Mūsu Līksnai charity website with a donation module

CREATING.LV built a website with a donation module for the association “Mūsu Līksnai” (For Our Līksna) — a single-page WordPress site that shows what the association does in Līksna Parish and lets people support it. The association’s areas of work are restoring cultural and historical heritage, strengthening the local community, organising events and educational initiatives, and supporting the parish’s residents. The project was handed over in 2025.

The association needed a website that clearly shows its work and lets residents and supporters get involved, including by donating. Someone considering a donation first needs to see what the association does and what goals it works towards, so alongside the option to donate, the website also has a description of the association’s work, its projects and news.

CREATING.LV built the association’s website on WordPress — from the design to the donation module. The work covered:

• the visual design, usability and single-page (one-page) structure;
• a section on the association’s mission and areas of work;
• presenting completed work, current projects and future plans;
• news and events that the association updates itself;
• a donation module created and integrated with GiveWP;
• adaptation for desktop and mobile devices.

The association’s website is built as a single-page site: the association’s work, projects, news and donating are consecutive sections on one page, and the menu leads to the relevant section. This structure suits a small association, because the content does not have to be split across many subpages, and visitors scrolling the page see the whole story in order — from what the association is to the invitation to support it.

On a single-page site, the menu items are not separate pages but links to sections on the same page. Visitors arriving with a specific goal, such as finding contacts or donating, reach the right place in one click, while those getting to know the association for the first time can simply scroll.

The website presents the association’s mission and areas of work in a structured way. The content is organised so that visitors can learn about completed work, current projects and future plans.

These three parts answer different questions. Completed work shows that the association carries out its plans; current projects show what it is working on now; future plans show where support could help. For a parish resident, it is a chance to find out what is happening in their area, and for a supporter, to understand what work they are donating to.

An important part of the solution is the donation module, with which supporters can donate to the association’s activities. The module was created with GiveWP — a third-party WordPress plugin for accepting donations — and we integrated it into the association’s website. This way people can donate in the same place where they learned about the association’s work and projects. If donating meant moving to another site, supporters would have to find their way there all over again; a module integrated into the website lets them donate without leaving the association’s site.

On the current site, the donation section lists two ways — by bank transfer and by card — and the menu has a highlighted “ZIEDOT” (Donate) button that leads straight to this section. Card donations can be made right there on the page, while bank transfer suits those who usually pay via online banking, so each supporter can choose the way that suits them best. The supporter’s journey:

• they learn about the association’s work, projects and news;
• they press “Donate” in the menu or in the “About us” section;
• they choose how to donate and donate to the association’s activities.

A website with a donation module like this brings together the story of the association’s work and the option to support it in one place. GiveWP runs on the WordPress site itself: the donation forms and the overview of donations are in the WordPress admin, the same environment where the association updates its news and projects. The association does not have to learn and maintain a separate donation platform.

When planning a similar solution, the association has to decide at the start how the donation module will be used day to day: which payment methods to accept, who will be notified of new donations and how to thank donors. GiveWP lets these settings be made in the WordPress admin, but the decisions about them are the association’s own.

The association updates information about events, projects and news in WordPress itself. This matters for the association: publishing news does not require a developer, and the association’s website stays up to date between larger projects as well. In the WordPress admin, the association itself:

• adds news and event information;
• extends the descriptions of current projects and completed work.

To publish a news item, it is enough to enter a title and text and, if needed, add images. No programming knowledge is needed, so the content can also be updated by the member of the association who organises the event.

The visual design and usability of the association’s site were created by CREATING.LV. The single-page structure also shapes the design: the sections follow one another, so each has to be clearly separated, so that when scrolling it is visible where the news, the projects and the donation section begin.

The website is fully responsive and adapted for use on both desktops and mobile devices. The news, project descriptions and donation section can also be opened easily on a phone. The site footer says “Lapu ar sirdi veidoja SIA CREATING.LV” (Made with heart by SIA CREATING.LV).

• WordPress — the website platform and content management that the association uses itself;
• GiveWP — a third-party plugin with which the donation module was created and integrated into the website;
• a responsive layout for desktop and mobile devices.

About WordPress as a platform for a small organisation — in the article WordPress website development.

This kind of solution suits an association, foundation or another non-governmental organisation that needs a clear website about its work, the ability to accept donations and to update news itself. A single-page structure suits cases where the content fits into a few sections; if there are many projects and articles, separate subpages may be needed.

A similar solution is also in the project for the association “Eņģeļa sirds”. More about website development and web design.

• Website development
• Web design

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This portfolio entry reflects the solution as delivered at handover. The current website may have changed.