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2025-10-10

Site Configuration

File Location

Project Root/
└── twilight.config.yaml

Site Settings

Configure the global settings of the website, including URL, language, time zone, theme color, wallpaper, etc.

site:
    # Site URL (ending with a slash)
    siteURL: "https://twilight.spr-aachen.com/"
    # Site Title
    title: "Twilight"
    # Site Subtitle
    subtitle: "Blog Template"
    # Language Configuration
    lang: "en"
    # Translation Configuration
    translate:
        # Enable translation feature
        enable: true
        # Translation service
        service: "client.edge"
        # Show language selection dropdown
        showSelectTag: false
        # Automatically detect user language
        autoDiscriminate: true
        # CSS class names to ignore during translation
        ignoreClasses:
            - "ignore"
            - "banner-title"
            - "banner-subtitle"
        # HTML tags to ignore during translation
        ignoreTags:
            - "script"
            - "style"
            - "code"
            - "pre"
    # Time Zone Configuration
    timeZone: 8
    # Font Configuration
    font:
        # Example font configuration - Zen Maru Gothic
        "Example - ZenMaruGothic":
            # Font source (Font CSS link | Font file path)
            src: "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Zen+Maru+Gothic&display=swap"
            # Font name (font-family)
            family: "Zen Maru Gothic"
    # Theme Color Configuration
    themeColor:
        # Default hue of the theme color (range from 0 to 360. e.g., Red: 0, Cyan: 200, Teal: 250, Pink: 345)
        hue: 255
    # Default Theme ("system" follows system | "light" light mode | "dark" dark mode)
    defaultTheme: "dark"
    # Wallpaper Configuration
    wallpaper:
        # Mode ("banner" banner | "fullscreen" full screen | "none" solid color)
        mode: "banner"
        # Image source configuration (shared by fullscreen and banner modes)
        src:
            # Desktop wallpaper image (relative to /public directory; supports a single image or an image array, carousel is automatically enabled when array length > 1)
            desktop:
                - "/assets/images/desktopWallpaper_1.jpg"
                - "/assets/images/desktopWallpaper_2.jpg"
                - "/assets/images/desktopWallpaper_3.jpg"
            # Mobile wallpaper image (relative to /public directory; supports a single image or an image array, carousel is automatically enabled when array length > 1)
            mobile:
                - "/assets/images/mobileWallpaper_1.jpg"
                - "/assets/images/mobileWallpaper_2.jpg"
        # Wallpaper position ('top' | 'center' | 'bottom')
        position: "center"
        # Carousel configuration (shared by fullscreen and banner modes)
        carousel:
            # Enable carousel for multiple images, otherwise display one image randomly
            enable: true
            # Carousel interval (seconds)
            interval: 3.6
            # Enable Ken Burns effect
            kenBurns: true
        # Banner mode specific configuration
        banner:
            # Banner text configuration
            homeText:
                # Display text on the home page
                enable: true
                # Main title
                title: "Twilight"
                # Subtitle, supports a single string or a string array
                subtitle:
                    - "Illuminate Our Paths"
                # Subtitle typewriter effect
                typewriter:
                    # Enable subtitle typewriter effect
                    enable: true
                    # Typing speed (ms)
                    speed: 111
                    # Deleting speed (ms)
                    deleteSpeed: 51
                    # Pause time after full display (ms)
                    pauseTime: 3000
            # Banner image source credit text
            credit:
                # Display banner image source credit text
                enable: false
                # Source text to display
                text: "Describe"
                # (Optional) URL link to the original artwork or artist page
                url: ""
            # Navigation bar configuration
            navbar:
                # Navigation bar transparency mode ("semi" semi-transparent with rounded corners | "full" fully transparent | "semifull" dynamic transparency)
                transparentMode: "semifull"
            # Water ripple effect configuration
            waves:
                # Enable water ripple effect
                enable: true
                # Enable performance mode (simplifies wave effects to improve performance)
                performanceMode: false
        # Fullscreen mode specific configuration
        fullscreen:
            # Layer level
            zIndex: -1
            # Wallpaper opacity, between 0-1
            opacity: 0.9
            # Background blur degree (pixel value)
            blur: 1
            # Navigation bar transparency mode
            navbar:
                transparentMode: "semi"
    # Loading page configuration
    loadingOverlay:
        # Whether to enable the loading page
        enable: true
        # Loading title configuration
        title:
            # Whether to enable the loading title
            enable: true
            # Loading title text
            content: "LOADING"
            # Animation cycle (s)
            interval: 1.5
        # Loading animation configuration
        spinner:
            # Whether to enable the loading animation
            enable: true
            # Animation cycle (s)
            interval: 1.5
    # favicon configuration
    favicon: []
    # bangumi configuration
    bangumi:
        # User ID
        userId: "your-bangumi-id"
    # OpenGraph configuration
    generateOgImages: false
  • title: The main title of the website, displayed in browser tabs and the page header
  • subtitle: The subtitle of the website, usually displayed below the home page banner
  • lang: The default language of the website, affecting date format, translation, etc.
  • themeColor: Theme settings
    • hue: The hue value of the theme color, can be any value between 0-360
    • fixed: When set to true, visitors will not be able to change the theme color
    • defaultTheme: Black and white theme, with three options: system follows system, light light mode, dark dark mode
  • wallpaper: Wallpaper settings
    • mode: Default wallpaper mode, supports three modes: fullscreen (full screen wallpaper), banner (banner wallpaper), none (solid color background)
  • favicon: Favicon configuration, an array where each element contains the following fields:
    • src: Favicon file path (relative to /public directory)
    • theme: Optional, adapted theme ("light" light theme | "dark" dark theme)
    • sizes: Optional, icon size (e.g. "96x96")

