diff --git a/docs/externals.md b/docs/externals.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de4e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/externals.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ "name": "Node", "url": "https://github.com/timberio/timber-node.git", "branch": "docs/gitdocs", "root": "docs/" },
+{ "name": "Elixir", "url": "https://github.com/timberio/timber-elixir.git", "branch": "master", "root": "docs/" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 85c3155..6159ff3 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Our documentation is coming soon!
+# Our documentation is coming soon!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cmds/serve.js b/src/cmds/serve.js
index 8d4d894..c368179 100644
--- a/src/cmds/serve.js
+++ b/src/cmds/serve.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = async (args, config) => {
   const { props, compiler } = await runCore(env, config, bar)
   const server = await startServer(env, compiler, props)
 
-  log(`We are live at ${styles.url(server.url)}`)
+  log(`[\u2713] Docs are live at ${styles.url(server.url)}`)
 }
 
 module.exports.menu = `
diff --git a/src/core/externals.js b/src/core/externals.js
index 2d71fde..3354e47 100644
--- a/src/core/externals.js
+++ b/src/core/externals.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const git = require('simple-git/promise')
 const { namespaces } = require('../utils/temp')
+const { getExternalConfig } = require('../utils/config')
 const { log, warn, error } = require('../utils/emit')
 
 // Warnings for missing source information
@@ -73,16 +74,24 @@ function extractDocs (reposDir, externalsDir, sources) {
       return warn(`No docs root found for ${s.name || 'source'}, skipping...`)
     }
 
+    // Get external docs config, will be merged with cwd config
+    const config = getExternalConfig(externalsDir, s.name)
+
     // Add to the list of valid external doc sources
     externals.push({
       name: s.name,
       path: outputPath,
+      config,
     })
 
     // Move the external docs repo to our tmp folder
     fs.copySync(docsRoot, outputPath)
   })
 
+  if (externals.length) {
+    log('[\u2713] External docs loaded')
+  }
+
   return externals
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index 4a232b4..a98bace 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -3,12 +3,22 @@ const getExternals = require('./externals')
 const getManifest = require('./manifest')
 const staticAssets = require('./static')
 const getCompiler = require('./compiler')
+const mergeConfig = require('./merge')
 
-module.exports = async (env, config, bar) => {
-  await loadSyntax(config)
-  await getExternals(config)
-  await staticAssets(config, env === 'development')
+module.exports = async (env, localConfig, bar) => {
+  // Load only supported syntaxes to reduce bundle size
+  await loadSyntax(localConfig)
 
+  // Fetch any external docs sources
+  const externals = await getExternals(localConfig)
+
+  // Merge current and extenal configs
+  const config = mergeConfig(localConfig, externals)
+
+  // Load static assets like images, scripts, css, etc.
+  await staticAssets(localConfig, env === 'development')
+
+  // Build the documentation manifest
   const manifest = await getManifest(env, config)
 
   // this gets passed to the theme app
diff --git a/src/core/manifest.js b/src/core/manifest.js
index 7993639..a212b30 100644
--- a/src/core/manifest.js
+++ b/src/core/manifest.js
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ async function warnForIndexConflict (file) {
   }
 }
 
-async function hydrate (file, baseDir, outputDir, shouldGetContent) {
-  const data = await getFrontmatter(file)
-
+async function hydrate (data, file, baseDir, outputDir, shouldGetContent, config) {
   data.url = ourpath.routify(data.url || file, baseDir)
   data.title = data.title || ourpath.titlify(data.url)
+  data.order = data.order || config.order[data.url.replace(/\/$/, '')] || null
 
   data.file = file
   data.fileOutput = ourpath.outputify(`${outputDir}${data.url}`, {
@@ -53,7 +52,13 @@ async function hydrate (file, baseDir, outputDir, shouldGetContent) {
   return data
 }
 
-async function buildManifest (env, opts = {}) {
+function sortByOrder (a, b) {
+  if (a.order === null && b.order !== null) return 1
+  if (b.order === null && a.order !== null) return -1
+  return a.order - b.order
+}
+
+async function buildManifest (env, config, opts = {}) {
   const files = []
   const filemap = {}
   const urlmap = {}
@@ -69,34 +74,44 @@ async function buildManifest (env, opts = {}) {
     }
 
     if (stats.isFile()) {
+      // Only watch for certain file extensions (defaults to *.md)
       if (opts.extensions && opts.extensions.indexOf(ext) === -1) {
         return null
       }
 
