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---
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# Setting up social cards
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Social cards, also known as social previews, are images that are displayed when
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a link to your project documentation is shared on social media. Material for
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MkDocs can generate beautiful social cards automatically, using the [colors][1],
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[fonts][2] and [logo][3][^1] defined in `mkdocs.yml`.
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[^1]:
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Both types of logos, images (`theme.logo`) and icons (`theme.icon.logo`)
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are supported. While an image logo is used as-is, icons are filled with the
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color used in the header (white or black), which depends on the primary
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color.
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[1]: changing-the-colors.md#primary-color
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[2]: changing-the-fonts.md#regular-font
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[3]: changing-the-logo-and-icons.md#logo
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## Configuration
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### Built-in social cards
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[:octicons-file-code-24: Source][4] ·
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[:octicons-cpu-24: Plugin][4] ·
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:octicons-beaker-24: Experimental ·
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[:octicons-heart-fill-24:{ .mdx-heart } Insiders only][4]{ .mdx-insiders }
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The [built-in social cards plugin][4] generates a social card image for every
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page and adds the necessary meta tags, so it's displayed on social media when
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shared. Enable it via `mkdocs.yml`:
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``` yaml
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plugins:
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- social
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```
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For example, the page on [setting up site analytics][5] renders as:
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<figure markdown="1">
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[![Social Cards][6]][6]
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<figcaption markdown="1">
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Want to try it out? Copy the current URL and paste it into [Twitter's Card
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validator][7] to see how social cards look in action.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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This is a built-in plugin, which means that no third-party plugin needs to be
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installed, as Material for MkDocs already bundles it. The following options
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are available:
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`cards_directory`{ #cards_directory }
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: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `assets/images/social` – This option
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specifies where the generated social card images will be written to. It
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should normally not be necessary to change this option.
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``` yaml
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plugins:
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- social:
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cards_directory: assets/images/social
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```
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[4]: ../insiders/index.md
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[5]: setting-up-site-analytics.md
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[6]: ../assets/screenshots/social-cards.png
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[7]: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
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#### Caching
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When enabled, the [social cards plugin][8] automatically fetches the fonts you
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define in `mkdocs.yml` from Google Fonts, and uses them to render the text that
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is displayed on the social card. The font files and generated cards are both
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written to the `.cache` directory, which is used in subsequent builds to detect
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whether the social cards need to be regenerated. You might want to:
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1. Ignore the `.cache` directory in your project, by adding it to `.gitignore`.
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2. When building your site for publishing, use a build cache to save the
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`.cache` directory in between builds. Taking the example from the
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[publishing guide][9], add the following lines:
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``` yaml hl_lines="15-18"
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name: ci
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on:
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push:
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branches:
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- master
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- main
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jobs:
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deploy:
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- uses: actions/checkout@v2
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- uses: actions/setup-python@v2
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with:
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python-version: 3.x
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- uses: actions/cache@v2
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with:
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key: ${{ github.ref }}
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path: .cache
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- run: pip install mkdocs-material
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- run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
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```
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[8]: #built-in-social-cards
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[9]: ../publishing-your-site.md#with-github-actions
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## Usage
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If you want to adjust the title or set a custom description for the social card,
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you can use the [Metadata][10] extension, which takes precedence over the
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default values.
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- [Changing the title][11]
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- [Changing the description][12]
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[10]: ../reference/meta-tags.md#metadata
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[11]: ../reference/meta-tags.md#setting-the-page-title
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[12]: ../reference/meta-tags.md#setting-the-page-description
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