Welcome! Pancake is built on a simple idea — to publish static sites easily, whether from your Dropbox account or from a git repository.

These docs cover everything from the very basics and how to get started, to advanced settings that power users can take advantage of and underneath-the-hood details on how Pancake really works.

The guides are divided into two sections, covering Dropbox-based and git-based projects respectively.

Dropbox-based Projects

Where do I put my files?

What is Pancake doing?

What should I expect from different types of files?

How do I format my files?

Certain Pancake pages can be given additional configuration options on a per-page basis.

What files can I configure?

What are the different options I can configure?

How do I customize the Markdown processor?

Templates can be shared across multiple pages. This makes it easy to separate design from content.

How do I make a template?

What is the syntax for a template?

How do I use variables in my template?

A guide to using your own custom domain name.

Git-based Projects

Four easy steps to get started.

What static site generators are supported?

How do I use my own 404 page?

What limitations are there?