Minimal blog theme; repository description is "minimal hugo theme for blogs"
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hugo-journal — Hugo Blog Template
By cvhariharan
hugo-journal is a minimal Hugo theme for blogs, offering a responsive layout, dark/light mode, and minimal JavaScript, imported as a Git submodule.
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README lists four features: responsive, minimal JS, dark/light mode, easy customization
Imported via Git submodule into themes/journal, with theme.toml and config.example.yml copied for initial setup
Provides an online demo site at hugo-journal.pages.dev
Repository includes a standard MIT license file; code can be freely used, modified, commercially used, and distributed
Template Details
hugo-journal is a Hugo blog theme published on GitHub. The repository description is "A minimal hugo theme for blogs," and the demo site is hugo-journal.pages.dev. The theme is positioned for minimal blog typography. The README lists features including responsive and fast, minimal JS, dark/light mode, and easy customization.
For usage, the theme is imported as a Git submodule: add the repository to themes/journal, then copy the theme's theme.toml and config.example.yml to the project root as theme.toml and config.yml. The repository does not provide further details on content structure, shortcodes, or parameter configuration; specific customization options require reviewing the theme source and example configuration.
Regarding licensing, the repository includes a standard MIT license file, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, provided the copyright notice and license notice are retained when distributing. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification.
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Use Cases
- Building a lightweight Hugo site for a personal blog
- A blog frontend that needs dark/light mode switching
- A writing site that aims to keep pages simple with minimal JavaScript
- A Hugo project that manages theme versions via Git submodule
Suitable For
- Developers building blogs with Hugo
- Writers who prefer minimal typography and low JS dependency
- Projects that need freely modifiable theme code under the MIT license
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Add the theme as a submodule: git submodule add https://github.com/cvhariharan/hugo-journal themes/journal
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Copy the theme configuration: cp themes/journal/theme.toml theme.toml
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Copy the example configuration: cp themes/journal/config.example.yml config.yml
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The README does not describe further content organization or parameter details; adjust based on the theme source and example configuration
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification
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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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- 2024-05-25
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Source file / repository## Journal
A minimal hugo theme for blogs.
<p align="center">
<img src="images/journal_phone.png" width="20%" height="30%">
<p>
<p align="center">
<a href="https://hugo-journal.pages.dev">Demo</a>
</p>
### Features
- Responsive and fast
- Minimal JS
- Dark/light modes
- Easy to customize
<p align="center">
<img src="images/lighthouse.png" width="40%" height="40%">
<p>
### Setup
Import the theme as a submodule
```bash
git submodule add https://github.com/cvhariharan/hugo-journal themes/journal
cp themes/journal/theme.toml theme.toml
cp themes/journal/config.example.yml config.yml
```
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