Front matter reference
The front matter is a YAML block, at the top of a Markdown file, used to define the variables of the page. Statidocs supports all Cecil page variables, plus the following variables of the Docs theme.
---
title: Getting started
description: Learn how to start building your documentation website.
weight: 10
updated: 2026-10-01
---
Pages
| Variable |
Description |
title |
Page title, displayed in the sidebar, the breadcrumb and the browser tab. |
description |
Page description, used in meta tags and in the list of pages of a group. |
weight |
Position of the page in the sidebar (or use a number prefix in the filename). |
updated |
“Last updated” date of the page (YYYY-MM-DD). |
date |
Page date, displayed as “Last updated” date when lastupdated is enabled. |
menu |
Adds the page to a menu (e.g. menu: main). |
draft |
If true, the page is not published. |
Groups
Variables of the index.md file of a sidebar group (sub-folder of pages/docs/):
| Variable |
Description |
title |
Group title (translatable through the translations files). |
description |
Group description. |
weight |
Position of the group in the sidebar. |
collapsed |
If true, the group is collapsed (except when it contains the current page). |
Homepage
| Variable |
Description |
blocks |
List of homepage blocks (hero, cta, features): see Customization. |
Blog posts
If you add a blog section, posts display their date, reading time and author(s):
| Variable |
Description |
author or authors |
An object (name, title, url, email, image) or a key of data/authors.yml. |
