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| 1 | +# Elastic.Documentation.Navigation |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This library provides a way to build navigation trees for documentation sets. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Documentation Sets |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +When building single documentation sets you use docset.yml to declare the toc. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +When we mention urls these are rooted at `/` unless `--canonical-base-url` is specified in which case the root is `/<canonical-base-url>` |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +```yaml |
| 12 | +toc: |
| 13 | + - file: index.md |
| 14 | +``` |
| 15 | +
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| 16 | +It supports the following children |
| 17 | +
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| 18 | +### A single file |
| 19 | +
|
| 20 | +```yaml |
| 21 | +toc: |
| 22 | + - file: index.md |
| 23 | + - file: getting-started.md |
| 24 | +``` |
| 25 | +These would result in the following Url's `/` and `/getting-started` |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +From here on out the expected url appears as comment in the example |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### Folders |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +```yaml |
| 32 | +toc: |
| 33 | + - folder: getting-started # /getting-started |
| 34 | + - folder: syntax # /syntax |
| 35 | + children: |
| 36 | + - file: index.md #/syntax |
| 37 | + - file: blocks.md #/syntax/blocks |
| 38 | +``` |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +* if `folder` does not specify children the folder will be scanned for Markdown files. |
| 41 | +* The url for the folder is the same as its index. |
| 42 | +* The index is determined by having an `index.md` otherwise it's the first file that is listed/found. |
| 43 | +* `children` paths are scope to the folder. |
| 44 | + * Here we are including the files `blocks.md` and `index.md` in the `syntax` folder. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +### Virtual Files |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +```yaml |
| 49 | +toc: |
| 50 | + - file: index.md # / |
| 51 | + children: |
| 52 | + - file: getting-started.md # /getting-started |
| 53 | + - file: setup.md # /setup |
| 54 | + - folder: syntax # /syntax |
| 55 | + children: |
| 56 | + - file: blocks.md # /syntax/blocks |
| 57 | + - file: index.md # /syntax |
| 58 | +``` |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +A file can specify `children` without having baring on it's children path on disk or url structure |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +```yaml |
| 63 | +toc: |
| 64 | + - file: getting-started.md # /getting-started |
| 65 | + children: |
| 66 | + - file: setup.md # /setup |
| 67 | +``` |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +#### Deeplinking virtual files |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +```yaml |
| 72 | +toc: |
| 73 | + - file: a/b/c/getting-started.md # /a/b/c/getting-started |
| 74 | + children: |
| 75 | + - file: a/b/c/setup.md # /a/b/c/setup |
| 76 | + - file: c/b/c/setup.md # /c/b/c/setup |
| 77 | +``` |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +While supported, this is not recommended. |
| 80 | +* Favor `folder` over `file` when possible. |
| 81 | +* Navigation should follow the file structure as much as possible. |
| 82 | +* Virtual files are primarely intended to group sibling files together. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +`docs-builder` will hint when these guidelines are not followed. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +### Nested Table Of Contents |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +A `docset.yml` may include a `toc.yml` that itself contains a `toc` and may include more `toc.yml` files. |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +Given this `docset.yml` |
| 92 | +```yaml |
| 93 | +toc: |
| 94 | + - toc: getting-started # /getting-started |
| 95 | + - file: index.md # / |
| 96 | +``` |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +`docs-builder` will include the `getting-started/toc.yml` file. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +```yaml |
| 101 | +toc: |
| 102 | + - file: index.md # / getting-started |
| 103 | + - file: install.md # / getting-started/install |
| 104 | +``` |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +Note that the `toc` creates a scope both for paths and urls. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +A `toc` reference may **NOT** have children of its own and must appear at the top level of a `toc:` section inside a `docset.yml` or `toc.yml` file. |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +`docset.yml` defines how many levels deep we may include a `toc` reference. The default is `1` |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +```yaml |
| 113 | +max_toc_depth: 2 |
| 114 | +``` |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +## Global Navigation. |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +The global navigation is defined in `config/navigation.yml` and is used to build a single global navigation for all documentation sets defined in `config/assembler.yml`. |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +The global navigation is built by |
| 122 | +* `docs-builder assemble` |
| 123 | +* or calling `docs-builder assmembler clone` and `docs-builder assmembler build` |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +`config/navigation.yml` links ALL `docset.yml` and `toc.yml` files. |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +Repositories in `config/assembler.yml` MAY be included in the global navigation. Once they do ALL their `docset.yml` and `toc.yml` files MUST be configured. |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +```yaml |
| 130 | +toc: |
| 131 | + - toc: get-started |
| 132 | + - toc: extend |
| 133 | + children: |
| 134 | + - toc: kibana://extend |
| 135 | + path_prefix: extend/kibana |
| 136 | + - toc: logstash://extend |
| 137 | + path_prefix: extend/logstash |
| 138 | +``` |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +The toc follows a `<repository>://<path>` scheme. |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +* If `<repository>` is not defined it's the narrative repository (`docs-builder`). |
| 143 | +`path_prefix` is mandatory. |
| 144 | + * unless `<repository>` is not defined in which it defaults to `<path>`. |
| 145 | +* `path_prefix`'s MUST be unique |
| 146 | + |
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