daux.io/docs/00_Getting_Started.md

Daux.io is an documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly. It helps you create great looking documentation in a developer friendly way.

Features

• 100% Mobile Responsive
• Supports GitHub Flavored Markdown
• Auto created homepage/landing page
• Auto Syntax Highlighting
• Auto Generated Navigation
• 4 Built-In Themes or roll your own
• Functional, Flat Design Style
• Shareable/Linkable SEO Friendly URLs
• Built On Bootstrap
• No Build Step
• Git/SVN Friendly
• Supports Google Analytics and Piwik Analytics
• Optional code float layout
• Static Output Generation

Demos

This is a list of sites using Daux.io:

• Daux.io
• Gltn - An open-source word processor webapp
• Invade & Annex 3 - An Arma 3 Co-operative Mission
• Munee: Standalone PHP 5.3 Asset Optimisation & Manipulation
• ICADMIN: An admin panel powered by CodeIgniter.
• Daux.io in Chinese - Demonstrates muti-language installations
• TemplateLib - Simple PHP templating library

Do you use Daux.io? Send me a pull request or open an issue and I will add you to the list.

Download

Download this repository as a zip, and unpack. Copy the files to a web server that can run PHP 5.3 or greater. You can also run the documentation locally using Grunt.js, which is covered at the end of this readme.

Folders

By default, the generator will look for folders in the /docs folder. Add your folders inside the /docs folder. This project contains some example folders and files to get you started.

You can nest folders any number of levels to get the exact structure you want. The folder structure will be converted to the nested navigation.

If you'd prefer to keep your docs somewhere else (like outside of the daux.io root directory) you can specify your docs path in the config.json file.

Files

The generator will look for Markdown *.md files inside the /docs folder and any of the subfolders within /docs.

You must use the .md file extension for your files. Also, you must use underscores instead of spaces. Here are some example file names and what they will be converted to:

Good:

• 01_Getting_Started.md = Getting Started
• API_Calls.md = API Calls
• 200_Something_Else-Cool.md = Something Else-Cool

Bad:

• File Name With Space.md = FAIL

Sorting

To sort your files and folders in a specific way, you can prefix them with a number and underscore, e.g. /docs/01_Hello_World.md and /docs/05_Features.md This will list Hello World before Features, overriding the default alpha-numeric sorting. The numbers will be stripped out of the navigation and urls.

Landing page

If you want to create a beautiful landing page for your project, simply create a index.md file in the root of the /docs folder. This file will then be used to create a landing page. You can also add a tagline and image to this page using the config file like this:

{
	"title": "Daux.io",
	"tagline": "The Easiest Way To Document Your Project",
	"image": "img/app.png"
}

Note: The image can be a local or remote image.

Configuration

To customize the look and feel of your documentation, you can create a config.json file in the of the /docs folder. The config.json file is a simple JSON object that you can use to change some of the basic settings of the documentation.

###Title: Change the title bar in the docs

{
	"title": "Daux.io"
}

###Docs Path: If you'd prefer to keep your docs outside of the Daux.io directory, you can provide the filepath.

Note: Your config.json file will need to remain in /daux.io/docs.

{
	"docs_path": "../../my_docs"
}

###Themes: We have 4 built-in Bootstrap themes. To use one of the themes, just set the theme option to one of the following:

• blue
• green
• navy
• red

{
	"theme": "blue"
}

###Custom Theme: To create a custom color scheme, set the theme property to custom and then define the required colors. Copy the following configuration to get started:

{
	"theme": "custom",
	"colors": {
		"sidebar-background": "#f7f7f7",
		"sidebar-hover": "#c5c5cb",
		"lines": "#e7e7e9",
		"dark": "#3f4657",
		"light": "#82becd",
		"text": "#2d2d2d",
		"syntax-string": "#022e99",
		"syntax-comment": "#84989b",
		"syntax-number": "#2f9b92",
		"syntax-label": "#840d7a"
	}
}

###Code Floating: By default your code blocks will be floated to a column on the right side of your content. To disable this feature, set the float property to false.

{
	"float": false
}

###Toggling Code Blocks Some users might wish to hide the code blocks & view just the documentation. By setting the toggle_code property to true, you can offer a toggle button on the page.

{
	"toggle_code": true
}

###GitHub Repo: Add a 'Fork me on GitHub' ribbon.

{
	"repo": "justinwalsh/daux.io"
}

###Twitter: Include twitter follow buttons in the sidebar.

{
	"twitter": ["justin_walsh", "todaymade"]
}

###Links: Include custom links in the sidebar.

{
	"links": {
		"GitHub Repo": "https://github.com/justinwalsh/daux.io",
		"Help/Support/Bugs": "https://github.com/justinwalsh/daux.io/issues",
		"Made by Todaymade": "http://todaymade.com"
	}
}

###File editor:

Enable front-end Markdown editor. Disabled by default.

