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GDC Open Source code

======= GDC is Open Source, Github Repositories containing source code of GDC Applications can be found on GDC GitHub Organization page.

Support

Please direct technical questions to GDC Support.

GDC Documentation Site

Technology

Install & Run

(Optional) Set up virtualenv:

  • Install virtualenv
  • python -m virtualenv venv
  • source venv/bin/activate
  • Run the installation commands below
  • To leave the virtual environment: deactivate

Install GDC-docs:

  • pip install -r requirements.txt
  • mkdocs serve (optionally set port --dev-addr=0.0.0.0:<PORT>)

Build

  • mkdocs build --clean

Repository Conventions

  • All Shared content in the "Commons" directory
  • One Directory per GDC product (API, Data_Portal, Data_Submission_Portal, Data_Transfer_Tool)
  • Each GDC product have a Users_Guide and Release_Notes directory

Linking

To another documentation page

[Authentication and Authorization](../../Commons/Authentication.md)

Inside another documentation page

[Authentication and Authorization](../../Commons/Authentication.md#internal-section)

Adding icons and PDFs

The convention for this, when updating mkdocs.yml is the following:

  • <url ending in .pdf>: 'index.md' example:
  • fa-file-pdf-o Download PDF /API/PDF/API_UG.pdf: 'index.md'

Documentation Conventions

A detailed list of all conventions is available on GDC Website

Build PDF

Install mkdocs2pandoc, following instructions available here:

https://github.com/jgrassler/mkdocs-pandoc

Prepare a yml file dedicated to your Userguide, using Data_Portal_UG.yml as an example.

Run the following commands to:

  • Convert the User Guide to Pandoc:
  • Tweak the pandoc file
  • Build a PDF
mkdocs2pandoc -f Data_Portal_UG.yml -o docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pd
sed -i -e 's/# / /g' docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pd
sed -i -e 's/### /## /g' docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pd
sed -i -e 's/\/site\//\/docs\//g' docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pd
pandoc --toc -V documentclass=report -V geometry:"top=2cm, bottom=1.5cm, left=1cm, right=1cm" -f markdown+grid_tables+table_captions -o docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pdf docs/Data_Portal/PDF/Data_portal_UG.pd