Starter Theme for Hugo

Hugo Static Site Generator Blank Starter Theme

Installation

For example, if your Hugo website is in the www folder.

cd www

git init

git submodule add https://github.com/jimfrenette/hugo-starter.git themes/starter

Dev Hugo Templates

cd www

hugo server -D

Preview the site, e.g., localhost:1313

Webpack Dev UI

Install node modules - Requires Node v12 (lts/erbium)

cd www/themes/starter

npm i

Unminified development build with sourcemaps

cd www/themes/starter

npm run dev

Build for production with npm run build. CSS and JavaScript files will be output into the starter themes dist folder. e.g.,

cd www/themes/starter

npm run build

Comments

To enable DISQUS comments, add disqusShortname = YOURSHORTNAME to your config file.

Production

To run in production (e.g. to have Google Analytics show up), run HUGO_ENV=production before your build command. For example:

HUGO_ENV=production hugo