Managing Site Data

The _data/ folder stores information that appears in several places. For example, changing a game title there can update the games page and footer together.

Choose the guide that matches your change:

• Localization - language routing and the multilingual data structure.
• Managing Games - titles, descriptions, status, technology, images, pages, and optional visual effects.
• Managing Departments - department names, descriptions, pages, and team matching.
• Managing Staff - public profiles, article author identifiers, departments, and social links.
• Shared Site Settings - the Minecraft server address and shared support, shop, Discord, YouTube, and Twitter links.

YAML basics

The data files use YAML, a plain-text format where indentation is meaningful.

example:
  title: Example title
  enabled: true

• Use spaces, not tabs.
• Keep the indentation aligned with nearby records.
• Text after a name and colon is that field's value.
• true and false are settings, so do not put quotation marks around them.
• Be careful when renaming a key such as example: because other files may refer to it.

After changing any data file, run the checks in Running Checks.

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