Site Statistics Configuration

Configure website page view statistics

analytics:
    # Whether to show analytics
    enabled: true
    # Analytics platform
    platform: "umami"
    # Umami config
    umami:
        # Umami API address
        baseUrl: "https://api.umami.is"
        # API key
        apiKey: ''
        # Tracking code
        code: ''
  1. Open the Umami dashboard. If you do not have an account yet, sign up first.
  2. Click Add website.
  3. Fill in:
    • Name – e.g. Twilight Blog
    • Domain – your production domain
  4. Click Save.
  5. Press Edit to grab the Tracking code.
  6. Open Settings → API Keys and copy the Key.
  7. Import Tracking code and Key to code and apikey

Configure the navigation links of the website navigation bar, including the name and link of the navigation items.

navbar:
    # Link configuration (link presets are located in LinkPresets in src/constants/link-presets.ts)
    links:
        - # Level 1 navigation link - Home (preset)
            "Home"
        - # Level 1 navigation link - Archive (preset)
            "Archive"
        - # Level 1 navigation link - Exhibition (custom)
            # Navigation name
            name: "Exhibition"
            # Navigation link
            url: "/exhibition/"
            # Navigation icon
            icon: "material-symbols:person"
            # Navigation description
            description: "A collection of my creative works and experiences"
            # Sub-links
            children:
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Projects (preset)
                    "Projects"
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Skills (preset)
                    "Skills"
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Timeline (preset)
                    "Timeline"
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Diary (preset)
                    "Diary"
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Albums (preset)
                    "Albums"
                - # Level 2 navigation link - Anime (preset)
                    "Anime"
        - # Level 1 navigation link - Friends (preset)
            "Friends"
        - # Level 1 navigation link - About (preset)
            "About"
  • links: An array defining the various links in the navigation bar. Each link object can be a preset link (LinkPreset) or a custom link object
    • name: The name displayed for the navigation item
    • url: The URL to jump to after clicking the navigation item
    • icon: The icon of the navigation item, you can use icon names from icon libraries (such as FontAwesome, Material Icons, etc.)
    • description: A short description of the navigation item, usually displayed as a tooltip
    • children: An array defining the sub-items of the current navigation item. The structure of sub-items is similar to the parent navigation item and can be further nested

Configure the display, sorting, animation, and responsive behavior of the website sidebar

sidebar:
    # Sidebar component configuration list (sidebar component presets are located in WidgetComponentType in src/types/config.ts)
    components:
        # Left sidebar
        left:
            - # Component - Directory (preset)
                # Type
                type: "directory"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "sticky"
            - # Component - Post Categories (preset)
                # Type
                type: "categories"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "sticky"
                # Responsive configuration
                responsive:
                    # Collapse threshold
                    collapseThreshold: 5
                # Depth
                depth: 3
            - # Component - Post Tags (preset)
                # Type
                type: "tags"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "sticky"
                # Responsive configuration
                responsive:
                    # Collapse threshold
                    collapseThreshold: 20
        # Right sidebar
        right:
            - # Component - Profile (preset)
                # Type
                type: "profile"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "top"
            - # Component - Announcement (preset)
                # Type
                type: "announcement"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "top"
            - # Component - Post TOC (preset)
                # Type
                type: "toc"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "sticky"
                # Depth (1-6, 1 means only display h1 titles, 2 means display h1 and h2 titles, and so on)
                depth: 3
            - # Component - Post Statistics (preset)
                # Type
                type: "statistics"
                # Position strategy ("top" fixed at the top | "sticky" sticky)
                position: "sticky"
                # Visibility
                visibility:
                    # Matching mode ('include' | 'exclude')
                    mode: "include"
                    # Matching rule list (Supports regular expression strings)
                    paths: ["^/$", "^/archive$"]

Profile Configuration

Configure website profile, including avatar, bio, links, etc.

profile:
    # Avatar configuration (relative to /public directory)
    avatar: "/assets/images/avatar.jpg"
    # Information configuration
    name: "Twilight"
    # Bio configuration
    bio: "Hi"
    # Link configuration
    links:
        - # Link example
            # Name
            name: "GitHub"
            # Icon
            icon: "fa6-brands:github"
            # Link
            url: "https://github.com/Spr-Aachen/Twilight"

Announcement Feature Configuration Description

Configure website announcement feature, including title, content, link, etc.

