Albion Faeries / Design

Sarsen Dawn · information architecture

Site structure mockup

One Albion home with three layers: a slim public hearth, event minisites under the same domain, and a signed-in Circles space for notes, actions, and living memory.

Map of the whole home

Fewer public doors than the current WordPress tree. Private Circles sit behind a clear threshold - same brand, different enclosure.

Home

Brand hearth. One hero, one promise, two paths.

  • Albion Faeries (hero mark)
  • Short promise line
  • CTAs: What's on / Get involved

What's on

Living list of near-term invitations.

  • Upcoming gatherings
  • London full moons
  • Links into event minisites

Gatherings

What a gathering is, how to come, where we land.

  • How gatherings work
  • Featherstone / Glastonbury / other
  • Previous gatherings (archive)

Who we are

Identity without a lecture.

  • Albion Faeries today
  • Radical Faerie history
  • Ancestors / remembrance
  • How Circles work (public explainer)

Get involved

The soft doorway.

  • Come to a circle or gathering
  • Newsletter signup
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Quiet link: Circle sign-in

Event minisites

Templated, Events Circle-run.

  • lughnasadh.albionfaeries.org.uk
  • beltane.albionfaeries.org.uk
  • Call, practicals, helpers, forms

Private Circles

Signed-in working memory for Circles.

  • circles.albionfaeries.org.uk (or /circles)
  • Comms · Gatherings & Events · Finance
  • Notes, actions, templates, archive
  • Roles: Convenor, Record keeper, helpers

Later polish

Useful, but not required to define the shape.

  • Blog / media deep rebuild
  • Full mail migration tooling
Arrive homeWhat's onlughnasadh.…Newsletter
Circle sign-inMy CirclesComms notesOpen actions

From current IA to proposed

Today

  • WordPress public tree (About, Gatherings, Media, Blog, Contact)
  • Home as 3 equal feature columns
  • Circle work in Signal + personal Notion / drives
  • No shared digital action list

Proposed

  • Public nav: What's on · Gatherings · Who we are · Get involved
  • Home as one full-bleed composition
  • Event minisites under AF domain
  • Private Circles space for notes, actions, templates

Home · structure wire

First viewport: brand, one line, CTA group, dominant image plane. No stats, schedules, or promo chips on the hero.

Wire · Home viewport 1 = hearth only

Full-bleed sunrise photo · standing stone

Albion Faeries

An online space of fabulousness for the Radical Faeries of old Albion.

See what's on Get involved

What's stirring

One short line, then a single featured invitation (gathering or full moon) - not a dashboard of three equal cards.

Section job: point to the next real-world hello

Who gathers here

One breath of who the Albion Faeries are, linking into Who we are. No word-cloud as the visual idea.

Section job: belonging without a manifesto dump

Join the list

Newsletter as its own quiet closing hearth - one field, one button, apricot once.

Section job: stay in touch

Inner pages · skeleton

Same chrome everywhere: compact brand, short nav, sarsen footer. Content sections keep one job each.

Wire · What's on

What's on

Invitations coming soon - gatherings and London full moons.

Lughnasadh Gathering Open call · opens minisite
London Full Moon Drum circle · workshop · social

Interaction rows OK - they are the action

Footer · contact · donate · care note
Wire · Event minisite

event.albionfaeries.org.uk

Lughnasadh

Own hero atmosphere, then: dates & place, the call, how to join, helpers, contact for that gathering only.

Template Events Circle can reuse without owning the whole platform

Part of Albion Faeries · back to hearth
Wire · Who we are

Who we are

Opening: Albion in the global Faerie web. Then optional deeper paths - history, ancestors - as calm links, not a mega-menu dump on arrival.

Retain content; change the doorway

Footer
Wire · Get involved

Get involved

Come along · newsletter · contact · donate. Circle sign-in as a quiet secondary path for faeries who already hold Circle work - not the main public CTA.

Informal network, clear first steps

Footer · Circle sign-in

Private Circles · structure wire

Same Sarsen Dawn family with chalk wash and stone accent. Jobs: find your Circle, read the latest notes, carry open actions, use templates so work does not vanish.

Wire · Circles home signed in

My Circles

Only Circles this faerie can enter. Each opens notes, actions, and templates.

Communications Convenor needed · Record keeper needed · 4 open actions
Gatherings & Events Venue notes · gathering how-to · Lughnasadh helpers
Finance Hosting costs · insurance exploration

Threshold clear: this is not the public site

Back to public hearth · care & access note
Wire · Circle room · Comms

Notes & actions

Latest meeting note on top. Open actions with owner and due date - reviewed at the start of each meeting (Moot mandate).

Bring hosting recommendation to Finance Owner: Blair · Due: next Comms · Open
Confirm two DNS administrators Owner: Comms · Due: Gate 1 · Open

Templates: moot minutes, Circle notes, gathering how-to

Archivists can find this later · exportable

Who is inside

  • Circle members invited by Convenor / Record keeper
  • Helper faeries for a gathering (scoped access)
  • Archivists across Circles where agreed

What lives here

  • Moot and Circle notes (digital)
  • Action lists with owners
  • Venue / gathering knowledge
  • Templates and standards

What stays elsewhere

  • Signal for chat and polls (for now)
  • Public calls on event minisites
  • Safeguarding records with separate care rules

Content to retain vs reshape

Keep (words / memory)

  • Fabulousness tagline
  • About / history / ancestors pages
  • Gathering place knowledge
  • Newsletter + donate paths
  • Contact addresses under AF domain

Reshape

  • Home away from 3-column dashboard
  • Media + blog demoted or later
  • Nav depth flattened
  • Event calls → subdomain templates
  • Circle work → shared Circles space

Later polish

  • Blog / media deep rebuild
  • Full mail migration UI