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Welcome

Thank you for considering to contribute to cardano.org. To contribute, you must first install it locally. We have chosen Docusaurus, a modern static website generator, as the underlying software.

What you'll need​

  • Node.js version >= 18.0 (which can be checked by running node -v). You can use nvm for managing multiple Node versions on a single machine installed.
  • Yarn version >= 1.22 (which can be checked by running yarn --version). Yarn is a performant package manager for JavaScript and replaces the npm client. It is not strictly necessary but highly encouraged.
  • On macOS you also need Xcode and Command Line Tools.

Local development​

To get a local development environment, clone the repository, navigate into the cardano-org folder, install dependencies, and start the development server. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server. By default, a browser window will open at http://localhost:3000.

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-org.git
cd cardano-org
yarn install
yarn start

Open docs/index.md (this page) and edit some lines: the site reloads automatically and displays your changes http://localhost:3000/docs/ in the moment you save your file.

Folder structure​

The site is structured as follows. (See the Folder structure rundown below for details)

cardano-org
├── blog
│   ├── 2024-02-14-plutus-v3-on-testnet
│   ├── ...
│   └── authors.yml
├── build
│   └── ...
├── docs
│   ├── index.md (this page)
│   └── ...
├── src
│   ├── components
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── css
│   │   └── custom.css
│   ├── data
│   │   ├── ambassadorsData.json
│   │   ├── delegationFAQ.json
│   │   └── operationFAQ.json
│   └── pages
│       ├── ambassadors.js
│       ├── brand-assets.js
│       ├── calculator.js
│       ├── community-code-of-conduct.js
│       └── ...
├── static
│   ├── downloads
│   └── img
├── docusaurus.config.js
├── package.json
├── README.md
├── sidebars.js
└── yarn.lock

Folder structure rundown​

  • /blog/ - Contains the Markdown files for the news section.
  • /docs/ - Contains the Markdown files for the documentation of the components (like this page). Customize the order of the docs sidebar in sidebars.js.
  • /src/ - Non-documentation files like pages, custom React components, data and css files.
  • /static/ - Static directory. Any contents inside here will be copied into the root of the final build directory.
  • /docusaurus.config.js - A config file containing the site configuration.
  • /package.json - A Docusaurus website is a React app. You can install and use any npm packages you like in them.
  • /sidebar.js - Used by the documentation to specify the order of documents in the sidebar.

Known problems that may arise​

We list here problems you may run into when running cardano.org locally.

Minimum Node.js version not met​

Problem: yarn start throws the error [ERROR] Minimum Node.js version not met :(.
Solution: use the node version listed below requirements. If you have different node versions installed for different projects, nvm is a neat tool to deal with it. You can switch versions with for example nvm use 18.

Other questions​

Various other questions and answers.

Anything I can do to make sure my pull request will not break on the staging/production server?​

Yes, please always do a yarn build before submitting a pull request. It will find many more issues than yarn start.

Do we have editorial guidelines?​

We adhere to the editorial guidelines of the Cardano Developer Portal.