devise — Hugo Blog Template

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# Devise

A fast, minimal, responsive [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) theme for blogs.

![screenshot.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/austingebauer/devise/master/images/screenshot.png)

For a live demo of the theme, see at: 
- [themes.gohugo.io/devise](https://themes.gohugo.io/devise)
- [austingebauer.com](https://austingebauer.com)

## Features

- All of Hugo's builtin [Content Management](https://gohugo.io/content-management/)
- Easy installation of [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision) via Hugo [configuration](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/) file
- Fast loading with a 95-100 score on [Google PageSpeed](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/)
- Ability to use [Bootstrap 4](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/getting-started/introduction/) CSS classes via HTML/CSS in Markdown
- Ability to use [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) icons
- Ability to customize the theme styles via [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/)
- Ability to customize the following items via Hugo [configuration](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/) file
    - Meta description
    - Title
    - Subtitle
    - Image
    - Image border color
    - Navigation menu
    - Social icons
    - Last 'n' recent posts
    - Background color
    - Font family
    - Font color

## Usage

This following guides installation, configuration, and updating of the Devise Hugo theme.

### Installation

Before installing this theme, be sure to [install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/) 
and [create a new site](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/#step-2-create-a-new-site).

To install the theme, run the following from the root directory of your Hugo site:

```bash
$ git submodule add https://github.com/austingebauer/devise.git themes/devise
```

### Configuration

Next, open the `config.toml` file in the root of your Hugo site and set the theme:

```toml
theme = "devise"
```

Example `config.toml` file with all configuration features filled out:

```toml
baseURL = "https://example.com"
title = "Your Website Title"
languageCode = "en-us"
theme = "devise"
relativeURLs = true
enableEmoji = true
googleAnalytics = ""
enableRobotsTXT = true
copyright = "© Copyright Year, Your Name"

# Main menu items
[menu]
  [[menu.main]]
    identifier = "about"
    name = "About"
    title = "About"
    url = "/about/"
    weight = -110
  [[menu.main]]
    identifier = "posts"
    name = "Posts"
    title = "Posts"
    url = "/post/"
    weight = -100
  [[menu.main]]
    identifier = "categories"
    name = "Categories"
    title = "Categories"
    url = "/categories/"
    weight = -90

# Configuration Features
[params]
  description = "Your meta description"      # Your meta description of the site
  header_title = "Your Name"                 # Your header title
  header_subtitle = "Your Creative Subtitle" # Your header subtitle
  home_image = "/images/avatar.png"          # Path to header image starting from the static directory (optional)
  recent_posts = 5                           # Max amount of recent posts to show
  mainSections = ["posts", "post", "blog"]   # Main sections to include in recent posts
  [params.style]                             # CSS style overrides
    backgroundColor = "#f8f9fa"
    homeImageBorderColor = "#ffffff"
    fontFamilyBase = "Helvetica Neue"        # First-choice font
    fontColor = "#212529"
  [[params.social]]
    fa_icon = "fab fa-github fa-1x"          # Font Awesome icon class
    href = "http://github.com/youruser"      # Link to associate with icon (http://, https://, mailto:)
  [[params.social]]
    fa_icon = "fab fa-linkedin-in fa-1x"
    href = ""
  [[params.social]]
    fa_icon = "fab fa-twitter fa-1x"
    href = ""
  [[params.social]]
    fa_icon = "fas fa-at fa-1x"
    href = ""
```

### Updating

To get updates to the theme, run the following from the root directory of your Hugo site: 

```
$ git submodule update --remote themes/devise
```

### Adding Custom Styles

Adding custom styles to the devise theme is simple. There are two options 
available for doing so.

#### Option 1:

In the `config.toml` file of your website, you can set the following custom style
parameters:

```toml
[params.style]
  backgroundColor = "#f8f9fa"
  homeImageBorderColor = "#ffffff"
  fontFamilyBase = "Helvetica Neue"
  fontColor = "#212529"
```

If you'd like to see other custom styles available as config parameters, please open an [issue](https://github.com/austingebauer/devise/issues).

#### Option 2:

To add custom [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/) styles to the devise theme, you'll 
need to add the following file to the [assets](https://gohugo.io/hugo-pipes/introduction/#asset-directory) 
directory of your site:

- `assets/sass/custom.scss`

In the file, you can use [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/) syntax to declare
your custom styles. After doing so, you should see custom styling added to 
your devise based Hugo site.

## Demo

To run a live demo of the theme on your laptop, run the following from the `exampleSite` directory of the 
devise theme:

```bash
hugo server --themesDir ../.. --watch --verbose --cleanDestinationDir --disableFastRender
```

For a live demo of the theme, see at: 
- [themes.gohugo.io/devise](https://themes.gohugo.io/devise)
- [austingebauer.com](https://austingebauer.com)

## Contributing

If you have an idea for a new feature or found a bug, please feel free to use Github
[issues](https://github.com/austingebauer/devise/issues) to let me know.

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)