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Jekyll LibDoc

Documentation | Installation | Configuration

LibDoc is a Jekyll theme that was crafted to easily and quickly get properly designed documentation especially for CSS and Javascript libraries. It comes with a built-in playground and local search engine.

LibDoc layout

Showcase

The following documentation projects use LibDoc:

  • Scroll Frames Animate sequences of still frames on any DOM element in relation with its position into the viewport.
  • Scroll Btween Tween any CSS values on any DOM element in relation with its position into the viewport.
  • GOA UI Framework Documentation of custom GOA CAR website UI framework.
  • BYmyCAR UI Framework Documentation of custom BYmyCAR website UI framework.

Features

  • Quick and easy without installationnew
    Quickly deploy Jekyll LibDoc on a Github repository with remote theme feature

  • Dual context: LibDoc + Playground
    LibDoc was made to craft documentation with its own embedded demos and examples. A major feature of the LibDoc Jekyll theme is its own built-in and configurable playground which is both a layout and a syntax highlighter extension. It extends the syntax highlighter by running the specified code into a configurable context with user defined style sheets and scripts. Learn more

  • Gem free, plugin free
    LibDoc runs without any Gem nor plugin.

  • Github Pages compatible Jekyll theme
    Easily deploy your project on Github Pages, LibDoc is fully compatible.

  • 5 layouts
    LibDoc comes with dedicated layouts for common documentation usages.

  • Assets grid
    Built to allow visitors to view, download or copy URL of specified resources on your project. Example

  • Local search engine
    LibDoc has its own internal search engine based on lunr.js.

  • Multiple lazy-loaded playgrounds on any page
    Add as mush as playgrounds on your documentation pages, playgrounds are loaded once into the viewport.

  • Can work locally, even without Internet connection
    LibDoc can run locally with Jekyll serve or any http host - assuming you set up local resources.

  • Customizeable settings
    LibDoc has its own settings editable on needs in the configuration file config.yml.

  • Front matter
    Optional parameters ready to be set into the front matter of each page and every layout, like category, order in sidebar and unlisted feature. Learn more

  • Github Flavoured Markdown
    LibDoc comes with native support of Github Flavoured Markdown. Learn more

  • Metadata
    LibDoc supports social networks metadata into its document <head> to enable proper social sharing. Favicon, image, author, color, language are supported in addition of site title and description. Metadata have dual settings for both site/project and playground

  • Sidebar
    All the necessary UI components to navigate through your project. Customizeable features such as logo/text management, search engine and possibility to add links of page that are not contained into the project. All available pages of the project are listed into the responsive sidebar, excepting unlisted ones. You can also assign category to pages and set a custom order. Learn more

  • Customizable Logo
    The top left of the LibDoc’s theme is a homepage link that can display just site title or a custom logo. Learn more

  • Pages order and category
    Pages created can optionally have a category and an order assigned through their front matter. Then, it is possible to group pages links in the sidebar with a tip above the link. Learn more

  • Unlisted pages
    It is possible to remove page link from the sidebar and search results thanks to the front matter unlisted property. Learn more

  • Prims as syntax highlighter
    LibDoc uses customizeable Prismjs syntax highlighter for both playground and markdown code highlight. Learn more

  • TOC - Table Of Content
    LibDoc supports {:toc} automatically generated from kramdown - markdown engine - TOC styling the table of content onto a right sidebar. Learn more

  • Shields and badges
    Badge example
    Easily add shields.io badges into the footer. Create your own badges and add it through the config.yml. Learn more

Local install

LibDoc requires only Jekyll to compile your work.

  1. Install Jekyll on your machine following the steps described here
  2. Get the latest version of LibDoc
  3. Into the folder where LibDoc was copied, adjust your settings of your YAML file, Most important are
    • url
      The host of your local set up, this can be for example http://localhost or http://192.168.1.2 or domaine name
    • baseurl
      The path to your local copy of LibDoc. For example /Jekyll-LibDoc/_site
    • title
      Title of the documentation
    • description
      Description of your documentation project
  4. Compile your project using:
    • jekyll build
      Builds the project using _config.yml
    • jekyll build -c _personal-config.yml
      Builds the project using _personal-config.yml
    • jekyll build -c _personal-config.yml --watch
      Builds the project using _personal-config.yml and automatically compiles on detected changes.
    • Learn more about command line usage on official Jekyll documentation

Online

Github.dev

It is possible to craft documentation with LibDoc only with your browser, Github and Github Pages.

  1. Copy or fork LibDoc repository
  2. On the forked/copy repository, press Shift + . or go to https://github.dev/[GH_USER_NAME]/[REPO_NAME]/tree/[BRANCH_NAME]
  3. You are now into Visual Studio Code and you can edit, commit and push.

Enable Github Pages

To automatically compile your LibDoc project, just enable your instance on this page https://github.com/[GH_USER_NAME]/[REPO_NAME]/settings/pages. Learn more

Each time you commit and push on the specified branch, Github Pages builds and hosts your project on the URL https://[GH_USER_NAME].github.io/[REPO_NAME].

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to LibDoc development, fork this project, make changes on develop branch and send pull requests or simply report issues.