This folder holds the service and configuration that runs Backstage's documentation hosted at https://backstage.io.
It pulls content in from the root /docs
folder and builds it into the resulting HTML web site.
This website was created with Docusaurus.
Testing the web site locally is a great way to see what final website will look like after publishing, and is ideal for testing more complex changes, large updates to navigation, or complex page designs that may include special alignment, which may not otherwise be validated through continuous integration.
$ yarn install
$ yarn start
This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most content changes made to the docs/
root folder are reflected live without having to restart the server.
$ yarn build
This command generates static content into the build
directory, which is what will be deployed to GitHub pages from the master branch.
Your project file structure should look something like this
my-docusaurus/
docs/
doc-1.md
doc-2.md
doc-3.md
website/
blog/
2016-3-11-oldest-post.md
2017-10-24-newest-post.md
core/
node_modules/
pages/
static/
css/
img/
package.json
sidebars.json
siteConfig.js
Edit docs by navigating to docs/
and editing the corresponding document:
docs/doc-to-be-edited.md
---
id: page-needs-edit
title: This Doc Needs To Be Edited
---
Edit me...
For more information about docs, click here
Edit blog posts by navigating to website/blog
and editing the corresponding post:
website/blog/post-to-be-edited.md
---
id: post-needs-edit
title: This Blog Post Needs To Be Edited
---
Edit me...
For more information about blog posts, click here
- Create the doc as a new markdown file in
/docs
, exampledocs/newly-created-doc.md
:
---
id: newly-created-doc
title: This Doc Needs To Be Edited
---
My new content here..
- Refer to that doc's ID in an existing sidebar in
website/sidebars.json
:
// Add newly-created-doc to the Getting Started category of docs
{
"docs": {
"Getting Started": [
"quick-start",
"newly-created-doc" // new doc here
],
...
},
...
}
For more information about adding new docs, click here
- Make sure there is a header link to your blog in
website/siteConfig.js
:
website/siteConfig.js
headerLinks: [
...
{ blog: true, label: 'Blog' },
...
]
- Create the blog post with the format
YYYY-MM-DD-My-Blog-Post-Title.md
inwebsite/blog
:
website/blog/2018-05-21-New-Blog-Post.md
---
author: Frank Li
authorURL: https://twitter.com/foobarbaz
authorFBID: 503283835
title: New Blog Post
---
Lorem Ipsum...
For more information about blog posts, click here
- Add links to docs, custom pages or external links by editing the headerLinks field of
website/siteConfig.js
:
website/siteConfig.js
{
headerLinks: [
...
/* you can add docs */
{ doc: 'my-examples', label: 'Examples' },
/* you can add custom pages */
{ page: 'help', label: 'Help' },
/* you can add external links */
{ href: 'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus', label: 'GitHub' },
...
],
...
}
For more information about the navigation bar, click here
- Docusaurus uses React components to build pages. The components are saved as .js files in
website/pages/en
: - If you want your page to show up in your navigation header, you will need to update
website/siteConfig.js
to add to theheaderLinks
element:
website/siteConfig.js
{
headerLinks: [
...
{ page: 'my-new-custom-page', label: 'My New Custom Page' },
...
],
...
}
Learn more about Docusaurus custom pages.
Full documentation can be found on the Docusaurus website.
- If you want to make images zoomable on click, add the
data-zoomable
attribute to yourimg
element.- In a docs or blog
.md
file, convert![This is image](/microsite/static/img/code.png)
syntax to<img data-zoomable src="/microsite/static/img/code.png" alt="This is image" />
- In a docs or blog