Configurations

Configurations

• About Hugo Configurations
• Theme Parameters
  • Social Icons Configuration
  • Menu Items Configurations
• Complete Example

About Hugo Configurations

This theme supports:

• Google Analytics
• Disqus:
  • Displayed within post pages.
  • Can be disabled with disable_comments front-matter.

Theme Parameters

These are the basic parameters used by hugo-coder theme.

Configuration	Type	Required	Description	Example
author	string	Yes	Author name.	"John Doe"
info	string	Yes	An headline, job title or similar.	"Full Stack Developer"
description	string	Yes	Description of the site.	"John Doe's personal website"
keywords	string	Yes	Site keywords.	"blog,developer,personal"
avatarurl	string	No	Photo of the author.	"images/avatar.jpg"
favicon_32	string	No	Custom path to a 32x32 favicon.	"/img/favicon-32x32.png"
favicon_16	string	No	Custom path to a 16x16 favicon.	"/img/favicon-16x16.png"
hidefooter	bool	No	If active, hide the footer.	true or false
footercontent	string	No	Extra text shown in the footer section.	"Hi, I'm a footer message!"
hidecredits	bool	No	If active, hide the footer credits.	true or false
hidecopyright	bool	No	If active, hide the footer copyright.	true or false
rtl	bool	No	Enable the Right To Left mode.	true or false
math	bool	No	Enable MathJax Module and add JS into your site. :'(	true or false
custom_css	list	No	Add extra CSS files to the website.	["css/extra-style.css"]

Social Icons Configuration

Social Icons are optional. To use them you will need to set all the following parameters for each icon.

Configuration	Type	Required	Description	Example
name	string	Yes	Icon name.	"Github"
icon	string	Yes	FontAwesome icon classes.	"fab fa-github"
weight	int	Yes	Icon order.	1
url	string	Yes	URL to redirect.	"https://github.com/johndoe/"

Menu Items Configurations

Menu Items are optional. To use them you will need to set all the following parameters for each icon.

Configuration	Type	Required	Description	Example
name	string	Yes	Menu Item name.	"Posts"
weight	int	Yes	Menu Item order.	1
url	string	Yes	URL to redirect.	"/posts/"

Complete Example

This is a complete configuration example with some recommended values.

baseurl = "http://www.example.com"
title = "johndoe"
theme = "hugo-coder"
languagecode = "en"
defaultcontentlanguage = "en"

paginate = 20
canonifyurls = true

pygmentsstyle = "bw"
pygmentscodefences = true
pygmentscodefencesguesssyntax = true

disqusShortname = "yourdiscussshortname"

[params]
    author = "John Doe"
    info = "Full Stack DevOps and Magician"
    description = "John Doe's personal website"
    keywords = "blog,developer,personal"
    avatarurl = "images/avatar.jpg"

    favicon_32 = "/img/favicon-32x32.png"
    favicon_16 = "/img/favicon-16x16.png"

    footercontent = "Enter a text here."

    hidecredits = false
    hidecopyright = false

    rtl = false

    math = true
    custom_css = ["css/custom.css"]

# Social links
[[params.social]]
    name = "Github"
    icon = "fab fa-github fa-2x"
    weight = 1
    url = "https://github.com/johndoe/"
[[params.social]]
    name = "Gitlab"
    icon = "fab fa-gitlab fa-2x"
    weight = 2
    url = "https://gitlab.com/johndoe/"
[[params.social]]
    name = "Twitter"
    icon = "fab fa-twitter fa-2x"
    weight = 3
    url = "https://twitter.com/johndoe/"

# Menu links
[[menu.main]]
    name = "Blog"
    weight = 1
    url  = "/posts/"
[[menu.main]]
    name = "About"
    weight = 2
    url = "/about/"