Front Matter serves two purposes:
- Indicates that the file should be included as an article in the build process
- Allows you to set properties for your article
For example:
---
title: Presidium
slug: overview
url: front-matter/overview
weight: 1
authors: github-username
roles: Developer
status: Draft
---
Presidium includes the following front matter variables:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| title | A string representing the article or subsection title or the title of the subsection. |
| slug | A string representing the slug for deep linking the article |
| url | A string representing the URL for the article |
| weight | A number to provide ordering of articles, a higher number means the article will appear later in the section |
| author | A string, generally the Github username of the main author of the article. |
| github | A string, representing the Github username of the main author of the article. |
| roles | A list of strings representing the appropriate roles for an article. |
| status | A string that indicates the status of the article (draft, complete, in progress, etc.) |