diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index ed021f0b88..c3ef35ecc3 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+---
+---
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### Project Structure
diff --git a/lib/server/readMetadata.js b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
index 9ba22a0c36..7ea4ee9021 100644
--- a/lib/server/readMetadata.js
+++ b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const CWD = process.cwd();
 
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
-const os = require("os");
 const glob = require("glob");
 const siteConfig = require(CWD + "/siteConfig.js");
 const versionFallback = require("./versionFallback.js");
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ function readSidebar() {
 }
 
 function splitHeader(content) {
-  const lines = content.split(os.EOL);
+  const lines = content.split("\n");
   let i = 1;
   for (; i < lines.length - 1; ++i) {
     if (lines[i] === "---") {
@@ -88,12 +87,15 @@ function splitHeader(content) {
 function extractMetadata(content) {
   const metadata = {};
   const both = splitHeader(content);
+  // if no content returned, then that means there was no header, and both.header is the content
+  if (!both.content) {
+    return { metadata, rawContent: both.header };
+  }
   const lines = both.header.split("\n");
   for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 1; ++i) {
     const keyvalue = lines[i].split(":");
     const key = keyvalue[0].trim();
     let value = keyvalue.slice(1).join(":").trim();
-    // Handle the case where you have "Community #10"
     try {
       value = JSON.parse(value);
     } catch (e) {}
@@ -105,9 +107,6 @@ function extractMetadata(content) {
 // process the metadata for a document found in the docs folder
 function processMetadata(file) {
   const result = extractMetadata(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
-  if (!result.metadata || !result.rawContent) {
-    return null;
-  }
 
   const regexSubFolder = /docs\/(.*)\/.*/;
 
@@ -121,6 +120,16 @@ function processMetadata(file) {
   const rawContent = result.rawContent;
   metadata.source = path.basename(file);
 
+  if (!metadata.id) {
+    metadata.id = path.basename(file, path.extname(file));
+  }
+  if (metadata.id.includes("/") || metadata.id.includes(".")) {
+    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/" or ".".');
+  }
+  if (!metadata.title) {
+    metadata.title = metadata.id;
+  }
+
   if (languages.length === 1 && !siteConfig.useEnglishUrl) {
     metadata.permalink = "docs/" + metadata.id + ".html";
   } else {
@@ -221,21 +230,23 @@ function generateDocsMetadata() {
   const versionData = versionFallback.docData();
   versionData.forEach(metadata => {
     const id = metadata.localized_id;
-    metadata.sidebar = order[id].sidebar;
-    metadata.category = order[id].category;
-    if (order[id].next) {
-      metadata.next_id = order[id].next.replace(
-        "version-" + metadata.version + "-",
-        ""
-      );
-      metadata.next = metadata.language + "-" + order[id].next;
-    }
-    if (order[id].previous) {
-      metadata.previous_id = order[id].previous.replace(
-        "version-" + metadata.version + "-",
-        ""
-      );
-      metadata.previous = metadata.language + "-" + order[id].previous;
+    if (order[id]) {
+      metadata.sidebar = order[id].sidebar;
+      metadata.category = order[id].category;
+      if (order[id].next) {
+        metadata.next_id = order[id].next.replace(
+          "version-" + metadata.version + "-",
+          ""
+        );
+        metadata.next = metadata.language + "-" + order[id].next;
+      }
+      if (order[id].previous) {
+        metadata.previous_id = order[id].previous.replace(
+          "version-" + metadata.version + "-",
+          ""
+        );
+        metadata.previous = metadata.language + "-" + order[id].previous;
+      }
     }
     metadatas[metadata.id] = metadata;
   });
diff --git a/lib/server/versionFallback.js b/lib/server/versionFallback.js
index fdc9fffd31..0b30459206 100644
--- a/lib/server/versionFallback.js
+++ b/lib/server/versionFallback.js
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ function splitHeader(content) {
 function extractMetadata(content) {
   const metadata = {};
   const both = splitHeader(content);
+  // if no content returned, then that means there was no header, and both.header is the content
+  if (!both.content) {
+    return { metadata, rawContent: both.header };
+  }
   const lines = both.header.split("\n");
   for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 1; ++i) {
     const keyvalue = lines[i].split(":");
@@ -265,8 +269,9 @@ function diffLatestSidebar() {
     return true;
   }
   const currentSidebar = CWD + "/sidebars.json";
+  // if no current sidebar file, return false so no sidebar file gets copied
   if (!fs.existsSync(currentSidebar)) {
-    // TO DO: error message
+    return false;
   }
 
   // compare for equality between latest version sidebar with version prefixes
diff --git a/lib/version.js b/lib/version.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 328262043e..d42e5e5692
--- a/lib/version.js
+++ b/lib/version.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const versionFallback = require("./server/versionFallback.js");
 const CWD = process.cwd();
 let versions;
 if (fs.existsSync(CWD + "/versions.json")) {
- versions = require(CWD + "/versions.json");
+  versions = require(CWD + "/versions.json");
 } else {
   versions = [];
 }
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@ program
 
 if (typeof version === "undefined") {
   console.error(
-    `${chalk.yellow("No version number specified!")}\nPass the version you wish to create as an argument.\nEx: 1.0.0`
+    `${chalk.yellow(
+      "No version number specified!"
+    )}\nPass the version you wish to create as an argument.\nEx: 1.0.0`
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
 if (versions.includes(version)) {
   console.error(
-    `${chalk.yellow("This version already exists!")}\nSpecify a new version to create that does not already exist.`
+    `${chalk.yellow(
+      "This version already exists!"
+    )}\nSpecify a new version to create that does not already exist.`
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }
@@ -74,7 +78,13 @@ files.forEach(file => {
   let metadata = res.metadata;
   let rawContent = res.rawContent;
   if (!metadata.id) {
-    return;
+    metadata.id = path.basename(file, path.extname(file));
+  }
+  if (metadata.id.includes("/") || metadata.id.includes(".")) {
+    throw new Error('Document id cannot include "/" or ".".');
+  }
+  if (!metadata.title) {
+    metadata.title = metadata.id;
   }
 
   if (!versionFallback.diffLatestDoc(file, metadata.id)) {
diff --git a/website/package.json b/website/package.json
index b822a2450f..9381b54890 100644
--- a/website/package.json
+++ b/website/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "build": "../lib/build-files.js",
     "publish-gh-pages": "../lib/publish-gh-pages.js",
     "examples": "../lib/copy-examples.js",
-    "write-translations": "../lib/write-translations.js"
+    "write-translations": "../lib/write-translations.js",
+    "version": "../lib/version.js"
   }
 }