EMI Website Redesign 2026 — International Landing + Local Rep Subdomains

Current State Research 2026-07-13

emmint.com (international) — WP + blog problem

Host: LiteSpeed PHP/7.4.33, IP 198.175.150.40, redirects http->https, canonical https://www.emmint.com/
Tech: WordPress show_on_front=posts, All in One SEO 4.9.10, Customizr Pro, MailerLite + MailChimp, gtag G-FVQSD7F8ZR, Polylang: en/es/fr/pt/ar/ru alternate hreflang
SEO blurbs: "Emmanuel Ministries International is a spiritual family in the Kingdom of God that is being raised up under the apostolic fatherhood of Apostle John Boney." Title: "Emmanuel Ministries International Kingdom Family"
Structure: Blog list as homepage — articles as posts (Vlog, Word, Reports, About, Vision) paginated. User says "currently main one is more a blog than the landing page of the international ministry" — accurate.
- Sample posts: Gen-K EMI International Young Adults Summit Africa/Europe, Family Gathering 2024 San Luis Rio Colorado, Featured Teachings: The Altar and the Kingdom
- Nav: About, Vision, Vlog, Word, Reports, Shop (EMI Family Books EN/ES), Terms, Privacy, Contact, Gallery, Life & Legacy Ap John B, Events, Courses/Social -> social.emmint.com, Phone +1 (772) 577-6785, info@emmint.com
- Vision page ok but /mandate 404. About: "frequently those who encounter website and read... begin to express interest in becoming part"
- Shop: Woo/Tip Jar WP + Stripe
- Social: facebook.com/kingdomemi, twitter @kingdomemi, youtube user/kingdomemi, @TheWalkingVoiceMedia
Performance: Heavy 13k->2.6k 80% pruning, PHP 7.4 EOL, many scripts.

florida.emmint.com — local FL ministry

Host: IP 35.164.64.246 AWS (Subsplash hosted). Title "Emmanuel Ministries International Church - Home"
Nav: Home, Media, Give, I'm New, International Site, Social
Hero: "THE MANDATE CONTINUES" Learn More, "LATEST SERMON" Browse Sermons, "OUR LOCAL MINISTRY IN PORT SAINT LUCIE", Service Times Sunday 12:30pm Children 1:30pm Church Service, Phone same (772) 577-6785 Fort Pierce FL
Media has sermons grid, Give via Subsplash Giving, I'm New form.
Per brain: Subsplash livestream + app archive, OBS local record, ATEM Mini, Canon M50 II, iMac, Behringer X18 — school rental setup/teardown WiFi limited
Policy: Full service auto via Subsplash app; YouTube selective 3-5 clips/week when prepared
Locked-in SaaS no code control.

Problem Statement

International site looks like blog: lands on paginated old posts, no clear vision, no map of family, no call for reps.
Florida is local template: Subsplash good for giving/media but can't scale to many local ministries. Goal: one subdomain per local rep: florida.emmint.com, chiapas.emmint.com, etc.
Need scalable model: From latin_america_emi_collaboration_2026.md: Chiapas gathering Sep 26-Oct 4 2026, leaders in Chile, Panama, Cuba, El Salvador — each could have microsite sharing design system.

Goals for New Site

International Hub emmint.com (landing not blog)

Hero: "A Family in the Kingdom" — Apostolic fatherhood John Boney legacy -> continuing mandate
Vision + Mandate sections with Pillars
Global Map: interactive markers FL, Chiapas, MX San Luis, Cuba, Panama, Chile, Africa linking to subdomain
Local Representatives Directory grid -> florida.emmint.com, chiapas.emmint.com etc
Latest curated teaching (video + clip integration)
Events: Family Gathering 2024 recap + 2026 Chiapas upcoming
Shop CTA books EN/ES
Join funnel: About -> Vision -> Contact/connect form -> WhatsApp
Social App invite: private community platform
Multilingual toggle en/es/fr/pt/ar/ru

SEO & IA

Current blog posts -> migrate to /teaching/ preserve links. 301 redirects /category/vlog -> /teachings

Subdomain architecture

Option A — Subdomains (RECOMMENDED per ask):

emmint.com -> international landing (main)
florida.emmint.com -> Port St Lucie (exists)
chiapas.emmint.com -> Casa de Dios El Jordán
sanluis.emmint.com, cuba.emmint.com, panama.emmint.com, etc
Each subdomain = separate Instatic site or filtered collection?

Simplest today: One Instatic install can host multiple sites via collections + templates. Single site with Data rows filtered by region field and publish to path prefixes: /locals/florida etc that Caddy maps to subdomain. Or separate Docker per region.

For MVP: Implement main hub + florida as separate templates inside same Instatic + publish under /locals/ + Caddy proxy florida.emmint.com -> /locals/florida

Option B — Wildcard dynamic:

*.emmint.com Caddy on-demand TLS + reverse_proxy to Instatic reading Host header to vary rendering via custom plugin. Advanced but doable.

Decision for prototype

Spin second Instatic for EMI hub emi-hub on 3005 to keep Reyna Family separate (current :3002)
Content model: Collection local_ministries (name, slug, region, leader, contact, description, hero_image, sub_domain, service_times, address, giving_url, social)
Collection teachings, events
Pages: Home (landing), About, Vision/Mandate, Family Map, Local Directory, Join
Design: Warm kingdom family palette navies + golds
For dev: prototype at https://sites.reynafamily.com/emi-hub (after Caddy script runs) OR directly via IP:Port 3005. Provide script add-emi-rep.sh

Caddy integration notes

Current Caddy on .110 reverse_proxy emmint com NOT via you — DNS points to 198.175.150.40 external WP and florida to 35.164.64.246 AWS Subsplash. So new stack parallel for now. For live cutover later, DNS move or proxy via your Caddy.

Tasks

Research emmint.com + florida.emmint.com (BareBrowse 80-87% pruning)
Spin emi-hub Instatic :3005
Create collection local_ministries schema
Build international landing page prototype
Demo subdomain per rep via sites.reynafamily.com/emi-hub/florida etc
Provide Caddy script for rep subdomain generically

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