Advanced site configuration

The site build is configured by the publican.config.js file. It contains JavaScript code to:

• load and parse values set in the .env.dev and .env.prod configuration files
• modify page slugs to remove the initial number or date
• set the number of pages and sort order for directory and tag index pages
• copy static files such as images and icons
• run event hook functions to examine and modify data
• append custom global values and functions to the tacs object
• define replacement strings such as −−ROOT−−
• minify HTML in production mode
• clean the build directory
• start the build
• watch for file changes in development mode
• start a development mode server

You can add your own Publican customisations as necessary.

Function libraries #

The theme provides the following code libraries in the lib directory.

• hooks.js: Publican event hook functions
• format.js: date, number, and similar formatting functions
• nav.js: navigation generation functions for menus, breadcrumbs, pagination, etc.