summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-02-25 10:12:10 +0200
committerJames Edwards-Jones <jedwardsjones@gitlab.com>2017-01-31 22:55:31 +0000
commitd1fe6a6f840ea07304d0da0b8a8477c7946dd1d3 (patch)
treece7aafb506d5b56cbe3cb2c535165649df92193d /doc
parentea8ff3922cec940024b03d7b3f87d07e8a02695f (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-d1fe6a6f840ea07304d0da0b8a8477c7946dd1d3.tar.gz
Mention the power of CI and that Pages support all static generators
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/pages/README.md7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pages/README.md b/doc/pages/README.md
index ea46003cb3b..dadce43f724 100644
--- a/doc/pages/README.md
+++ b/doc/pages/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ With GitLab Pages you can host for free your static websites on GitLab.
Combined with the power of [GitLab CI] and the help of [GitLab Runner] you can
deploy static pages for your individual projects, your user or your group.
+The key thing about GitLab Pages is the [`.gitlab-ci.yml`](../ci/yaml/README.md)
+file, something that gives you absolute control over the build process. You can
+actually watch your website being built live by following the CI build traces.
+
+GitLab Pages support any kind of [static site generator][staticgen].
+
---
<!-- START doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
@@ -224,3 +230,4 @@ to private, internal or public.
[gitlab ci]: https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci
[gitlab runner]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner
[pages]: ../ci/yaml/README.md#pages
+[staticgen]: https://www.staticgen.com/