What should you install before editing?

Check the guide for the VitePress version you choose. The stable 1.6.4 guide requires Node.js 18 or higher, while the current 2.0 preview guide lists Node.js 22 or higher. Use a currently maintained Node release that meets your chosen version’s requirements. Start with one Markdown file and the default theme.

What do you send to the host?

Build the docs and serve the generated output folder. Keep the Markdown and configuration in your source project so you can build again after an edit. VitePress uses the MIT license. You arrange hosting separately and should check links at the address where the site will actually live.

Can readers search without a separate search service?

Enable local search in the default theme to let the browser search its index. That index ships to the reader, so keep unpublished notes out of the public project output. Check that search still finds your guide after moving it to a different folder.

How would you move a guide under a different menu?

Sketch this with fictional material. Leave the real site, accounts and services alone.

Draw the old and new links
Move a fictional Change your address guide from Setup to Account. Mark the old URL a reader might have saved.
Plan the navigation update
Write the menu label and one related page that must link to the new location.
Choose the reader check
List the old URL, new URL and one phrase to search for after the site is rebuilt.