No site here

A command that works on a site, such as statac build, found no site to work on. A site is a folder with a statac.yaml, the site’s settings, or a content/ folder, the site’s writing.

Given a folder, after the command or with --site, Statac takes that folder and no other, and it has neither. Given none, Statac looks in the current folder and each folder above it, and none has either.

What you’ll see

error  No site here: `.` has no `content/` folder and no `statac.yaml`
  Run it in a site's folder, or make one with `statac new`.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/no-site-here/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac stops

Building a folder that isn’t a site would publish an empty site, and leave Statac’s own files in a folder you didn’t mean. Statac doesn’t guess which folder you meant.

How to fix it

Run the command in the site’s folder, or in any folder inside it, or name the site’s folder after the command. If there is no site yet, make one with statac new.

Example

statac build notes

where notes holds only a few Markdown files. To make a new site and build it:

statac new site-1
statac build site-1

Its name

Name	no-site-here
In the terminal	statac explain no-site-here
To stop showing it	It stops the build, so it can't be quietened.