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Front Matter

Front matter is the block of settings at the top of a Markdown file, between two --- lines. Pages use it for their title and position, folders in their index.md for their name, icon, position and layout.

---
title: Setup
icon: fa-solid fa-wrench
description: How to install and configure the project in five steps.
order: 2
---

# Setting up the project

#Fields

Field	Type	Default	For	Purpose
`title`	text	first `# heading`, then the file or folder name	all	Title in the sidebar, breadcrumbs, search and browser tab
`icon`	text	`fa-solid fa-file`, folders `fa-solid fa-folder`	all	Font Awesome icon
`description`	text	first paragraph	all	Summary for search engines and link previews, see SEO
`order`	number	none	all	Position among the entries next to it, see navigation
`list`	`true` / `false`	`false`	`index.md`	List of links to the folder’s pages below the text
`hero`	`true` / `false`	`false`	`index.md`	`title`, `icon` and `description` as a large centered header

#Rules

Front matter only counts when --- is the very first line of the file; a horizontal rule further down is never mistaken for it.
Values may be quoted: title: "Setup: the long way". Quote values that contain : or start with a special character.
Fields Clay does not know are left alone, so other tools can keep their fields, like tags or author, in the same block.
In a translation, title, icon and description are the translation’s own; order always comes from the original.

#Where each file’s front matter applies

File	Describes
`docs/setup.md`	The page `/setup`
`docs/guides/index.md`	The folder `guides`: its name, icon and order, and its page `/guides`
`docs/index.md`	The start page `/`
`docs/setup.de.md`	The German page `/de/setup`

Tip

clay edit edits all of these fields for every page and folder, in every version and language. See clay edit.