Enrich TalkOrigins modern example content

examples/talkorigins-modern.site.json

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   "lang": "en",
   "title": "TalkOrigins Archive: Modernized Preview",
   "site_title": "TalkOrigins Archive",
+  "description": "A SciSiteForge proof-of-concept for the www2.talkorigins.org modernization line.",
   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
-  "github_url": "https://example.invalid/talkorigins-modern",
+  "github_url": "https://git.cns.fyi/welsberr/talkorigins-modern",
-  "contact_email": "admin@example.invalid",
+  "contact_email": "feedback@talkorigins.org",
   "theme": "talkorigins-modern",
   "languages": [
     { "code": "en", "name": "English", "coverage": true },
@@ -41,10 +42,66 @@
   "hero": {
     "kicker": "Archive Preview",
     "title": "A cleaner, more readable TalkOrigins Archive that still feels like the Archive.",
-    "lede": "Use this preset as the proving ground for the www2.talkorigins.org modernization line.",
+    "lede": "Modernization is already underway: stable Archive articles, dynamic sister-site commentary, corpus-aware search, and claim-centered notebooks can coexist without collapsing into a single CMS.",
     "actions": [
       { "label": "Open the preview", "href": "/#overview", "primary": true },
-      { "label": "View the framework", "href": "https://example.invalid/scisiteforge", "primary": false }
+      { "label": "View support update", "href": "/foundation/2026-update/", "primary": false }
+    ]
+  },
+  "content": {
+    "feature_cards": [
+      {
+        "title": "Stable Archive, Modern Access",
+        "body": "The preview keeps the Archive's durable explanatory role while making the reading surface responsive, easier to scan, and easier to route through search.",
+        "href": "/",
+        "meta": "modernization"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Foundation Search",
+        "body": "Search can select among TalkOrigins, TalkDesign, Panda's Thumb, Panda's Thumb MT, and the Index to Creationist Claims as separate corpora.",
+        "href": "/search/",
+        "meta": "workbench"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Support Update",
+        "body": "The public update explains that modernization is already underway and that the stable Archive/dynamic commentary split is intentional.",
+        "href": "/foundation/2026-update/",
+        "meta": "public proof"
+      }
+    ],
+    "section_cards": [
+      {
+        "title": "Featured FAQ: Misconceptions",
+        "body": "A representative long-form Archive article demonstrates how legacy explanatory material can be presented in the modern theme.",
+        "href": "/faqs/faq-misconceptions/",
+        "meta": "Archive article"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Featured Claim: CA100",
+        "body": "A representative Index to Creationist Claims entry shows the claim-centered path into evidence and rebuttal material.",
+        "href": "/indexcc/CA100/",
+        "meta": "Index claim"
+      }
+    ],
+    "bibliography_entries": [
+      {
+        "title": "TalkOrigins Archive",
+        "body": "Stable explanatory articles and FAQs for recurring creation/evolution controversy topics.",
+        "href": "https://www.talkorigins.org/",
+        "meta": "primary corpus"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Index to Creationist Claims",
+        "body": "Claim-indexed rebuttal and reference material used as a cross-site search and notebook anchor.",
+        "href": "https://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/",
+        "meta": "claim index"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Panda's Thumb MT Archive",
+        "body": "Definitive corpus for the Movable Type-era Panda's Thumb archive, distinct from the broader scraped corpus.",
+        "href": "https://pandasthumb.net/",
+        "meta": "sister corpus"
+      }
     ]
   },
   "notebooks": [

scisiteforge/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .content import (
+    cards_from_config,
     ContentCard,
     SiteContent,
     load_citegeist_cards,

scisiteforge/content.py

@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ class SiteContent:
     notes: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+def cards_from_config(items: list[dict[str, Any]], *, default_kind: str) -> list[ContentCard]:
+    cards: list[ContentCard] = []
+    for item in items:
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            continue
+        title = str(item.get("title") or item.get("name") or "Item")
+        cards.append(
+            ContentCard(
+                title=title,
+                body=str(item.get("body") or item.get("description") or item.get("summary") or ""),
+                href=str(item.get("href") or item.get("url") or ""),
+                meta=str(item.get("meta") or item.get("kind") or default_kind),
+                kind=str(item.get("kind") or default_kind),
+                source=str(item.get("source") or item.get("id") or title.lower().replace(" ", "-")),
+            )
+        )
+    return cards
+
+
 def _first_paragraph(text: str) -> str:
     paragraphs = [chunk.strip() for chunk in re.split(r"\n\s*\n", text) if chunk.strip()]
     return paragraphs[0] if paragraphs else text.strip()

scripts/build.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
 from scisiteforge.config import DEFAULT_THEME, load_config, save_config
 from scisiteforge.content import (
     SiteContent,
+    cards_from_config,
     load_citegeist_cards,
     load_didactopus_cards,
     load_doclift_cards,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def _prompt_for_config() -> dict[str, Any]:
             ],
         },
         "content_sources": {},
+        "content": {},
         "notebooks": [],
     }
 
@@ -144,6 +146,11 @@ def build_site(config_file: str | Path, output_dir: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any
         site_content.feature_cards.extend(load_didactopus_cards(source))
     if source := content_sources.get("bibliography"):
         site_content.bibliography_entries.extend(load_citegeist_cards(source))
+    inline_content = config.get("content", {})
+    site_content.feature_cards.extend(cards_from_config(inline_content.get("feature_cards", []), default_kind="feature"))
+    site_content.section_cards.extend(cards_from_config(inline_content.get("section_cards", []), default_kind="section"))
+    site_content.app_cards.extend(cards_from_config(inline_content.get("app_cards", []), default_kind="app"))
+    site_content.bibliography_entries.extend(cards_from_config(inline_content.get("bibliography_entries", []), default_kind="bibliography"))
     notebooks = load_notebooks(config)
 
     languages = config.get("languages", [{"code": config.get("lang", "en"), "name": "English", "coverage": True}])

tests/test_scisiteforge.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "scripts"))
 import build
 import translate_site
 
-from scisiteforge.content import SiteContent, load_citegeist_cards, load_didactopus_cards, load_doclift_cards, load_groundrecall_cards
+from scisiteforge.content import SiteContent, cards_from_config, load_citegeist_cards, load_didactopus_cards, load_doclift_cards, load_groundrecall_cards
 from scisiteforge.notebook import load_notebooks, render_notebooks
 from scisiteforge.themes import get_theme, materialize_theme
 from scisiteforge.translations import GenieHiveTranslator, TranslationConfig
@@ -101,6 +101,24 @@ class SciSiteForgeTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(didactopus_cards[0].title, "Prior")
             self.assertEqual(citegeist_cards[0].title, "A Study")
 
+    def test_inline_config_cards_can_seed_example_content(self) -> None:
+        cards = cards_from_config(
+            [
+                {
+                    "title": "Foundation Search",
+                    "body": "Corpus-aware search entry point.",
+                    "href": "/search/",
+                    "meta": "workbench",
+                }
+            ],
+            default_kind="feature",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(cards[0].title, "Foundation Search")
+        self.assertEqual(cards[0].kind, "feature")
+        self.assertEqual(cards[0].href, "/search/")
+        self.assertEqual(cards[0].meta, "workbench")
+
     def test_build_site_renders_selected_theme_and_content(self) -> None:
         from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory