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CHANGELOG (Draft) — current site → steered version
A diff between the current workshop site and the platform it is being steered towards. What changes; what stays.
A diff between the current AgriShala site (Next.js scroll-narrative for the two-day workshop) and the platform it is being steered towards. Code changes are not part of this docs pass; they follow once the docs are signed off.
The format is markdown for legibility, not a real changelog.
What we keep unchanged
These things are already true in the current site and are too right to touch. They are listed so future-us can see them and agree.
| Element | Where it lives | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Hero copy "Where does your food come from?" | components/sections/Hero.tsx | The anchor line; never replaced. |
| The seven-chapter story | components/sections/timelineData.tsx | Proven storytelling format. |
| Vision / city-farm split | components/sections/Vision.tsx | The "why" hasn't changed. |
| Place / BRT map | components/sections/Place.tsx | The geographic anchor. |
| Founder story (Jayapal, Bamboo Cafe) | components/sections/Founder.tsx | The single voice of the brand. |
| Seasons / Tree-of-Seasons | components/sections/Seasons.tsx | The seasonal backbone of the workshop. |
| Promise section | components/sections/Promise.tsx | Sets expectations elegantly. |
| Hand-coded SVG illustrations | components/illustrations/ | Reusable as placeholders; replaceable with photos per README. |
| Motion language (scroll narrative) | lib/useGsap.ts, all components/sections/*.tsx | Defines the brand's web "feel". |
Color tokens (forest-*, earth-*, cream) | tailwind.config.ts, app/globals.css | The whole brand vocabulary. |
| Typography (Fraunces, Cormorant, Inter) | app/layout.tsx | Carries the field-journal voice. |
| Footer brand strapline | components/Footer.tsx | Good; only needs a small refresh. |
What we reframe (Phase 0)
Reframing, not replacing. Mostly copy & link changes; no DB.
| Element | Current | Reframed |
|---|---|---|
| Hero CTAs | Reserve a seat + Begin the story | Add Subscribe to a plot and Come for a weekend alongside Reserve a seat and Begin the story. |
| Invitation section | Single "Reserve a seat" form | Dual CTA: subscribe / reserve a seat. Form behaviour unchanged for the workshop-CTA side. |
| Navigation | Vision · Place · Two days · Founder · Join | Add Subscribe and Stay. Join becomes the primary CTA Reserve a seat. |
| Between Founder + Seasons | (current Founder and Seasons are adjacent) | Insert a Three pillars interlude (subscription / experience / sustenance). |
The exact HTML/React edits required are listed in 05_PRODUCT_REQUIREMENTS.md sections 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 as FR-5.0, FR-5.1, FR-5.2.
What we add (Phase 1+)
These are entirely new routes / surfaces. See 05_PRODUCT_REQUIREMENTS.md and 06_INFORMATION_ARCHITECTURE.md.
| Phase | New surface | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | /subscribe + /zones + /my-plot | Subscriber journeys J-1, J-2, J-3. |
| 1 | /admin (sign-in + 4 sub-routes) | Hidden behind role: admin. |
| 2 | /stay + /stay/book + /stay/excursions | Visitor journeys J-3, J-4. |
| 2 | /journal | Shared between visitor and subscriber. |
| 2 | /about | Extracted from the current Founder section. |
| 3 | /shop + /shop/[slug] + /cart + /checkout | Journey J-4. |
| 3 | /account/orders | Reorder + history. |
What we don't do this year
- We don't extract the admin into its own codebase. (Phase 4.)
- We don't add a mobile app. The web app is responsive enough.
- We don't add i18n. English-only for v1.
- We don't add a CMS in Phase 1. Marketing copy still lives in code.
Open items in this changelog
- CL-1. Should the existing
Reserve a seatCTA be kept on the
Hero (alongside new CTAs) or moved to a smaller position in Phase 0? Lean: kept, smaller.
- CL-2. The
components/sections/Invitation.tsxform is currently
client-side only. After Phase 0, should it post to a queue (e.g. Email + spreadsheet) or to a real DB? Lean: queue in Phase 0, upgrade to DB in Phase 1 along with FR-1.2.
- CL-3. Footer (
components/Footer.tsx) currently has placeholder
links to Instagram, YouTube, Field notes. Phase 0 should turn these into # anchors or remove the children until we have real content; lean: remove in Phase 0, restore in Phase 2 when a /journal is live.