{
	"file_editor": true
}

###Google Analytics: This will embed the google analytics tracking code.

{
	"google_analytics": "UA-XXXXXXXXX-XX"
}

###Piwik Analytics: This will embed the piwik tracking code.

{
	"piwik_analytics": "my-url-for-piwik.com"
}

You can Also give a specific Piwik ID as well.

{
	"piwik_analytics_id": "43"
}

###Ignore: Set custom files and entire folders to ignore within your /docs folder. For files make sure to include the file extension in the name. For both files and folders, names are case-sensitive.

	{
		"ignore": {
			"files": ["Work_In_Progress.md"],
			"folders": ["99_Not_Ready"]
		}
	}

###Disabling clean URLs By default, Daux.io will create clean url's that do not include index.php. On servers running Apache, uploading the included .htaccess file should be enough for them to work properly. On servers that are not running Apache or that do not allow custom .htaccess files, you may need to disable clean_urls:

{
		"clean_urls": false
}

###Breadcrumb titles Daux.io provides the option to present page titles as breadcrumb navigation.

{
		"breadcrumbs": true
}

###Date Modified By default, daux.io will display the last modified time as reported by the system underneath the title for each document. To disable this, change the option in your config.json to false.

{
	"date_modified": false
}

###Timezone If your server does not have a default timezone set in php.ini, it may return errors when it tries to generate the last modified date/time for docs. To fix these errors, specify a timezone in your config file. Valid options are available in the PHP Manual.

{
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}

###Multi-language Enables multi-language support which needs seperate directories for each language in docs/ folder.

{
        "languages": { "en": "English", "de": "German" }
}

Directory structure:

├── docs/
│   ├── index.md
│   ├── en
│   │   ├── 00_Getting_Started.md
│   │   ├── 01_Examples
│   │   │   ├── 01_GitHub_Flavored_Markdown.md
│   │   │   ├── 05_Code_Highlighting.md
│   │   ├── 05_More_Examples
│   │   │   ├── Hello_World.md
│   │   │   ├── 05_Code_Highlighting.md
│   ├── de
│   │   ├── 00_Getting_Started.md
│   │   ├── 01_Examples
│   │   │   ├── 01_GitHub_Flavored_Markdown.md
│   │   │   ├── 05_Code_Highlighting.md
│   │   ├── 05_More_Examples
│   │   │   ├── Hello_World.md
│   │   │   ├── 05_Code_Highlighting.md

Running Remotely

Copy the files from the repo to a web server that can run PHP 5.3 or greater.

Running Locally

There are several ways to run the docs locally. You can use something like MAMP or WAMP. If you are like me and use alot of Node.js and Grunt.js, then you can use the optional grunt command I have packaged with the project which will start a PHP web server for you in the project folder.

The Grunt.js task uses the built in web server in PHP 5.4 to host the docs on your local machine. This is really only intended be used when you are writing/updating a ton of docs and want to preview the changes locally.

To use the optional Grunt command you will need:

• Node.js
• npm
• Grunt.js
• PHP 5.4 or greater (This is because of the built-in web server packaged in 5.4)

This project contains a package.json file, so once you have the requirements installed, you can simply run a npm install and then grunt in the projects folder to start the local web server. By default the server will run at: http://localhost:8085

Generating a set of static files

These can be uploaded to a static site hosting service such as pages.github.com

Generating a complete set of pages, with navigation

php index.php generate

You can optionally pass the location of config.json and (also optionally) the output directory for the static file

php index.php generate '\path\to\config.json' 'out\dir'

If the directory has a '' at the beginning, it is treated as an absolute path, otherwise as relative to the Daux Directory.

Running on IIS

If you have set up a local or remote IIS web site, you may need a web.config with:

• A rewrite configuration, for handling clean urls.
• A mime type handler for less files, if using a custom theme.

Clean URLs

The web.config needs an entry for <rewrite> under <system.webServer>:

<configuration>
	<system.webServer>
		<rewrite>
			<rules>
				<rule name="Main Rule" stopProcessing="true">
					<match url=".*" />
					<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
					</conditions>
					<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" appendQueryString="false" />
				</rule>
			</rules>
		</rewrite>
	</system.webServer>
</configuration>

To use clean URLs on IIS 6, you will need to use a custom URL rewrite module, such as URL Rewriter.

Less Mime Type

The web.config needs a new <mimeMap> entry, under <staticContent> in <system.webServer>:

<staticContent>
	<mimeMap fileExtension=".less" mimeType="text/css" />
</staticContent>

You will only need the mime map entry if you are using a custom theme and receive 404s for .less files.

If you have a global mime map entry for .less files set for the server, you will receive an internal server (500) error for having duplicate mime map entries.

Support

If you need help using Daux.io, or have found a bug, please create an issue on the GitHub repo.