Configuration

Every config key juicer understands, what it defaults to, and what it controls.

Site config lives in site.toml at the source root. Juicer overlays your file on top of one of three baselines (simple, standard, norme) selected by the -c <name> CLI flag.

Baselines

Name	What
`simple`	Flat layout — content, layouts, partials, static all at the source root
`standard`	Hugo-like nested layout (the default)
`norme`	French (Charter-of-the-French-Language compliant) — same as `standard` but with French directory names

Tip

The norme baseline is here because Quebec’s Charter of the French Language requires that public-facing software present primarily in French. Same code, French file names. If your content is bilingual, use this baseline alongside the upcoming i18n feature (Tier 2).

Keys

Identity

Key	Default	What
`title`	`"Untitled"`	Site title; available as `.site.title`
`author`	`"Unnamed"`	Site author; available as `.site.author`
`baseURL`	`"http://localhost:8080"`	Absolute base URL — used for permalinks, sitemap, OpenGraph

Theme

Key	Default	What
`theme`	(none)	Theme name (string) or chain (array of strings). Resolved under `themeDir`
`themeDir`	`"themes"`	Directory holding theme subfolders

Directory layout

Key	`standard` default	What
`contentDir`	`"content"`	Markdown source root
`htmlDir`	`"html"`	Filesystem-only prefix for nested sections; stripped from URLs
`publicDir`	`"public"`	Default output directory
`staticDir`	`"static"`	Verbatim-copied assets
`layoutDir`	`"layouts"`	Templates root
`partialDir`	`"partials"`	Partials root
`shortcodeDir`	`"shortcodes"`	Shortcodes root

Layout names

Key	Default	What
`defaultLayout`	`"_default"`	Fallback layout subfolder under `layoutDir`
`baseofLayout`	`"baseof"`	Outer-shell layout filename (without extension)
`fileLayout`	`"file"`	Single-page layout filename
`folderLayout`	`"folder"`	Section-index layout filename
`folderContent`	`"_index"`	Filename (without extension) recognized as the section index

Behavior

Key	Default	What
`stripPrefix`	`true`	Strip leading numeric prefixes from filenames in URLs (`01-foo.md` → `foo`)
`headingShift`	`2`	Add this much to every markdown heading level (1-clamped)

Custom keys

Any key you set in site.toml is available as .site.<key> in templates. Use this for site-wide settings the theme exposes — e.g., editURL, discussionURL, social.twitter. Themes typically document the keys they recognize in their README.