Wowchemy Shortcode Starter Template

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👉 Core Concepts

• Each Wowchemy shortcode consists of an HTML file
• You may use Go Templating, shortcode parameters, and Bootstrap layouts to design the shortcode

🧑‍🎨 Create a Shortcode

1. Click the Use This Template button on GitHub
   1. Name your repository wowchemy-shortcode-<SHORTCODE-NAME> where <SHORTCODE-NAME> is an appropriate name for your shortcode
2. Browse your new GitHub project, click the go.mod file, and then the ✏️ pencil button to edit it
   1. Replace the placeholder URL in go.mod with your new GitHub URL in the form module github.com/<USERNAME>/wowchemy-shortcode-<SHORTCODE-NAME> where <USERNAME> is your GitHub username and <SHORTCODE-NAME> is the name of the shortcode
   2. Scroll to the bottom and click Commit Changes to save
3. Browse to the layouts/shortcodes/ folder, click my-shortcode.html, and click the ✏️ pencil button to edit it
   1. Rename my-shortcode.html in the text box to a unique ID in the form github_<USERNAME>_<SHORTCODE-NAME>.html, again replacing <USERNAME> with your GitHub username and <SHORTCODE-NAME> with your shortcode name
   2. Scroll to the bottom and click Commit Changes to save
4. Edit the HTML for your new shortcode
   • You may use Go Templating and Bootstrap layouts
   • View the Hugo docs on Shortcodes
   • You can access the shortcode content using {{.Inner}}
   • Check out the built-in shortcodes for inspiration

Example

Say your GitHub username is pikachu and you wish to create a shortcode named pokemon:

1. We click Use This Template and enter wowchemy-shortcode-pokemon as the project name
2. We replace the first line of go.mod with module github.com/pikachu/wowchemy-shortcode-pokemon
3. We browse to the layouts/shortcodes/ folder, and rename my-shortcode.html to github_pikachu_pokemon.html
4. We customize the HTML in github_pikachu_pokemon.html
5. We add the shortcode to our site and share the shortcode with the community following the guide below

🌈 Add the Shortcode to your Site

1. Install your shortcode in your site by referencing it at the bottom of your config/_defaults/config.toml:

   # At the bottom of your `config.toml` is a Module section:
   [module]
   
     # Your existing modules will appear here.
   
     # Add your shortcode's GitHub URL below.
     # Replace <USERNAME> and <SHORTCODE-NAME> with your GitHub username and shortcode name, respectively.
     [[module.imports]]
       path = "github.com/<USERNAME>/wowchemy-shortcode-<SHORTCODE-NAME>"

2. Use your shortcode in page content. For example let's create content/post/test-my-shortcode.md:

   ---
   title: My shortcode
   date: '2020-11-27'
   ---
   
   Check out my shortcode:
   
   {{% github_pikachu_pokemon %}}Content to *process*.{{% /github_pikachu_pokemon %}}

📢 Share your Shortcode

Share your shortcode with the community on Discord and Twitter.