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Whiteplain

Simple and functional theme for Hugo

  • Author: taikii
  • GitHub Stars: 115
  • Updated: 2023-05-02
  • License: MIT
  • Tags: Blog Light
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Whiteplain

Whiteplain

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This is simple and functional Hugo theme.

Installation 

$ git clone https://github.com/taikii/whiteplain.git themes/whiteplain

Or

$ git submodule add https://github.com/taikii/whiteplain.git themes/whiteplain

More colors

This theme automatically switches between light and dark styles depending on the OS color scheme. You can fix the light or dark style by adding the following theme.

  • Dark Fix in dark style.
  • Light Fix in light style.

Usage

Configration 

baseurl = "https://example.com/"
title = "Whiteplain"
theme = "whiteplain"
languageCode = "en"
# Disqus shortname
disqusShortname = "Shortname"
# google analytics tracking id
googleAnalytics = "Toracking ID"

# Copyright notice. This is displayer in the footer.
copyright = "© Copyright 2017 Your name"

[params]
  # whether to use CDN or local file for fontawesome
  #useCDN = false
  # whether to include external sharing scripts and icons for twitter, facebook and co.
  #showShareIcons = false
  # Date format
  #dateFormat = "January 2, 2006"

# This is displayer in About page.
[params.author]
  name = "Your name"
  # Gravatar or Abatar image
  gravatar = "Gravatar email or MD5 Hash"
  #avatar = "/path/to/avatar"

  twitter = "Twitter username"
  facebook = "Facebook username"
  googleplus = "Googleplus username"
  instagram = "Instagram username"
  tumblr = "Tumblr username"
  flickr = "Flickr username"
  reddit = "Reddit username"
  linkedin = "Linkedin username"
  slideshare = "Slideshare username"
  github = "Github username"
  gitlab = "Gitlab username"
  bitbucket = "Bitbucket username"
  stackoverflow = "Stackoverflow username"
  jsfiddle = "Jsfiddle username"
  codepen = "Codepen username"
  deviantart = "Deviantart username"
  behance = "Behance username"
  dribbble = "Dribbble username"
  wordpress = "Wordpress username"
  medium = "Medium username"
  foursquare = "Foursquare username"
  xing = "Xing username"
  quora = "Quora username"
  youtube = "Youtube username"
  vimeo = "Vimeo username"
  whatsapp = "Whatsapp username"
  skype = "Skype username"
  snapchat = "Snapchat username"
  pinterest = "Pinterest username"
  telegram = "Telegram username"
  vine = "Vine username"
  email = "Your email"

[taxonomies]
  category = "categories"
  tag = "tags"
  series = "series"

# Header Menu
[[menu.main]]
  name = "Categories"
  identifier = "categories"
  url = "/categories/"
  weight = 1
[[menu.main]]
  name = "Tags"
  identifier = "tags"
  url = "/tags/"
  weight = 2
[[menu.main]]
  name = "Archives"
  identifier = "archives"
  url = "/archives/"
  weight = 3
[[menu.main]]
  name = "About"
  identifier = "about"
  url = "/about/"
  weight = 4

# Footer Menu
[[menu.footer]]
  name = "About"
  weight = 1
  identifier = "about"
  url = "/about/"

Archives page

The Archive page will be displayed, if you create content/archives/_index.html. The file can be 0 bytes.

Hugo site direcctory
└── content
    └── archives
        └── _index.md

About page

The author information is displayed on the About page. You should create an About page in content/about/_index.md.

Your site direcctory
└── content
    └── about
        └── _index.md

Customize Stylesheet and Javascript

You can customize Stylesheet and Javascript. When you create static/css/custom.css static/js/custom.js, it will be loaded automatically.

Default Syntax highlighter style is monokai. If you want to change the style, create static/css/syntax.css. See Hugo Syntax Highlighting about Syntax highlighting.

Your site direcctory
└── static
    ├── css
    │   ├── custom.css
    │   └── syntax.css
    └── js
        └── custom.js

If you want to use libraries and frameworks, create layouts/partials/head_custom.html. Its contents are read into <head>...</head>.

Your site direcctory
├── layouts
     └── partials
         └── head_custom.html

Customize Share Buttons

  1. Copy themes/whiteplain/layouts/partials/share.html to layouts/partials/share.html.
  2. Customize layouts/partials/share.html.
Your site direcctory
├── layouts
│   └── partials
│       └── share.html
└── themes
    └── whiteplain
        └── layouts
            └── partials
                └── share.html

Customize Author SNS Icons

  1. Copy themes/whiteplain/layouts/partials/social.html to layouts/partials/social.html.
  2. Customize layouts/partials/social.html.
Your site direcctory
├── layouts
│   └── partials
│       └── social.html
└── themes
    └── whiteplain
        └── layouts
            └── partials
                └── social.html

Icons

This theme using Font Awesome.

License

MIT

See Also