docsify/docs/quickstart.md
John Hildenbiddle 77d93fae78
feat: v5 style overhaul (#2469)
Style updates:

- New "core" theme serves as base for all other themes (official and third-party)
- New CSS custom properties for simplified customization of "core" theme
  **Note:** List of available properties will be made available in documentation by embedding soruce CSS in docs after merge. Merge is required because embedded CSS needs to be in `main` branch. For now, see `_vars.css` and `_vars-advanced.css` for details.
- New theme "add-ons" modify core theme properties and/or add custom declarations as needed.
- New Prism.js theme support
- New configurable sidebar toggle design
- New typography defaults to system sans-serif and monospace fonts instead of relying on external web font.
- New "Core Dark" theme addon provide dark theme styles. Can optionally be applied based on operating system's light/dark setting using `@media` attribute on `<link>` element.
- New "Vue" theme addon. Closely replicated popular v4 theme while allowing for v5 enhancements.
- New CSS class names available for adding loading indicators, adding sidebar expand/collapse icons, adding sidebar group styles, clamping sidebar links to a single line with ellipses, and changing the sidebar toggle icon.
- New auto-generated gradient background for cover page (ensure gradient hue is > 50 degree apart, use OKLCH color if supported, randomize grandient angle, reduce brightness in dark mode)
- New button styles (basic, primary, secondary)
- New form element styles (text input, radio, checkbox, )
- New "callouts" (previously "important" and "tip" helpers)
- New default syntax highlighting theme (from [docsify-themeable](https://jhildenbiddle.github.io/docsify-themeable/))
- New auto-generated theme color shade and tint colors
- New auto-generated monochromatic color palette
- New form element styles (fields, legend, text input, text area, checkbox, radio, toggles, and select)
- New "headerless" tables
- New `kbd` styles
- New task list style
- New merged navbar styles (consistent with sidebar nav styles)
- New search plugin styles and keyboard shortcut indicators
- Add ability restore previously focused content element after hiding sidebar
- Add "focus trap" when sidebar is visible on mobile (accessibility)
- Add ability for sidebar links to wrap by default (previous single-line w/ ellipsis display available as CSS class on `<body>` option)
- Add sidebar `page-link`, `group`, and `group-title` CSS classes to sidebar markup.
- Add reduced motion media query to set all animation/transition timings to zero
- Update Google Font imports (use new variable vs older fixed width fonts)
- Update primary/secondary button order on coverpage (primary should be first)
- Fix missing merged navbar when loading at desktop resolution then resizing to mobile
- Fix inverted open/close sidebar visibility state at desktop/mobile resolutions
- Fix overflow setting to prevent clipping of element focus ring
- Fix safe area inset margins on mobile in landscape orientation
- Fix inverted "tip" and "warn" class names
- Fix scroll padding to prevent headers from touching top edge of viewport when scrolled to
- Remove Stylus dependency (now using only PostCSS)
- Remove legacy themes "Buble", "Dark", "Dolphin", and "Pure".

Documentation updates:

- New "UI Kit" page showcasing all elements styled by Docsify
- Update "Quick Start" page template
- Update "Adding pages" page with information on how to properly create sidebar group titles and navbar drop-down menus
- Update "Themes" page with theme and class toggles
- Update "Configuration" page with deprecation warnings for `themeColor` and `topMargin`
- Move "Edit Page" link to footer
- Remove [docsify-themeable](https://jhildenbiddle.github.io/docsify-themeable/) endorsement (currently not compatible with v5 and future is unknown)

Miscellaneous updates:

- New search plugin options: `insertBefore` and `insertAfter`
- Add PostCSS config file
- Update BrowserSync config (disable "ghost" mode)
- Update tests
- Fix Jest + Prettier 3 conflict
- Fix `getAndRemoveDocisfyIgnoreConfig` name type (now `Docisfy` => `Docsify`)
- Fix execution of sidebar-generating code when `hiddenSidebar` is `true`
- Remove `inBrowser` constant (SSR deprecated, so no longer needed)
2024-07-19 15:34:51 +00:00

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Quick start

It is recommended to install docsify-cli globally, which helps initializing and previewing the website locally.

npm i docsify-cli -g

Initialize

If you want to write the documentation in the ./docs subdirectory, you can use the init command.

docsify init ./docs

Writing content

After the init is complete, you can see the file list in the ./docs subdirectory.

  • index.html as the entry file
  • README.md as the home page
  • .nojekyll prevents GitHub Pages from ignoring files that begin with an underscore

You can easily update the documentation in ./docs/README.md, of course you can add more pages.

Preview your site

Run the local server with docsify serve. You can preview your site in your browser on http://localhost:3000.

docsify serve docs

?> For more use cases of docsify-cli, head over to the docsify-cli documentation.

Manual initialization

Download or create an index.html template using the following markup:

Download Template

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">

    <!-- Core Theme -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5/themes/core.min.css">
  </head>
  <body class="loading">
    <div id="app"></div>

    <!-- Configuration -->
    <script>
      window.$docsify = {
        //...
      };
    </script>

    <!-- Docsify.js -->
    <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5"></script>

    <!-- Plugins (optional) -->
    <!-- <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5/dist/plugins/search.min.js"></script> -->
  </body>
</html>

Specifying docsify versions

?> Note that in both of the examples below, docsify URLs will need to be manually updated when a new major version of docsify is released (e.g. v5.x.x => v6.x.x). Check the docsify website periodically to see if a new major version has been released.

Specifying a major version in the URL (@5) will allow your site to receive non-breaking enhancements (i.e. "minor" updates) and bug fixes (i.e. "patch" updates) automatically. This is the recommended way to load docsify resources.

<!-- Core Theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5/themes/core.min.css">

<!-- Docsify -->
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5"></script>

If you prefer to lock docsify to a specific version, specify the full version after the @ symbol in the URL. This is the safest way to ensure your site will look and behave the same way regardless of any changes made to future versions of docsify.

<!-- Core Theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5.0.0/themes/core.min.css">

<!-- Docsify -->
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@5.0.0"></script>

Manually preview your site

If you have Python installed on your system, you can easily use it to run a static server to preview your site.

# Python 2
cd docs && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000
# Python 3
cd docs && python -m http.server 3000

Loading dialog

If you want, you can show a loading dialog before docsify starts to render your documentation:

<!-- index.html -->

<div id="app">Please wait...</div>

You should set the data-app attribute if you changed el:

<!-- index.html -->

<div data-app id="main">Please wait...</div>

<script>
  window.$docsify = {
    el: '#main',
  };
</script>

Compare el configuration.