How to create a new Hugo site?

1. Install Hugo following the oficial docs.

2. Choose a theme here. For example, the theme of this website is Learn.

3. Create a new hugo project with:

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hugo new site <name-project>

4. Init git repo.

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git init

5. Copy the zip of the theme choosed in the new folder themes or add the submodule.

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git clone https://github.com/matcornic/hugo-theme-learn themes/learn

Or add the submodule:

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git submodule add https://github.com/gesquive/slate themes/slate

6. Edit configuration file config.toml and add:

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baseURL = "http://localhost:1313/"
theme = "learn"

7. Run the website, it will be available at http://localhost:1313/.

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hugo server