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<h1 id="installation">Installation</h1>
<p>The following steps are here to help you initialize your new website. If you don’t know Hugo at all, we strongly suggest you learn more about it by following this <a href="https://gohugo.io/overview/quickstart/" rel="external" target="_self">great documentation for beginners</a>.</p>
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<p>The following tutorial leads you through the steps of creating a first, minimal new site.</p>
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<h2 id="create-your-project">Create your Project</h2>
<p>Hugo provides the <code>new</code> command to create a new website:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo new site my-new-site</span></span></code></pre></div><p>After that change into the directory:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">cd</span> my-new-site</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Every upcoming command will be executed from inside your new site’s root.</p>
<h2 id="install-the-theme">Install the Theme</h2>
<h3 id="downloading-as-archive">Downloading as Archive</h3>
<p>You can <a href="https://github.com/McShelby/hugo-theme-relearn/archive/main.zip" rel="external" target="_self">download the theme as .zip archive</a> and extract its content into them <code>themes/hugo-theme-relearn</code> directory.</p>
<p>Afterwards add this at the end of your <code>hugo.toml</code>.</p>
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<h3 id="using-hugos-module-system">Using Hugo’s Module System</h3>
<p>You can install the Relearn theme by following <a href="https://gohugo.io/hugo-modules/use-modules/#use-a-module-for-a-theme" rel="external" target="_self">the standard documentation</a> using Hugo’s module system:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo mod init example.com</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Afterwards add this at the end of your <code>hugo.toml</code>.</p>
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<h3 id="using-git-submodules">Using Git Submodules</h3>
<p>If you plan to store your project in a git repository you can create one with:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">git init</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Now add the theme as a submodule by:</p>
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<h2 id="create-your-home-page">Create your Home Page</h2>
<p>If you don’t create a home page, yet, the theme will generate a placeholder text with instructions on how to proceed.</p>
<p>Start your journey by creating a home page:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo new --kind home _index.md</span></span></code></pre></div><p>The newly created home page <code>content/_index.md</code> is empty and you obviously should add some meaningful content.</p>
<h2 id="create-your-first-chapter-page">Create your First Chapter Page</h2>
<p>Chapters are meant to be top level pages that contain other child pages. They have a special layout style and often just contain the <em>title</em> and a <em>brief abstract</em> of the section.</p>
<p>Now create your first chapter page with the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo new --kind chapter basics/_index.md</span></span></code></pre></div><p>When opening the newly created file <code>content/basics/_index.md</code>, you should see the <code>weight</code> frontmatter with a number. This will be used to generate the subtitle of the chapter page, and should be set to a consecutive value starting at <code>1</code> for each chapter level.</p>
<h2 id="create-your-first-content-pages">Create your First Content Pages</h2>
<p>Then create content pages inside the previously created chapter. Here are three ways to create content in the chapter:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo new basics/first-content/_index.md
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</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo new basics/third-content.md</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Feel free to edit those files by adding some sample content and replacing the <code>title</code> value in the beginning of the files.</p>
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<p>Please note that Hugo overrides the default archetype template coming with this theme when using <code>hugo new site my-new-site</code>. To actually see your page later, you have to remove the <code>draft=true</code> from the page’s frontmatter.</p>
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<h2 id="testing-your-website-locally">Testing your Website Locally</h2>
<p>Launch your new web site by using the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo serve</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Go to <a href="http://localhost:1313" rel="external" target="_self"><code>http://localhost:1313</code></a> in your browser.</p>
<p>You should notice a few things:</p>
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<li>You have the menu <strong>Basics</strong> in the sidebar. Clicking on it reveals three submenus with names equal to the <code>title</code> properties in the previously created content pages.</li>
<li>While you are running <code>hugo serve</code> your page refreshes automatically when you change a content page. Neat!</li>
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<h2 id="build-and-deploy-your-website">Build and Deploy your Website</h2>
<p>When your site is ready to be deployed, run the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight wrap-code"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span class="line"><span class="cl">hugo</span></span></code></pre></div><p>A <code>public</code> directory will be generated, containing all content and assets for your web site.</p>
<p>It now can be deployed to any web server by simply uploading its contents or you can check out one of <a href="https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/" rel="external" target="_self">Hugo’s many other deployment options</a>.</p>
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