{"id":473031,"date":"2008-09-03T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/view\/html\/node\/473031"},"modified":"2013-09-21T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T17:48:16","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/documentation\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Segue v2 has many of the same features as Segue v1, but these are implemented is a way that is more consistent, useable and useful.\u00a0 As well, Segue v2 is in many ways simpler to use than v1.\u00a0 That said, v2 does introduce many more features and is more flexible.<span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"Step by Step Instructions\" href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/features\/step-by-step-instructions\/\">Step by Step Instructions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See step by step instructions to get a quick start using Segue.\u00a0 Included are screencasts showing how to create a site, add sections, pages and content blocks, how to set options, changes themes and theme settings and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/repository\/viewfile\/polyphony-repository___repository_id\/edu.middlebury.segue.sites_repository\/polyphony-repository___asset_id\/473099\/polyphony-repository___record_id\/473100\/polyphony-repository___file_name\/segue-sites02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"41\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><a title=\"Sites\" href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/features\/sites\/\">Sites<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Segue is designed to make it easy to create sites, many sites.\u00a0 By default, any user in a given instance of Segue can create as many personal sites as they want.\u00a0 Personal sites are namespaced simply by allowing users to append to their username any alphanumeric characters they want (e.g. achapin-blog) and using the result to create a site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\">Templates<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/repository\/viewfile\/polyphony-repository___repository_id\/edu.middlebury.segue.sites_repository\/polyphony-repository___asset_id\/473143\/polyphony-repository___record_id\/473144\/polyphony-repository___file_name\/segue-template02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"56\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><br \/>\nTemplates in Segue are simply Segue sites that have been selected to be templates.\u00a0 They provide users a starting point when creating a new site which may have a particular information architecture and layout.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"Site-Templates\" href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/features\/site-templates\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Read More<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>\u00bb<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\">Themes<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/repository\/viewfile\/polyphony-repository___repository_id\/edu.middlebury.segue.sites_repository\/polyphony-repository___asset_id\/473187\/polyphony-repository___record_id\/473188\/polyphony-repository___file_name\/segue-themes0201.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"133\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0The appearance of Segue sites can be customized with themes.\u00a0 Themes can also contain options that allow for variations of a theme such as changes in foreground\u00a0 and background colors.\u00a0 Advanced users can make their own copies of themes and edit the html and css of the theme directly to make their own variations.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a title=\"Themes\" href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/features\/themes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00bb<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/repository\/viewfile\/polyphony-repository___repository_id\/edu.middlebury.segue.sites_repository\/polyphony-repository___asset_id\/473231\/polyphony-repository___record_id\/473232\/polyphony-repository___file_name\/segue-ui2-overview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"105\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Editing Content<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nSegue v2 supports multiple user interfaces (UI&#8217;s).\u00a0 The current UI under development is similar to those used for web-based aggregators like iGoogle and Netvibes.\u00a0 Like these and other portals, Segue uses AJAX coding techniques to allow for richer, more responsive and flexible UI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a title=\"Adding Text &amp; Images\" href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/segue-documentation\/segue-v2\/features\/step-by-step-instructions\/adding-text-images\/\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00bb<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Segue v2 has many of the same features as Segue v1, but these are implemented is a way that is more consistent, useable and useful.\u00a0 As well, Segue v2 is in many ways simpler to use than v1.\u00a0 That&hellip; 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