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Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#11

Post by ThinkBeat » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:03 AM UTC

I keep wanting to use Hugo, and I have made a few attempts. Moving away from Wordpress and its problems would be good.

I do think a few features are missing that I find valuable:

* Search (you can add it as an external service I haven't found one I trust and like yet. * Comments, there are several third-party comment providers that I can use, I tried out Disqus for a while but I didnt like nor trust them. I look at using forum software for the comments but then I have to run that and I might as well stay in WP

Then there are a few plug-ins I use and like.

The worst part of using WP is of course security. I have switched to fully managed WP hosting so I dont have to worry too much about that. I do still worry about plugins but my provider does not allow a lot of plug-ins due to issues and I can totally appreciate that.

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:04 AM UTC

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Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#13

Post by PMan74 » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:04 AM UTC

I've a few sites on Hugo. If you're not an active developer (like me) you can deploy a site from a Netlify template and tweak from there. So pretty much the opposite of "zero to deployment" - gives you something working to start with.

https://templates.netlify.com/template/hugo-starter-blog-the...

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#14

Post by jelger » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:05 AM UTC

I like the idea of static blogs. However, I didn't accomplish to find a great workflow to use hugo from my android phone while traveling. Using git on a phone is a pain

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

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Post by jjjbokma » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:10 AM UTC

Moru wrote: post #6

stiray wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar issues from my side. Cryptic documentation, bad dissorganized forum and configuration,... I love the hugo idea but to find one detail you will get into chaos of strange wording and noise. I am using it but I try to configure as small amount as possible as I always get into some undesired behaviour. It seems like it was from begining build with idea and then continued by patch over patch over patch. Cant recom…

I decided I would make a static site the old fashioned way on neocities.org and happily got started. And then I remembered all the double work you have to do linking and making lists and repeating headers/footers (or use frames) and so on. Now I'm back to looking for some simple script that can output static sites without having to spend a month learning a new tool...

Hmmm... maybe tumblelog [0]. Comes in both a Python and a Perl version (as a single script). Demo site: https://plurrrr.com/

[0] https://github.com/john-bokma/tumblelog

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#16

Post by stock_toaster » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:12 AM UTC

I used hugo for a while, but found myself struggling against it more often than I liked. I have since moved on to using other options.

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#17

Post by wiggler00m » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:13 AM UTC

ThinkBeat wrote: post #11

I keep wanting to use Hugo, and I have made a few attempts. Moving away from Wordpress and its problems would be good. I do think a few features are missing that I find valuable: * Search (you can add it as an external service I haven't found one I trust and like yet. * Comments, there are several third-party comment providers that I can use, I tried out Disqus for a while but I didnt like nor trust them. I look at u…

Google custom search?

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

#18

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:16 AM UTC

Moru wrote: post #6

stiray wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar issues from my side. Cryptic documentation, bad dissorganized forum and configuration,... I love the hugo idea but to find one detail you will get into chaos of strange wording and noise. I am using it but I try to configure as small amount as possible as I always get into some undesired behaviour. It seems like it was from begining build with idea and then continued by patch over patch over patch. Cant recom…

I decided I would make a static site the old fashioned way on neocities.org and happily got started. And then I remembered all the double work you have to do linking and making lists and repeating headers/footers (or use frames) and so on. Now I'm back to looking for some simple script that can output static sites without having to spend a month learning a new tool...

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Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

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Post by franze » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:21 AM UTC

stock_toaster wrote: post #16

I used hugo for a while, but found myself struggling against it more often than I liked. I have since moved on to using other options.

What other options?

Re: How to start a blog using Hugo

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Post by giu » Tue, Jan 07, 2020, 11:24 AM UTC

franze wrote: post #19

stock_toaster wrote: post #16

I used hugo for a while, but found myself struggling against it more often than I liked. I have since moved on to using other options.

What other options?

(Not OP) I've been using Jekyll [0] for my personal homepage [1], and I'm very happy with it.

[0] https://jekyllrb.com/

[1] http://accaputo.ch