6 :url-project: https://gitlab.com/antora/antora-ui-default
7 :url-preview: https://antora.gitlab.io/antora-ui-default
8 :url-ci-pipelines: {url-project}/pipelines
9 :img-ci-status: {url-project}/badges/master/pipeline.svg
11 :url-antora: https://antora.org
12 :url-antora-docs: https://docs.antora.org
13 :url-git: https://git-scm.com
14 :url-git-dl: {url-git}/downloads
15 :url-gulp: http://gulpjs.com
16 :url-opendevise: https://opendevise.com
17 :url-nodejs: https://nodejs.org
18 :url-nvm: https://github.com/creationix/nvm
19 :url-nvm-install: {url-nvm}#installation
20 :url-source-maps: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Debugger/How_to/Use_a_source_map
22 image:{img-ci-status}[CI Status (GitLab CI), link={url-ci-pipelines}]
24 This project is an archetype that demonstrates how to produce a UI bundle that can be used by {url-antora}[Antora] to generated a documentation site.
25 You can see a preview of the default UI at {url-preview}.
27 While the default UI is ready to be used with Antora, the intent is that you'll fork it and customize it for your own needs.
28 It's intentionally minimalistic so as to give you a good starting point without requiring too much effort to customize.
32 If you want to simply use the default UI for your Antora-generated site, add the following UI configuration to your playbook:
38 url: https://gitlab.com/antora/antora-ui-default/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/build/ui-bundle.zip?job=bundle-stable
42 NOTE: The `snapshot` flag tells Antora to fetch the UI when the `--fetch` command-line flag is present.
43 This setting is required because updates to the UI bundle are pushed to the same URL.
44 If the URL were to be unique, this setting would not be required.
46 Read on to learn how to customize the default UI for your own documentation.
48 == Development Quickstart
50 This section offers a basic tutorial to teach you how to set up the default UI project, preview it locally, and bundle it for use with Antora.
51 A more comprehensive tutorial can be found in the documentation at {url-antora-docs}.
55 To preview and bundle the default UI, you need the following software on your computer:
57 * {url-git}[git] (command: `git`)
58 * {url-nodejs}[Node.js] (commands: `node` and `npm`)
59 * {url-gulp}[Gulp CLI] (command: `gulp`)
63 First, make sure you have git installed.
67 If not, {url-git-dl}[download and install] the git package for your system.
71 Next, make sure that you have Node.js installed (which also provides npm).
75 If this command fails with an error, you don't have Node.js installed.
76 If the command doesn't report an LTS version of Node.js (e.g., v10.15.3), it means you don't have a suitable version of Node.js installed.
77 In this guide, we'll be installing Node.js 10.
79 While you can install Node.js from the official packages, we strongly recommend that you use {url-nvm}[nvm] (Node Version Manager) to manage your Node.js installation(s).
80 Follow the {url-nvm-install}[nvm installation instructions] to set up nvm on your machine.
82 Once you've installed nvm, open a new terminal and install Node.js 10 using the following command:
86 You can switch to this version of Node.js at any time using the following command:
90 To make Node.js 10 the default in new terminals, type:
92 $ nvm alias default 10
94 Now that you have Node.js installed, you can proceed with installing the Gulp CLI.
98 You'll need the Gulp command-line interface (CLI) to run the build.
99 The Gulp CLI package provides the `gulp` command which, in turn, executes the version of Gulp declared by the project.
101 You can install the Gulp CLI globally (which resolves to a location in your user directory if you're using nvm) using the following command:
103 $ npm install -g gulp-cli
105 Verify the Gulp CLI is installed and on your PATH by running:
109 If you prefer to install global packages using Yarn, run this command instead:
111 $ yarn global add gulp-cli
113 Alternately, you can use the `gulp` command that is installed by the project's dependencies.
115 $ $(npm bin)/gulp --version
117 Now that you have the prerequisites installed, you can fetch and build the UI project.
119 === Clone and Initialize the UI Project
121 Clone the default UI project using git:
124 $ git clone {url-project} &&
127 The example above clones Antora's default UI project and then switches to the project folder on your filesystem.
128 Stay in this project folder when executing all subsequent commands.
130 Use npm to install the project's dependencies inside the project.
131 In your terminal, execute the following command:
135 This command installs the dependencies listed in [.path]_package.json_ into the [.path]_node_modules/_ folder inside the project.
136 This folder does not get included in the UI bundle and should _not_ be committed to the source control repository.
140 If you prefer to install packages using Yarn, run this command instead:
147 The default UI project is configured to preview offline.
148 The files in the [.path]_preview-src/_ folder provide the sample content that allow you to see the UI in action.
149 In this folder, you'll primarily find pages written in AsciiDoc.
150 These pages provide a representative sample and kitchen sink of content from the real site.
152 To build the UI and preview it in a local web server, run the `preview` command:
156 You'll see a URL listed in the output of this command:
159 [12:00:00] Starting server...
160 [12:00:00] Server started http://localhost:5252
161 [12:00:00] Running server
164 Navigate to this URL to preview the site locally.
166 While this command is running, any changes you make to the source files will be instantly reflected in the browser.
167 This works by monitoring the project for changes, running the `preview:build` task if a change is detected, and sending the updates to the browser.
169 Press kbd:[Ctrl+C] to stop the preview server and end the continuous build.
171 === Package for Use with Antora
173 If you need to package the UI so you can use it to generate the documentation site locally, run the following command:
177 If any errors are reported by lint, you'll need to fix them.
179 When the command completes successfully, the UI bundle will be available at [.path]_build/ui-bundle.zip_.
180 You can point Antora at this bundle using the `--ui-bundle-url` command-line option.
182 If you have the preview running, and you want to bundle without causing the preview to be clobbered, use:
186 The UI bundle will again be available at [.path]_build/ui-bundle.zip_.
190 The build consolidates all the CSS and client-side JavaScript into combined files, [.path]_site.css_ and [.path]_site.js_, respectively, in order to reduce the size of the bundle.
191 {url-source-maps}[Source maps] correlate these combined files with their original sources.
193 This "`source mapping`" is accomplished by generating additional map files that make this association.
194 These map files sit adjacent to the combined files in the build folder.
195 The mapping they provide allows the debugger to present the original source rather than the obfuscated file, an essential tool for debugging.
197 In preview mode, source maps are enabled automatically, so there's nothing you have to do to make use of them.
198 If you need to include source maps in the bundle, you can do so by setting the `SOURCEMAPS` environment varible to `true` when you run the bundle command:
200 $ SOURCEMAPS=true gulp bundle
202 In this case, the bundle will include the source maps, which can be used for debuggging your production site.
204 == Copyright and License
206 Copyright (C) 2017-2019 OpenDevise Inc. and the Antora Project.
208 Use of this software is granted under the terms of the https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/[Mozilla Public License Version 2.0] (MPL-2.0).
209 See link:LICENSE[] to find the full license text.
213 Development of Antora is led and sponsored by {url-opendevise}[OpenDevise Inc].