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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+
+import sys
+import os
+import sphinx_bootstrap_theme
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('sphinxext/mantiddoc/directives'))
+
+# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+    'sphinx.ext.pngmath',
+    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+    'summary',
+    'aliases',
+    'properties',
+    'categories',
+    'algorithm'
+]
+
+# The location of the root of the Mantid images folder.
+mantid_images = "/" + os.path.abspath('_static/images') + "/"
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = u'MantidProject'
+copyright = u'2014, Mantid'
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = '0.01'
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+release = '0.01'
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+html_theme = 'bootstrap'
+
+# Theme-specific options to customize the look and feel of a theme.
+# We config the bootstrap settings here, and apply CSS changes in
+# custom.css rather than here.
+html_theme_options = {
+    # Navigation bar title.
+    'navbar_title': "mantidproject",
+    # Tab name for entire site.
+    'navbar_site_name': "Mantid",
+    # Add links to the nav bar. Second param of tuple is true to create absolute url.
+    'navbar_links': [
+        ("Home", "/"),
+        ("Download", "http://download.mantidproject.org", True),
+        ("Documentation", "/documentation"),
+        ("Contact Us", "/contact-us"),
+    ],
+    # Do not show the "Show source" button.
+    'source_link_position': "no",
+    # Remove the local TOC from the nav bar
+    'navbar_pagenav': False,
+    # Hide the next/previous in the nav bar.
+    'navbar_sidebarrel': False,
+    # Use the latest version.
+    'bootstrap_version': "3",
+    # Ensure the nav bar always stays on top of page.
+    'navbar_fixed_top': "true",
+}
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+html_theme_path = sphinx_bootstrap_theme.get_html_theme_path()
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+#html_logo = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
+# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
+# directly to the root of the documentation.
+#html_extra_path = []
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Hide the Sphinx usage as we reference it on github instead.
+html_show_sphinx = False
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+html_show_copyright = True