diff --git a/aspnet/.gitignore b/aspnet/.gitignore
index e69de29bb2..26a9ae330a 100644
--- a/aspnet/.gitignore
+++ b/aspnet/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+_build/
+_site/
diff --git a/aspnet/docfx.json b/aspnet/docfx.json
index 6fdf250a00..89e7046689 100644
--- a/aspnet/docfx.json
+++ b/aspnet/docfx.json
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
     ],
     "overwrite": [],
     "externalReference": [],
-    "globalMetadata": { "breadcrumb_path": "/aspnet/breadcrumb/toc.json" },
+    "globalMetadata": {
+      "breadcrumb_path": "/aspnet/breadcrumb/toc.json",
+      "_navPath": "/foo",
+      "_navRel": "/foo",
+      "searchScope": ["ASP.NET"]
+    },
     "fileMetadata": {},
     "template": [],
     "dest": "_site"
diff --git a/aspnetcore/docfx.json b/aspnetcore/docfx.json
index 90ebd4cb3a..540338c5c1 100644
--- a/aspnetcore/docfx.json
+++ b/aspnetcore/docfx.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
           "**/samples/**",
           "aspnet/**",
           "**/includes/**",
-          "**/aspnet-core-conceptual/**"
+          "**/aspnet-core-conceptual/**",
+          "_site/**"
         ]
       }
     ],