init_site: Initialise site infrastructure

In pkgdown: Make Static HTML Documentation for a Package

Initialise site infrastructure

Description

init_site():

• creates the output directory (⁠docs/⁠),

• generates a machine readable description of the site, used for autolinking,

• copies CSS/JS assets and extra files, and

• runs build_favicons(), if needed.

Typically, you will not need to call this function directly, as all ⁠build_*()⁠ functions will run init_site() if needed.

The only good reasons to call init_site() directly are the following:

• If you add or modify a package logo.

• If you add or modify pkgdown/extra.scss.

• If you modify template.bslib variables in ⁠_pkgdown.yml⁠.

See vignette("customise") for the various ways you can customise the display of your site.

Usage

init_site(pkg = ".", override = list())

Arguments

pkg	Path to package.
override	An optional named list used to temporarily override values in ⁠_pkgdown.yml⁠

Build-ignored files

We recommend using usethis::use_pkgdown_github_pages() to build-ignore ⁠docs/⁠ and ⁠_pkgdown.yml⁠. If use another directory, or create the site manually, you'll need to add them to .Rbuildignore yourself. A NOTE about an unexpected file during ⁠R CMD CHECK⁠ is an indication you have not correctly ignored these files.

pkgdown documentation built on June 8, 2025, 10:05 a.m.