Add date of last update in the bottom of each page using a mkdocs plugin

Author: kmokstad

.github/workflows/build-website.yml

@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
       - name: Install MkDocs
-        run: pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions
+        run: pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 
       - name: Silence hint on initial branch
         run: git config --global init.defaultBranch main
 
       - name: Check out source repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Build the web pages
         run: mkdocs build

README.md

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Follow these steps:
 
        git clone https://github.com/openfedem/openfedem.org.git
 
-2. Install MkDocs:
+2. Install MkDocs with extensions:
 
-       pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions
+       pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 
    See the [MkDocs Installation Guide](https://www.mkdocs.org/#installation) for further instructions.
 
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ After setting up the local environment:
 
 ## Conversions
 
-The first line holds the title of the subpage and shall have Markdown heading level 1, typically `#<title>`
+The first line holds the title of the subpage and shall have Markdown heading level 1, typically `# <title>`.
 
-The Markdown heading level 2, e.g., `##<section heading>`, represents the first section level, and so on.
+The Markdown heading level 2, e.g., `## <section heading>`, represents the first section level, and so on.
 
 ## Contributing
 

mkdocs.yml

@@ -76,3 +76,8 @@ markdown_extensions:
 
 extra_css:
   - css/custom.css
+
+plugins:
+  - search
+  - git-revision-date-localized:  # Requires: pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
+      enable_creation_date: true