+      // Warn if there are any route index conflicts
       await warnForIndexConflict(path)
       await checkForIndexConflict(path)
 
+      // @TODO: Check fro Readme.md or [folder].md
       const isIndex = /\/index\.[\w]+$/.test(path)
       const shouldGetContent = env === 'production'
-      const hydrated = await hydrate(path, dir, opts.outputDir, shouldGetContent)
+      const frontMatter = await getFrontmatter(path)
+      const hydrated = await hydrate(
+        frontMatter, path, dir, opts.outputDir, shouldGetContent, config
+      )
 
+      // Ignore files with a `draft` status
+      if (frontMatter.draft) return
+
+      // Detect duplicate URLs
       if (urlmap[hydrated.url]) {
         const duplicated = files[urlmap[hydrated.url]].file
-        throw new Error(`Can't use a URL more than once: ${hydrated.url}\n\t- ${duplicated}\n\t- ${hydrated.file}`)
+        throw new Error(
+          `Can't use a URL more than once: ${hydrated.url}\n\t- ${duplicated}\n\t- ${hydrated.file}`
+        )
       }
 
       filemap[path] = files.push(hydrated) - 1
       urlmap[hydrated.url] = filemap[path]
 
-      if (hydrated.draft) {
-        return
-      }
-
       return isIndex ? {
         indexLink: hydrated.url,
+        order: hydrated.order,
       } : {
         text: hydrated.title,
         link: hydrated.url,
+        order: hydrated.order,
       }
     }
 
@@ -112,11 +127,14 @@ async function buildManifest (env, opts = {}) {
       return {
         text: ourpath.titlify(path),
         link: indexItem ? indexItem.indexLink : undefined,
+        order: indexItem ? indexItem.order : null,
         children: children
           .filter(Boolean)
           .filter(({ indexLink }) => !indexLink)
-          // sort children alphabetically
-          .sort((a, b) => a.text > b.text),
+          // Sort alphabetically
+          .sort((a, b) => a.text > b.text)
+          // Sort by order in config or frontmatter
+          .sort(sortByOrder)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -133,14 +151,15 @@ async function buildManifest (env, opts = {}) {
     children: navtreeExternal,
   } = await _walk(opts.reposDir, ignoredUnderscores)
 
+  // Combine and sort local and external nav trees
+  const navtree = [...navtreeLocal, ...navtreeExternal]
+    .sort(sortByOrder)
+
   return {
     files,
     filemap,
     urlmap,
-    navtree: [
-      ...navtreeLocal,
-      ...navtreeExternal,
-    ],
+    navtree,
   }
 }
 
@@ -150,10 +169,12 @@ module.exports = async (env, config) => {
   }
 
   if (/^\//.test(config.root)) {
-    throw new Error(`Root is set to an absolute path! Did you mean ".${config.root}" instead of "${config.root}"?`)
+    throw new Error(
+      `Root is set to an absolute path! Did you mean ".${config.root}" instead of "${config.root}"?`
+    )
   }
 
-  const manifest = await buildManifest(env, {
+  const manifest = await buildManifest(env, config, {
     dir: syspath.resolve(config.root),
     reposDir: syspath.resolve(config.temp, namespaces.repos),
     outputDir: syspath.resolve(config.output),
diff --git a/src/core/merge.js b/src/core/merge.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dd6ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/merge.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const { routify } = require('../utils/path')
+
+module.exports = (config, externals) => {
+  externals.forEach(e => {
+    console.log(routify(e.name))
+    const order = Object
+      .keys(e.config.order || {})
+      .map(k => ({
+        [`/${routify(e.name)}${k}`]: e.config.order[k]
+      }))
+      .reduce((acc, cur) => ({ ...acc, ...cur }), {})
+    config.order = { ...order, ...config.order }
+  })
+
+  return config
+}
diff --git a/src/core/static.js b/src/core/static.js
index 43d1685..da522bb 100644
--- a/src/core/static.js
+++ b/src/core/static.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const syspath = require('path')
 const chokidar = require('chokidar')
 const { namespaces } = require('../utils/temp')
+const { log } = require('../utils/emit')
 
 function _watch (cwd, tempDir) {
   const watcher = chokidar.watch('**/*', {
@@ -41,5 +42,7 @@ module.exports = async (config, useTempDir) => {
     await fs.copy(config.static, config.output)
   }
 
