What is Hugo

Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. Users can quickly build their own websites using Hugo.

Setup Steps

Install Hugo

On a Mac, you can use the following command to install Hugo:

brew install hugo

After installation, you can check if it’s installed properly using hugo version:

Create a Blog Website with Hugo

Once Hugo is installed, you can use it to create your own blog website. Use hugo new site my-blog to create a site named my-blog.

cd my-blog
git init

Choose a Theme

After creating the website, you need to choose a theme. There are many themes available for selection: hugo themes Here, I am choosing the hugo-theme-even theme. At this point, it needs to be added as a submodule under themes/even.

git submodule add https://github.com/olOwOlo/hugo-theme-even.git themes/even

cp themes/even/exampleSite/config.toml hugo.toml

Create a Blog Post

Once the theme is configured, you can create your own blog post. Use hugo new content/content/post/my-first-post.md to create a blog post. You can see that a new md file will appear under content/post/ after executing this command.

Run Hugo

Once the previous configurations are done, you can start a Hugo server using hugo server.

With this, you can complete the setup of your blog website.

Save the Local Blog to GitHub

• Log in to GitHub and create a new repository (e.g., heyjude-blog).
• Add the local repository as a remote:

git remote add origin https://github.com/yourusername/myblog.git
git push

This way, you can save your blog to GitHub.

Reference Links

1. https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/
2. https://github.com/olOwOlo/hugo-theme-even
3. https://medium.com/@magstherdev/hugo-in-10-minutes-2dc4ac70ee11