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* docs(v2): clarify instructions on docs-only mode

* Update configuration.md

Co-authored-by: Yangshun Tay <tay.yang.shun@gmail.com>
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## Docs-only mode

You can run your Docusaurus 2 site without a landing page and instead have a page from your documentation as the index page.
While Docusaurus is a performant static site generator with support for blogs, product landing and marketing pages, some sites just want the documentation component.

Set the `routeBasePath` to indicate that it’s the root path.
Here are some steps you need to follow for a "docs-only mode":

**Note**: Make sure there’s no `index.js` page in `src/pages` or there will be two files mapped to the same route!
1. Set the `routeBasePath` property of the `docs` object in `@docusaurus/preset-classic` in `docusaurus.config.js` to the root of your site:

```js {9}
// docusaurus.config.js
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'@docusaurus/preset-classic',
{
docs: {
routeBasePath: '/' // Set this value to '/'.
routeBasePath: '', // Set to empty string.
...
},
},
],
],
// ...
};
```

You can apply the same principle for blogs with the [Blog-only mode](blog.md#blog-only-mode).
2. Set up a redirect to the initial document on the home page in `src/pages/index.js`, e.g. for the document `getting-started`. This is needed because by default there's no page created for the root of the docs.

```jsx
import React from 'react';

import {Redirect} from '@docusaurus/router';
import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';

function Home() {
return <Redirect to={useBaseUrl('/getting-started')} />;
}

export default Home;
```

Now, when visiting your site, it will show your initial document instead of a landing page.

:::tip

There's also a "blog-only mode", for those who only want to use the blog component of Docusaurus 2. You can use the same method detailed above, except that you need to delete the `src/pages/index.js` file. Follow the setup instructions on [Blog-only mode](blog.md#blog-only-mode).

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