dotnetfoundation-website

NOTE: This repository is no longer being used to build the dotnetfoundation.org website! The new site is hosted in a Content Management System (CMS) and is no longer built from this repository.

This repository will be archived soon.

This repository contains the solution that is used to build and deploy the dotnetfoundation website.

Pull requests and issues are welcome!

Prerequisites

Git: Clone this repository to make a change.
.NET Core SDK 5.0.*
Optional: Visual Studio 2019 or Visual Studio Code for editing.

Build and test

The basic steps to run or build the project:

Use dotnet run from the root of the repository to generate the static site.
After the build, check the output folder to review the generated HTML files.

To build and preview the site, run:

dotnet run -- preview

The preceding command launches a preview web server that can be viewed from http://localhost:5080. The site automatically rebuilds and refreshes when content changes are made.

Project Structure

This website uses Statiq Web, a flexible and extensible static site generator for .NET.

App.Config : The configuration file for the project. Review the appSettings section of App.Config.
Program.cs:
- Handles the generation of the site.
- Starts the web server when running from Visual Studio.
- Defines the input folder and the output of static files.
input : The input folder contains source files that are rendered as HTML files.
- _partials folder contains small sections of code that are required in ther views, includes:
  - _head.cshtml: Contains the head section of the view and includes the initial stylesheet and JavaScript imports.
  - _header.cshtml: Common header used for views. Includes the main navigation.
  - _footer.cshtml: Common footer for views.
- _layout.cshtml: Location where the page structure, include partials, nalytics code, and other imports are built.
- index.cshtml: Main page for the site. Properties for the page can be efined at the top of the file. For example, a specific title for the page.
- css folder contains all the stylesheet files required.
- js folder contains the JavaScript libraries and other custom scripts.

Each file inside the input folder is processed by Statiq and will generate static output files.

License

dotnet-foundation/website

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