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Initial Theme Setup

To get started, first install all necessary packages with npm install or pnpm install, then run an initial build to make sure the setup works with npm run build or pnpm build.
Copy the Pagefind build (for site search) to be available for the dev environment. This varies depending on your OS. I’ve created a few commands to help.
- For Windows, run npm run winsearch
- For OSX or Linux, run npm run osxsearch
Next, you’ll want to configure your site i18n setup (one language, or multiple). Simply run the command npm run docs:config-i18n and follow the script instructions to get setup! For further information, see the i18n documentation.
Now you can setup the site to your liking!

Code Intros

I have created a few code tours to help introduce you to the codebase. You will need the extension Code Tour to view them in VSCode or another IDE.

Code Structure

The code is structured with most items under the src/docs directory. This makes it easy to drop that entire folder into an existing Cosmic Themes project and to add docs functionality in a matter of minutes.

Configuration Options

Overall site configuration is done in the src/docs/config/ folder. Most settings are inside individual language folders in order to make it easier to handle translations.

Site Settings

The src/docs/config/siteSettings.json.ts file is used to configure the site settings. These include things like whether to enable view transitions, whether to enable animations, and whether to show copy link buttons for docs headings.

Site Data

The src/docs/config/[language]/siteData.json.ts file is used to configure the site data. This includes things like the site title, description, social links, and default image.

Nav Data

Configure your navigation data for the top navbar in the src/docs/config/[language]/navData.json.ts file.

Configure the order for your documentation sections in the src/docs/config/[language]/sidebarNavData.json.ts file.

Robots

For robots like Google to see the correct sitemap, you will want to edit the public/robots.txt file to use your website domain.

More Resources

See my blog post on recommended Astro web development setup.
You can learn more information from the theme docs page on the Cosmic Themes Website.
For support, see the support page.
License details

General Astro Info

Astro looks for .astro or .md files in the src/pages/ directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.

There’s nothing special about src/components/, but that’s where we like to put any Astro/React/Vue/Svelte/Preact components.

Any static assets, like images, can be placed in the public/ directory. I also frequently use src/assets for images when using Astro asssets for image optimization.

Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
`npm install`	Installs dependencies
`npm run dev`	Starts local dev server at `localhost:4321`
`npm run build`	Build your production site to `./dist/`
`npm run preview`	Preview your build locally, before deploying
`npm run astro ...`	Run CLI commands like `astro add`, `astro check`
`npm run astro -- --help`	Get help using the Astro CLI

Want to learn more?

Feel free to check the documentation or jump into the Discord server.