I migrated from jekyll to hugo, but one thing is missing: the custom theme.
I spend a log of time debugging my old blog’s theme: adding dark theme, fix layout, add google search, etc.
the strength of hugo is that it just works. but it’s not totally true: there is still some things bugging me, and that’s the “baseURL” and “themes”.
baseURL
without this setting the browser cannot be opened automatically. and I have a good reason for it.
however the hugo developers & communities seems to not understand it. so I get a custom version. I choose the name to be evu but it’s just easy to type.
themes
there are a lot of works-out-of-the-box for hugo. however the website recommend to use git submodules for adding it, and there is a long debate for the submodules.
I use git subtree instead. this comes with a benefit: it becomes easier to build custom themes.
Well a lot of people is using the base theme papermod so the site will be the same: it’s like walking in the street and find another people wearing the same T-shirt with you. a bit annoying.
so I added some commits to customize it:
commits
- remove first special entry
- change light theme to pink
- add noto font
well I have a separate repo for the forked theme but I’m too lazy to move these commits to it…