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Setup a HUGO Site

Introduction HUGO is a static site generator, a tool that allows us to pre-compile our website into static HTML, CSS and JS. The main benefit of an ssg is speed. A Static site takes a lot less time to load than a site that uses databases. For more information on HUGO read my other post Hugo Static Site Generator Prerequisites Git Installing HUGO Official steps The HUGO binary is used to initialize our site then create posts etc… Below are the steps for MacOS and Arch based Linux distros....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 956 words · ahmza
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HUGO Static Site Generator

Introduction HUGO is a static site generator, which basically means it’s a tool that allows us to pre-compile all of our website into static HTML, CSS and JS. The main benefit of using such methods to crate a static site is speed. A Static site takes a lot less time to load than a site that uses databases for example. Disadvantages Some of the disadvantages (for me): A lot more infrastructure setup (for my setup) Editing and creating content can be a pain This is to no fault of HUGO itself but the complexity of my infrastructure!...

December 26, 2021 · 3 min · 492 words · ahmza