+  log('[\u2713] Static assets loaded')
+
   return dir
 }
diff --git a/src/core/syntax.js b/src/core/syntax.js
index c9cc61a..cdc22c7 100644
--- a/src/core/syntax.js
+++ b/src/core/syntax.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const syspath = require('path')
+const { log } = require('../utils/emit')
 const { namespaces } = require('../utils/temp')
 
 const NODE_MODS = syspath.resolve(__dirname, '../../node_modules')
@@ -23,6 +24,6 @@ module.exports = async (config) => {
 
   const path = `${temp}/${namespaces.codegen}/loadSyntax.js`
   await fs.outputFile(path, content)
-
+  log('[\u2713] Syntax loaded')
   return path
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f7ae3f2..03c73aa 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const getArguments = require('./utils/arguments')
-const getConfig = require('./utils/config')
+const { getConfig } = require('./utils/config')
 const { error } = require('./utils/emit')
 
 module.exports = async () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/config.js b/src/utils/config.js
index 1bbf20a..266a755 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.js
+++ b/src/utils/config.js
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   sidebar_links: [],
   header_links: [],
   sources: [],
+  order: {},
 }
 
-function _getConfigFilename () {
+function getConfigFilename () {
   return FILENAMES.find(fs.pathExistsSync)
 }
 
-function _readConfigFile (file) {
+function readConfigFile (file) {
   const ext = syspath.extname(file)
 
   return ext === '.js'
@@ -46,7 +47,18 @@ function _readConfigFile (file) {
     : fs.readJson(file)
 }
 
-module.exports = async (customFile) => {
+function getExternalConfigFilename (dir, name) {
+  return FILENAMES
+    .map(f => `${dir}/${name}/${f}`)
+    .find(fs.pathExistsSync)
+}
+
+function getExternalConfig (dir, name) {
+  const file = getExternalConfigFilename(dir, name)
+  return file ? readConfigFile(file) : {}
+}
+
+async function getConfig (customFile) {
   // prioritize custom config file if passed,
   // but still fallback to default files
   if (customFile) {
@@ -57,8 +69,8 @@ module.exports = async (customFile) => {
     }
   }
 
-  const configFile = _getConfigFilename()
-  const userConfig = configFile ? await _readConfigFile(configFile) : {}
+  const configFile = getConfigFilename()
+  const userConfig = configFile ? await readConfigFile(configFile) : {}
 
   // return deepmerge(DEFAULT_CONFIG, userConfig)
   const masterConfig = {
@@ -78,8 +90,13 @@ module.exports = async (customFile) => {
   return masterConfig
 }
 
+module.exports = {
+  getConfig,
+  getExternalConfig
+}
+
 module.exports.createConfig = async (name, root) => {
-  if (_getConfigFilename()) {
+  if (getConfigFilename()) {
     throw new Error('GitDocs is already initialized in this folder!')
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/path.js b/src/utils/path.js
index a6e1da9..1af9612 100644
--- a/src/utils/path.js
+++ b/src/utils/path.js
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ function titlify (str) {
     .join(' ')
 }
 
+function slugify (str) {
+  return str.toLowerCase().split(' ').join('-')
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   routify,
   outputify,
   titlify,
+  slugify,
 }
diff --git a/themes/default/search/styles.js b/themes/default/search/styles.js
index bdf370c..5bfcb7f 100644
--- a/themes/default/search/styles.js
+++ b/themes/default/search/styles.js
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ export const Input = styled('input')`
 export const Results = styled('div')`
   position: absolute;
   width: 100%;
-  top: 75;
+  top: 75px;
   height: calc(100vh - 75px);
   background: #FFF;
+  z-index: 99;
 `
 
 export const Result = styled('div')`
diff --git a/themes/default/sidebar/styles.js b/themes/default/sidebar/styles.js
index 67fbb8f..8c3c496 100644
--- a/themes/default/sidebar/styles.js
+++ b/themes/default/sidebar/styles.js
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ export const NavItem = styled(Accordion)`
     font-weight: 700;
     text-decoration: none;
     cursor: pointer;
-    line-height: 30px;
+    line-height: 24px;
     border-left: 3px solid transparent;
+    padding: .1rem 1rem .1rem 0;
     :hover {
       opacity: 0.7;
     }