Hugo-based blog theme providing complete page layouts for homepage, blog page, and footer
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navada — Hugo Blog Template
By chaitanya4vedi
Navada is a Hugo-based blog theme with a colorful interface and mobile responsiveness. The repository uses the MIT license and includes example site configuration and sample posts.
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Responsive design with both desktop and mobile screenshots in the README
Repository includes an exampleSite with config.toml, sample posts, and image assets
Default post archetype includes title, date, description, author, tags, image, and categories fields
Author and avatar can be configured centrally in the params section of config.toml
Code uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
Navada is a Hugo theme for blogs and similar content sites, emphasizing vivid colors, visual appeal, and responsive layout. The README provides desktop and mobile screenshots of the homepage, blog page, and footer, which can be used to assess the layout style.
The theme repository includes an exampleSite directory containing a config.toml configuration file, sample posts under content, and image assets under images. Installation involves cloning the repository into the themes directory of a Hugo site, then copying the example configuration, content, and images to the site root and static directory respectively. Posts are created via the hugo new command, and the default archetype includes title, date, description, draft, author, tags, image, and categories fields. The author name and avatar are set in the params section of config.toml, and post images are declared as a YAML list.
The README lists comments, multi-author support, and CSS cache busting as features not yet implemented that the author hopes to add later, indicating that the current version does not include these capabilities. The repository was last updated in 2021 and has a small number of stars. The code uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification.
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Use Cases
- Building a personal blog with Hugo and wanting to apply an existing theme directly
- Needing a colorful, visually striking blog front-end style
- Wanting to quickly get started by referring to the theme's example configuration and sample posts
- Deploying a static blog site locally or on a self-hosted server
Suitable For
- Developers building blogs with Hugo
- Personal bloggers who prefer a colorful, editorial-style interface
- Users who need an MIT-licensed theme with freely modifiable code
- Those who want to adjust configuration and content structure starting from the example site
Getting started & customization
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- 1
Navigate to the themes directory of your Hugo site and clone the repository with git clone
- 2
Copy config.toml and content from exampleSite to the site root, and images to the static directory
- 3
Set author and authorImage in the params section of config.toml
- 4
Create posts with hugo new blog/2021/post-title.md or hugo new post-title.md
- 5
Post images must be provided as a YAML list; pay attention to indentation or use bracket notation
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version under the MIT license from the public repository; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
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- The README only requests voluntary donations and does not constitute a usage restriction; the theme code remains free to use under the MIT license.
- Comments, multi-author support, and CSS cache busting are planned but not yet implemented; the current version does not include these capabilities.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets require separate license verification and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
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Original README
https://github.com/chaitanya4vedi/navada/blob/master/LICENSEhttps://github.com/chaitanya4vedi/navada/blob/master/README.mdSome of the features i would like to include are - - Comments - Multi Author Support - Cache busting for CSS
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 68 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Blog
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- 2021-12-23
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Source file / repository# Navada - Hugo theme
Navada is a fully responsive, colorful and attractive UI theme for Blogs and similar content.
## Check the [Demo](https://navada-hugo.netlify.app/)
### Screenshots on Download page
### Desktop View
| Index Page | Blog Page |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|  |  |
### Mobile View
| Index Page | Blog Page |
|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  |  |
#### Footer
<img src="images/Screenshot-Blog-Footer.png" alt="Footer">
## Installation
In your Hugo website directory, go to themes folder by `$ cd themes` command. Then clone this repo with the `git clone` command.
```bash
$ cd themes
$ git clone https://github.com/chaitanya4vedi/navada.git
```
I have provided `config.toml` file inside the `exampleSite` directory together with some sample posts inside `content` folder and images inside `images` folder. Copy and replace the `config.toml` and `content` folder to the root directory and copy paste `images` folder to the `static` folder of the root directory.
For more information read the official [setup guide](https://gohugo.io/overview/installing/) of Hugo.+
## Writing Posts
Create a new `.md` file in the *content/blog/2021/* folder
or you can simply type this command with your post's title in it
`hugo new blog/2021/post-title.md`
or you can also type `hugo new post-title.md` hugo will automatically create posts inside `content/blog` folder.
## Configs
### Author Name and Image
In the `config.toml` file that you copy pasted from exampleSite to root directory, change the the author name and image to show up on each post.
```
[params]
author = "Janne Kemppainen"
authorImage = "/images/janne.jpg"
```
### Default Archetype
This is the default archetype.
```
---
title: ""
date:
description: ""
draft: true
author: ""
tags: ""
images:
-
categories:
-
---
```
### Images
The images parameter needs to be a list. There are two ways to create a list in YAML so you can use either one of these options:
#### Option 1
```
images:
- /images/blog/03/fields.jpg
```
Note that indentation matters here.
#### Option 2
```
images: ["/images/blog/03/fields.jpg"]
```
## Open to Suggestions and Improvements
I have lots of stuff in my mind to add to this theme. Some of the features i would like to include are -
- Comments
- Multi Author Support
- Cache busting for CSS
If you think i have missed something or you have an idea or suggestion that you want to add, feel free to raise an issue. I am open to improvements for this theme. I will be more than glad to hear from you or take your help. Thank you!
## Credits
Thanks to [Janne Kemppainen](https://twitter.com/pakstech) for the wonderful posts on hugo themes.
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