pkgdown is designed to make it quick and easy to build a website for
your package. You can see pkgdown in action at
https://pkgdown.r-lib.org: this is the output of pkgdown applied to
the latest version of pkgdown. Learn more in vignette("pkgdown") or
?build_site.
# Install release version from CRAN
install.packages("pkgdown")
# Install development version from GitHub
devtools::install_github("r-lib/pkgdown")Run pkgdown from the package directory each time you release your package:
pkgdown::build_site()This will generate a docs/ directory. The home page will be generated
from your package’s README.md, and a function reference will be
generated from the documentation in the man/ directory. If you are
using GitHub, the easiest way to make this your package website is to
check into git, then go to settings for your repo and make sure that the
GitHub pages source is set to “master branch /docs folder”. Be sure
to update the URL on your github repository homepage so others can
easily navigate to your new site.
To customise your site, create _pkgdown.yml and modify it as
described in the
documentation. You can
also use pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml if you need other files to customise
your site.
The package includes an RStudio add-in that you can bind to a keyboard
shortcut. I recommend Cmd + Shift + W: it uses Cmd + Shift,
like all other package development worksheets, it replaces a rarely used
command (close all tabs), and the W is a mnemonic for website.
As at last count, pkgdown is used by over 2500 packages.
Here are a few examples created by people contributors to pkgdown:
-
bayesplot [source]: plotting functions for posterior analysis, model checking, and MCMC diagnostics.
-
valr [source]: read and manipulate genome intervals and signals.
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mkin [source]: calculation routines based on the FOCUS Kinetics Report
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NMF [source]: a framework to perform non-negative matrix factorization (NMF).
Comparing the source and output of these sites is a great way to learn new pkgdown techniques.
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.