5 services, and what each one covered.

Service 01

Custom Event Website Design

We designed a tailored digital experience for the Legacy Clay Classic, focused on clarity, credibility, and action-oriented visitor journeys.

  • Event-focused page layouts
  • Clear navigation structure
  • Registration-oriented user flow
  • Sponsor and honoree visibility

Service 02

Next.js Website Development

We built the site as a modern Next.js application to support speed, scalability, and a strong technical foundation.

  • React component architecture
  • Responsive page templates
  • Optimized front-end delivery
  • Modern routing structure

Service 03

SEO Foundation

We implemented technical SEO fundamentals so the site could be understood by search engines and prepared for future content growth.

  • SEO-friendly page structure
  • Semantic content hierarchy
  • Metadata planning
  • Search-ready technical implementation

Service 04

Performance Optimization

We optimized the site for a fast, clean user experience across devices and connection speeds.

  • Performance-first build approach
  • Lightweight front-end implementation
  • Responsive optimization
  • Live Lighthouse validation

Service 05

Conversion Path Planning

We structured the website around the practical goals of an event platform: registrations, sponsorship interest, and visitor engagement.

  • Primary CTA planning
  • Registration pathway support
  • Sponsor discovery sections
  • Trust-building content areas

Project details

What the job was

The particulars of the build, as the record states them.

Industry

Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Delivered in

4 weeks

Launch date

June 9, 2026

What's next

Need an Event Website That Drives Registrations and Sponsor Interest?

We help organizations launch polished, high-performing event websites that clarify the experience, build trust, and turn visitor interest into action.