@docusaurus/core

What is @docusaurus/core?

@docusaurus/core is a powerful static site generator designed to help you build, deploy, and maintain documentation websites. It is highly customizable and supports modern web development practices, making it a popular choice for creating documentation for open-source projects, products, and more.

What are @docusaurus/core's main functionalities?

Creating a New Docusaurus Site

This command initializes a new Docusaurus site using the 'classic' template. It sets up the basic structure and necessary files for a documentation website.

npx create-docusaurus@latest my-website classic

Adding a New Page

This configuration file (docusaurus.config.js) adds a new page to the Docusaurus site. It includes settings for the navbar, footer, and other site-wide configurations.

module.exports = {
  title: 'My Site',
  tagline: 'Dinosaurs are cool',
  url: 'https://your-docusaurus-test-site.com',
  baseUrl: '/',
  onBrokenLinks: 'throw',
  onBrokenMarkdownLinks: 'warn',
  favicon: 'img/favicon.ico',
  organizationName: 'facebook', // Usually your GitHub org/user name.
  projectName: 'docusaurus', // Usually your repo name.
  themeConfig: {
    navbar: {
      title: 'My Site',
      logo: {
        alt: 'My Site Logo',
        src: 'img/logo.svg',
      },
      items: [
        {
          to: 'docs/',
          activeBasePath: 'docs',
          label: 'Docs',
          position: 'left',
        },
        {to: 'blog', label: 'Blog', position: 'left'},
        {
          href: 'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus',
          label: 'GitHub',
          position: 'right',
        },
      ],
    },
    footer: {
      style: 'dark',
      links: [
        {
          title: 'Docs',
          items: [
            {
              label: 'Style Guide',
              to: 'docs/',
            },
            {
              label: 'Second Doc',
              to: 'docs/doc2/',
            },
          ],
        },
        {
          title: 'Community',
          items: [
            {
              label: 'Stack Overflow',
              href: 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/docusaurus',
            },
            {
              label: 'Discord',
              href: 'https://discordapp.com/invite/docusaurus',
            },
            {
              label: 'Twitter',
              href: 'https://twitter.com/docusaurus',
            },
          ],
        },
        {
          title: 'More',
          items: [
            {
              label: 'Blog',
              to: 'blog',
            },
            {
              label: 'GitHub',
              href: 'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus',
            },
          ],
        },
      ],
      copyright: `Copyright © ${new Date().getFullYear()} My Project, Inc. Built with Docusaurus.`,
    },
  },
  presets: [
    [
      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
      {
        docs: {
          sidebarPath: require.resolve('./sidebars.js'),
          // Please change this to your repo.
          editUrl:
            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/master/website/',
        },
        blog: {
          showReadingTime: true,
          // Please change this to your repo.
          editUrl:
            'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/master/website/blog/',
        },
        theme: {
          customCss: require.resolve('./src/css/custom.css'),
        },
      },
    ],
  ],
};

Deploying the Site

This command deploys the Docusaurus site to GitHub Pages. It uses the GitHub username and SSH for authentication.

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> USE_SSH=true npm run deploy

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README

Docusaurus core