This tutorial describes how to use Hugo, a static site generator (SSG) written in Go. Hugo boasts rich features, is very quick thanks to Go, and has lots of third-party themes, an active community, and detailed documentation.

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Static Website with Hugo

create a thrash folder inside bands move metallica.md there visit http://localhost:1313/bands/thrash/ —where you’ll see a blank page 

To fix this, you have to create a content/bands/thrash/_index.md file:

After that, the http://localhost:1313/bands/thrash/ page will list all posts inside the thrash section.

The next term we’ll discuss is called an archetype . Basically, archetypes serve as blueprints that are used when creating new content files using the hugo new command. Specifically, archetypes dictate which front matter variables your content should have.

… Hugo will utilize the first archetype found in one of the following files:

Preface

This tutorial describes how to use Hugo , a static site generator (SSG) written in Go . By “static site” I mean a website that consists of pages that are served directly to the client, without any additional server-side processing. SSGs are especially handy when you’re building not-too-complex sites like a personal blog, a product page, an informational resource, and so on.

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Static Website with Hugo

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Static Website with Hugo

Archetypes

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