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1. In
index.Rmd, change YOUR TITLE HERE to your title. -
2. In
index.Rmd, change YOUR NAME HERE to your name. -
3. In
_bookdown.yml, change YOUR GITHUB USERNAME to your GitHub username in the two places it appears. -
4. In
_bookdown.yml, change YOUR GITHUB REPO to your GitHub repo name in the two places it appears.
(Note that 3. and 4. provide links to the .Rmd files of your project for editing and viewing. If you move your .Rmd files you will need to update these file paths. Once your book is rendered, test that the edit (pen) and view (eye) buttons work.)
- 5. In
_output.yml, change YOUR SHORT TITLE to a shortened version of your title. (Leave the "after:" line indicating that the book was published with bookdown as is.)
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1. Install bookdown with
install.packages("bookdown"). If you already have it, update to the latest version. -
2. Render locally with
bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd"). -
3. Use
browseURL("docs/index.html")to view your book locally (or just openindex.htmlin a browser). -
4. If it looks good, commit and push all changed files to GitHub.
(You will need to repeat steps 2 and 4 every time you wish to update the book online.)
Once you've completed these steps, delete the content of this README and add a short description of your project with a link to the book URL. It would be appreciated if you add the following to the end:
This repo was initially generated from a bookdown template available here: https://github.com/jtr13/bookdown-template.
A demo video showing how to create a bookdown book following these instructions: http://bit.ly/fiveminutebookdown
Please consult the official guide to bookdown: https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown