Hi! sorry for being late. Here is the extended information about hugo generator and hextra template
Following my earlier post, this site uses Hugo, an open-source static site generator from the Go programming community. According to their GitHub, “Hugo is a fast and customizable static site generator built by spf13 and friends in Go.” It uses the Go language to create adaptable websites.
Hugo has a strong community, with over 70k stars and around 800 contributors on GitHub. The project is well-maintained, with frequent new versions that show ongoing improvements and community support. Setting up a Hugo project is easy, thanks to their detailed documentation.
For this project, we’re using the Hextra template, a modern, responsive, batteries-included Hugo theme for creating beautiful static websites. Hextra is inspired by Nextra and utilizes Tailwind CSS to offer a sleek design. It supports responsive layouts and dark mode, ensuring a great user experience on all devices. Additionally, Hextra includes features like full-text search powered by FlexSearch, Markdown support, syntax highlighting, LaTeX math formulae, and more. You can find more about the Hextra template on its GitHub page and the Hextra Starter Template.
The Hextra template is actively maintained, with regular updates and contributions from the community. The latest version was released just a few weeks ago, and the author is responsive to issues and feature requests on GitHub. This ensures that the template remains up-to-date and continues to improve over time.
Once set up, you only need to fill the /content
and /static
folders to add your website’s content and assets. Hugo supports Markdown (.md) files, which makes content creation straightforward.
Deploying your Hugo site is also hassle-free, with multiple hosting platform options available. GitHub Pages is a great choice for hosting, and you can automate the deployment process with GitHub Actions. The Hugo documentation also outlines other deployment methods.
To contribute to the website, follow these steps:
- Fork the website repository and clone it to your local machine.
- Start a local server using the commands
hugo mod tidy
hugo server --logLevel debug --disableFastRender -p 1313
.
- Make your changes and ensure everything works smoothly.
- Submit a pull request to the main repository.
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