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Using SciSiteForge

1. Choose a Theme

Select one of the shipped presets under /theme/themes/ and let the build script materialize it into your site’s output tree.

2. Create Pages

Use the selected theme's base.html as a template. Replace {{ }} placeholders with actual content.

3. Add Dynamic Behavior (Optional)

Include /theme/main.js for:

Year auto-update
Language switching

4. Customize Styling

Edit style.css to match your project’s visual identity.

5. Multilingual Support

Organize content under /en/, /es/, etc.
Update language switcher options in the theme template
Translation generation is optional and separate from the static build path. See GENIEHIVE_TRANSLATION.md for the optional GenieHive client settings and workflow.

6. Supported Presets and Bridges

evo-edu for the learning-platform shell
talkorigins-modern for the www2.talkorigins.org modernization proof-of-concept
pandasthumb for the archive/news shell
Content bridges for doclift, GroundRecall, Didactopus, and CiteGeist

7. Notebook Pattern

SciSiteForge notebooks are topic-level study modules. A notebook groups:

goals and audience
apps or labs
source-derived sections from doclift, GroundRecall, and Didactopus
bibliography entries from CiteGeist
provenance-oriented links back to source material

Use notebooks when a site needs more than loose cards but does not need a full learner application. The evo-edu instance can use this for digital evolution study paths, while TalkOrigins can use the same pattern for claim-to-evidence modules and Panda's Thumb can use it for topic dossiers.

See NOTEBOOKS.md for the generic notebook pattern and the site-specific application notes.

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