MdPress

# Frontmatter

Any Markdown file that contains a YAML frontmatter block will be processed by gray-matter. The frontmatter must be the first thing in the Markdown file and must take the form of valid YAML set between triple-dashed lines. Here is a basic example:

---
title: Blogging Like a Hacker
lang: en-US
---

Between these triple-dashed lines, you can set predefined variables (see below for a reference), or even create custom ones of your own. These variables will then be available to you to access using $frontmatter at the rest of the page, plus all custom and theming components.

::: tip frontmatter variables are optional in MdPress. :::

# Alternative frontmatter Formats

MdPress also supports JSON or TOML frontmatter.

JSON frontmatter needs to start and end in curly braces:

---
{
  "title": "Blogging Like a Hacker",
  "lang": "en-US"
}
---

TOML frontmatter needs to be explicitly marked as TOML:

---toml
title = "Blogging Like a Hacker"
lang = "en-US"
---

# Predefined Variables

# title

  • Type: string
  • Default: h1_title || siteConfig.title

Title of current page.

# lang

  • Type: string
  • Default: en-US

Language of current page.

# description

  • Type: string
  • Default: siteConfig.description

Description of current page.

# layout

  • Type: string
  • Default: Layout

Set the layout component of the current page.

  • Type: string
  • Default: siteConfig.permalink

Refer to: Permalinks.

# metaTitle

  • Type: string
  • Default: `${page.title} | ${siteConfig.title}`

Override the default meta title.

# meta

  • Type: array
  • Default: undefined

Specify extra meta tags to be injected:

---
meta:
  - name: description
    content: hello
  - name: keywords
    content: super duper SEO
---

# Predefined Variables Powered By Default Theme

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Disable the Navbar.

  • Type: boolean|'auto'
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Sidebar.

# prev

  • Type: boolean|string
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Prev / Next Links.

# next

  • Type: boolean|string
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Prev / Next Links.

  • Type: boolean
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Built-in Search.

# tags

  • Type: array
  • Default: undefined

See: Default Theme Config > Built-in Search.

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