add gh actions workflow to build mkdocs

.github/workflows/deploy-mkdocs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Deploy MkDocs Site from Search Branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - search  # This sets it to trigger on changes to the 'search' branch
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10.12'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material  
+
+      - name: Build the MkDocs site
+        run: mkdocs build --verbose
+        working-directory: mkdocs
+
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: ./mkdocs/site
+          publish_branch: gh-pages  # This pushes the build to the 'gh-pages' branch

mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 site_name: Official Documentation
 site_author: Manuel Luciano
 site_description: iDigBio User Documentation
-site_dir: ../docs
 theme:
   features:
     - navigation.tabs