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## Manual initialization

If you don't like `npm` or have trouble installing the tool, you can manually create `index.html`:
If you don't like `npm` or have trouble installing the tool, you can manually create `index.html` (the code below will load the latest version of docsify automatically. If you want a specific version to avoid any broken elements in the future, [see below](#specifying-docsify-versions)):

```html
<!-- index.html -->
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</html>
```

### Specifying docsify versions

?> Note that in both of the examples below, docsify URLs will need to be manually updated when a new major version of docsify is released (e.g. `v4.x.x` => `v5.x.x`). Check the docsify website periodically to see if a new major version has been released.

Specifying a major version in the URL (`@4`) will allow your site will receive non-breaking enhancements (i.e. "minor" updates) and bug fixes (i.e. "patch" updates) automatically. This is the recommended way to load docsify resources.

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4/themes/vue.css" />
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify@4"></script>
```

If you prefer to lock docsify to a specific version, specify the full version after the `@` symbol in the URL. This is the safest way to ensure your site will look and behave the same way regardless of any changes made to future versions of docsify.

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/themes/vue.css">
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script>
```

### Manually preview your site

If you installed python on your system, you can easily use it to run a static server to preview your site.

```bash
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If you want, you can show a loading dialog before docsify starts to render your documentation:

```html
<!-- index.html -->
<!-- index.html -->

<div id="app">Please wait...</div>
<div id="app">Please wait...</div>
```

You should set the `data-app` attribute if you changed `el`:

```html
<!-- index.html -->
<!-- index.html -->

<div data-app id="main">Please wait...</div>
<div data-app id="main">Please wait...</div>

<script>
window.$docsify = {
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