Additional HTML content with knitrbootstrap

Question

Is it possible to include additional HTML content or define a common lib_dir , when using the bootstrap_document function as an output type? ie

---
output:
  knitrBootstrap::bootstrap_document:
    title: "Test file"
    theme: amelia
    highlight: sunburst
    theme.chooser: TRUE
    highlight.chooser: TRUE
    includes:
      in_header: header.html
      before_body: doc_prefix.html
      after_body: doc_suffix.html
---

I was trying to create a full R Markdown website using bootstrap styled HTML reports.

This is the error that i get

unused argument (includes = list(in_header = "include/in_header.html", before_body = "include/before_body.html", after_body = "include/after_body.html"))
Calls: <Anonymous> -> create_output_format -> do.call -> <Anonymous>
Execution halted

Answer 1

It's possible to create full websites with R Markdown using a combination of the options described above. To create a website you need to:

1. Create a shared options file (_output.yaml) to ensure common options across all pages within the site.
2. Specify includes for common header and footer content.
3. Specify that documents are not self_contained and define a common lib_dir for JavaScript and CSS dependencies.

For example, here's a possible _output.yaml file for a website:

---
html_document:  
  self_contained: false  
  lib_dir: libs  
  includes:  
    in_header: include/in_header.html  
    before_body: include/before_body.html  
    after_body: include/after_body.html  
---

RMarkdown HTML Documents Reference