announcement:
    # Announcement title
    title: "Announcement"
    # Announcement content
    content: "Welcome to my blog!"
    # Allow users to close the announcement
    closable: true
    # Link configuration
    link:
        # Enable link
        enable: true
        # Link text
        text: "Learn More"
        # Link URL
        url: "/about/"
        # Whether it's an external link
        external: false

Post Settings

Configure post display, editing, TOC, and other features.

post:
    # Post card configuration
    card:
        # Cover
        cover:
            # Position ("left" | "right")
            side: "left"
            # Cover width
            width: "33%"
            # Show text on cover (title, tags, excerpt)
            showContent: true
            # Show default cover when no cover is specified
            showDefaultCover: false
        # Title size (Tailwind text size class, e.g. "text-3xl")
        titleSize: "text-2xl"
    # Show "Last Modified" card
    showLastModified: true
    # Show cover in post content
    showCoverInContent: false
    # Code highlighting configuration
    expressiveCode:
        # Theme
        theme: "github-dark"
    # License configuration
    license:
        # Enable license
        enable: true
        # License name
        name: "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0"
        # License link
        url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"
    # Comment configuration
    comment:
        # Enable comment feature
        enable: false
        # Comment service provider (optional, auto-detects configured service if left empty)
        provider:
        # Waline comment system configuration
        waline:
            # Server URL
            serverURL: ""
            # Language
            lang: ""
        # Twikoo comment system configuration
        twikoo:
            # Environment ID
            envId: ""
            # Language
            lang: ""
  • License configuration controls the license display at the bottom of the post
  • Code block configuration controls the display style of code blocks, optional themes include: github-dark, dracula, one-dark, etc.
  • Comment system configuration controls the comment system at the bottom of the post. Currently supports Waline and Twikoo. You can explicitly set provider to "waline" or "twikoo", or leave it empty to auto-detect based on which service is configured. To use Waline, deploy the server and set serverURL. To use Twikoo, deploy the server (e.g., on Vercel or Netlify) and set the deployed server URL as envId. See Waline and Twikoo for deployment guides.

Configure website footer

footer:
    # Enable Footer HTML injection feature
    enable: false
    # Custom HTML content, used to add record numbers and other information
    customHtml: ""

Particle Effects Configuration

Configure the display, quantity, moving speed, and other features of particle effects.

particle:
    # Enable particle effects
    enable: true
    # Number of particles
    particleNum: 12
    # Particle boundary limit times, -1 for infinite loop
    limitTimes: -1
    # Particle size configuration
    size:
        # Minimum particle size multiplier
        min: 0.3
        # Maximum particle size multiplier
        max: 0.9
    # Particle opacity configuration
    opacity:
        # Minimum particle opacity
        min: 0.3
        # Maximum particle opacity
        max: 0.9
    # Particle moving speed configuration
    speed:
        # Horizontal moving speed
        horizontal:
            # Minimum value
            min: -0.9
            # Maximum value
            max: 0.9
        # Vertical moving speed
        vertical:
            # Minimum value
            min: 0.15
            # Maximum value
            max: 0.3
        # Rotation speed
        rotation: 0.12
        # Fading speed
        fadeSpeed: 0.12
    # Particle layer level
    zIndex: 100

Music Configuration

Configure the default mode of the music player, Meting API, local playlist, and other features

musicPlayer:
    # Enable music player feature
    enable: true
    # Default mode ("meting" API | "local" local)
    mode: "meting"
    # meting mode specific configuration
    meting:
        # Meting API address
        meting_api: "https://api.i-meto.com/meting/api"
        # Music platform
        server: "netease"
        # Type ("playlist" playlist | "song" single)
        type: "playlist"
        # Resource ID
        id: "2161912966"
    # local mode specific configuration
    local:
        # Playlist
        playlist:
            - # List example
                # ID
                id: 1
                # Title
                title: "深海之息"
                # Artist
                artist: "Youzee Music"
                # Cover
                cover: "https://p1.music.126.net/PhKOqFtljgHDDpKYM2ADUA==/109951169858309716.jpg"
                # Path
                url: "assets/music/深海之息.m4a"
                # Duration
                duration: 146
    # Whether to auto-play
    autoplay: true

Steerable Girl (Pio) Configuration

Configure the display, position, dialog box, and other features of the steerable girl.

pio:
    # Enable pio
    enable: false
    # Model file paths
    models:
        - "/pio/models/pio/model.json"
    # Pio position
    position: "left"
    # Pio width
    width: 280
    # Pio height
    height: 250
    # Display mode
    mode: "draggable"
    # Whether to hide on mobile devices
    hiddenOnMobile: true
    # Dialog box configuration
    dialog:
        # Welcome message
        welcome: "Welcome!"
        # Touch tips
        touch:
            - "What are you doing?"
            - "Stop touching me!"
            - "Don't bully me like that!"
            - "(｡í _ ì｡)"
        # Home page tips
        home: "Click here to go back to homepage!"
        # Skin change tips
        skin:
            - "Want to see my new outfit?"
            - "The new outfit looks great~"
        # Close tips
        close: "See you next time~"
        # About link
        link: "https://nav.kungal.org"