# Best theme for Hugo beginner

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707 "2019-05-15T00:09:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Worik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/worik/32/8624_2.png) [@Worik](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Worik)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/1 "2019-05-15T00:09:36Z")

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I am new to Hugo. I am trying to get a handle on some basic concepts such as bundles, resources, pages (in hugo speak), etcetera. I am making no progress, so I need to reset.

What is the simplest bare bones template I can install? I tried rolling my own with `hugo new theme ...` but that is a non-starter!

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**Author:** ![pawsys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/pawsys/32/7949_2.png) [@pawsys](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/pawsys)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/2 "2019-05-15T00:47:23Z")

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I recommend [Giraffe Academy tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLAZ4kZ9dFpOnyRlyS-liKL5ReHDcj4G3) to get you started.

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**Author:** ![mojoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mojoa](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mojoa)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/3 "2019-05-15T01:21:54Z")

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Many people find this useful:

> **[Make a Hugo Blog From Scratch | Zachary Betz](https://zwbetz.com/make-a-hugo-blog-from-scratch/)**
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> In my opinion, Hugo’s current quick start is ample. It does just what the name says, gets you started you quickly.
> Still, there have many requests on the forums for a tutorial that dives deeper than the quick start, and gets into some templating...

Other Recommended material:

> [@Recommended Reading Reference](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/recommended-reading-reference/14815):
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> Web development has so many facets that it can feel daunting at first, so if you’re picking up Hugo as a relative beginner, you need to “do the work”, spending time to learn the basics. This wiki post contains a list of references that might help you with that. Command Line and Text Editor Tutorial Site [Learn Enough Command Line to be Dangerous](https://www.learnenough.com/command-line-tutorial) Learn Enough [Console Foundations Course](https://teamtreehouse.com/library/console-foundations) Treehouse [Mac to Windows command line mappings](https://zwbetz.com/mac-to-windows-command-line-mappings/) zwbetz [Learn Enough Text Editor to be Dangerous](https://www.learnenough.com/text-editor-tutorial) Le…

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**Author:** ![zwbetz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/zwbetz/32/16088_2.png) [@zwbetz](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/zwbetz)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/4 "2019-05-15T01:32:48Z")

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I’d also recommend: [Hugo 101: Slowstart for beginners](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-101-slowstart-for-beginners/18383/2)

And any Hugo article by Regis: [https://regisphilibert.com/tags/hugo/](https://regisphilibert.com/tags/hugo/)

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**Author:** ![Worik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/worik/32/8624_2.png) [@Worik](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Worik)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/5 "2019-05-15T02:54:52Z")

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> [@mojoa](#):
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> [Make a Hugo Blog From Scratch | zwbetz](https://zwbetz.com/make-a-hugo-blog-from-scratch/)

That is quite useful.  
My problem though, is how do a get a image into one of those “blog” posts?

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**Author:** ![mojoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mojoa](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mojoa)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/6 "2019-05-15T04:16:56Z")

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You need to become really familiar with the forums search feature if you want to get your questions answered most efficiently. 🙂

[https://discourse.gohugo.io/search?q=image](https://discourse.gohugo.io/search?q=image)

Also, there is a requesting help page you should be familiar with, mainly because it spells out the reality the effort it may take to learn Hugo.

> [@Requesting Help](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/requesting-help/9132):
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> Please read and follow the below guidelines before asking for help in the forum. [DOCS](https://gohugo.io/documentation/) | [THEMES](https://themes.gohugo.io/) | [NEWS](https://gohugo.io/news/) | [GITHUB](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo) | [FAQ](https://gohugo.io/troubleshooting/faq/) | [RELEASE NOTES](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases)How to Request Help Welcome to the Hugo forums and thanks for using Hugo! The below are a few friendly tips on getting help from the other Hugo volunteers in this forum. Some Knowledge Required Dare we say that while Hugo is indeed pretty magical, it is not meant to be a “magic wand” to suddenly give you a published website a la Square Space or Wordpress. You …

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/best-theme-for-hugo-beginner/18707/7 "2020-02-28T08:12:39Z")

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