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+++ title = "book" description = "A book theme inspired from GitBook/mdBook" template = "theme.html" date = 2020-12-14T20:45:47+01:00

[extra] created = 2020-12-14T20:45:47+01:00 updated = 2020-12-14T20:45:47+01:00 repository = "https://github.com/getzola/book.git" homepage = "https://github.com/getzola/book" minimum_version = "0.5.0" license = "MIT" demo = "https://zola-book.netlify.com"

[extra.author] name = "Vincent Prouillet" homepage = "https://www.vincentprouillet.com" +++

book

A theme based on Gitbook, to write documentation or books.

book screenshot

Contents

Installation

First download this theme to your themes directory:

$ cd themes
$ git clone https://github.com/getzola/book.git

and then enable it in your config.toml:

theme = "book"
# Optional, if you want search
build_search_index = true

Usage

Book will generate a book from the files you place in the content directory. Your book can have two levels of hierarchy: chapters and subchapters.

Each chapter should be a section within the Gutenberg site and should have an _index.md file that sets its weight front-matter variable to its chapter number. For example, chapter 2 should have weight = 2. Additionally, each chapter should also set the sort_by = "weight" in its front matter.

Each subchapter should be a page and should have its weight variable set to the subchapter number. For example, subchapter 3.4 should have weight = 4.

Finally, you should create an _index.md file and set the redirect_to front-matter variable to redirect to the first section of your content. For example, if your first section has the slug introduction, then you would set redirect_to = "introduction".

Options

Numbered chapters

By default, the book theme will number the chapters and pages in the left menu. You can disable that by setting the book_number_chapters in extra:

book_number_chapters = false