## Documentation index

This index lists every available documentation page and its Markdown source.

- [Documentation](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/index.md)
  - [Introduction](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/introduction/index.md)
  - [Getting Started](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/getting-started/index.md)
    - [Installation](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/getting-started/installation/index.md)
    - [Quick Start](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start/index.md)
    - [Composing a Landing Page](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/getting-started/composing-landing-page/index.md)
  - [Fundamentals](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/index.md)
    - [Project Structure](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/project-structure/index.md)
    - [Page Generators](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/page-generators/index.md)
    - [Site Settings](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/site-settings/index.md)
    - [Search and LLM Output](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/search-and-llms/index.md)
    - [Customization](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/customization/index.md)
    - [Functions and Filters](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/fundamentals/functions-and-filters/index.md)
  - [Templates](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/index.md)
    - [vara-landing](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/landing/index.md)
    - [vara-docs](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/docs/index.md)
    - [vara-docs-raw](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/docs-raw/index.md)
    - [vara-docs-search-index](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/docs-search-index/index.md)
    - [vara-docs-llms-txt](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/docs-llms-txt/index.md)
    - [vara-docs-llms-full-txt](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/docs-llms-full-txt/index.md)
    - [vara-sitemap-xml](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/sitemap-xml/index.md)
    - [vara-404](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/templates/404/index.md)
  - [Components](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/index.md)
    - [Alert](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/alert/index.md)
    - [Badge](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/badge/index.md)
    - [Button](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/button/index.md)
    - [Container](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/container/index.md)
    - [Icon](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/icon/index.md)
    - [Keyboard Key](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/kbd/index.md)
    - [Header](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/header/index.md)
    - [Hero](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/hero/index.md)
    - [Content Split](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/content-split/index.md)
    - [Features](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/features/index.md)
    - [Stats](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/stats/index.md)
    - [FAQ](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/faq/index.md)
    - [Testimonial](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/testimonial/index.md)
    - [Carousel](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/carousel/index.md)
    - [Call to Action](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/cta/index.md)
    - [Footer](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/components/footer/index.md)
  - [Troubleshooting](https://vara.varavel.com/docs/troubleshooting/index.md)


## Documentation content

The documentation for the current page follows, reproduced verbatim.


# Getting Started

This section walks you through adding Vara to a Veta project and creating your first pages.

- **[Installation](./installation/)** - add the theme, wire up the stylesheet, and verify the setup.
- **[Quick Start](./quick-start/)** - create a landing page and a documentation page.
- **[Composing a Landing Page](./composing-landing-page/)** - assemble a full landing page and add your own components.

## Prerequisites

- A working [Veta](https://veta.varavel.com) installation.
- A Veta project with a `veta.yaml` file.

## How a Veta page is built

Veta does not infer routes from Markdown files. Instead, JavaScript page generators in `pages/*.js` decide what gets built. Each generator returns an array of pages, and every page names a template from the theme:

```js
export default function({ files, parse }) {
  const md = parse.markdown(files.readFile("content/index.md"));

  return [
    {
      permalink: "/",
      template: "vara-landing",
      title: "Home",
      content: parse.renderComponents(md.html),
    },
  ];
}
```

Once a page exists, everything else - layout, navigation, search, metadata - comes from the template and the site settings you configure in `data/site.yaml`.

The theme includes reference generators for both the landing page and the documentation site. You can use them as a starting point and adapt them to your project.