# Quick start
It is recommended to install `docsify-cli` globally, which helps initializing and previewing the website locally.
```bash
npm i docsify-cli -g
```
## Initialize
If you want to write the documentation in the `./docs` subdirectory, you can use the `init` command.
```bash
docsify init ./docs
```
## Writing content
After the `init` is complete, you can see the file list in the `./docs` subdirectory.
* `index.html` as the entry file
* `README.md` as the home page
* `.nojekyll` prevents GitHub Pages from ignoring files that begin with an underscore
You can easily update the documentation in `./docs/README.md`, of course you can add [more pages](more-pages.md).
## Preview your site
Run the local server with `docsify serve`. You can preview your site in your browser on `http://localhost:3000`.
```bash
docsify serve docs
```
?> For more use cases of `docsify-cli`, head over to the [docsify-cli documentation](https://github.com/QingWei-Li/docsify-cli).
## Manual initialization
If you don't like `npm` or have trouble installing the tool, you can manually create `index.html`:
```html
```
If you installed python on your system, you can easily use it to run a static server to preview your site.
```bash
cd docs && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000
```
## Loading dialog
If you want, you can show a loading dialog before docsify starts to render your documentation:
```html
Please wait...
```
You should set the `data-app` attribute if you changed `el`:
```html