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Add "Changing the Page Title" to User Guide #1256

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- [Available Scripts](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#available-scripts)
- [Syntax Highlighting in the Editor](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#syntax-highlighting-in-the-editor)
- [Displaying Lint Output in the Editor](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#displaying-lint-output-in-the-editor)
- [Changing the Page `<title>`](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#changing-the-page-title)
- [Installing a Dependency](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#installing-a-dependency)
- [Importing a Component](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#importing-a-component)
- [Adding a Stylesheet](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md#adding-a-stylesheet)
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- [npm run eject](#npm-run-eject)
- [Syntax Highlighting in the Editor](#syntax-highlighting-in-the-editor)
- [Displaying Lint Output in the Editor](#displaying-lint-output-in-the-editor)
- [Changing the Page `<title>`](#changing-the-page-title)
- [Installing a Dependency](#installing-a-dependency)
- [Importing a Component](#importing-a-component)
- [Adding a Stylesheet](#adding-a-stylesheet)
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We recognize that this is suboptimal, but it is currently required due to the way we hide the ESLint dependency. The ESLint team is already [working on a solution to this](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/3458) so this may become unnecessary in a couple of months.

## Changing the Page `<title>`

You can find the source HTML file in the `public` folder of the generated project. You may edit the `<title>` tag in it to change the title from “React App” to anything else.

Note that normally you wouldn't edit files in the `public` folder very often. For example, [adding a stylesheet](#adding-a-stylesheet) is is done without touching the HTML.

If you need to dynamically update the page title based on the content, you can use the browser [`document.title`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/title) API. For more complex scenarios when you want to change the title from React components, you can use [React Helmet](https://github.com/nfl/react-helmet), a third party library.

Finally, if you use a custom server for your app in production and want to modify the title before it gets sent to the browser, you can follow advice in [this section](#generating-dynamic-meta-tags-on-the-server).

## Installing a Dependency

The generated project includes React and ReactDOM as dependencies. It also includes a set of scripts used by Create React App as a development dependency. You may install other dependencies (for example, React Router) with `npm`:
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