The initial postings on Hugo ( https://flaviocopes.com/boring-stack/ , https://gohugo.io/ ) make Hugo sound very easy to install and use. I would have been helped if they had mentioned that Hugo requires understanding and installing GitHub, even just for the Quickstart evaluation. Apparently, running …

[image] Error on quick start one that my 40 years in software engineering prepares me for. Try this (I did this on a GNU/Linux system, but I hope you can find the equivalent commands on Windows): STEPS: 1. hugo version 2. hugo new site quickstart 3. cd quickstart 4. (download) \wget -…

[image] Error on quick start I would have been helped if they had mentioned that Hugo requires understanding and installing GitHub, even just for the Quickstart evaluation. Hugo does not require git. It is only used in the quick start to… get you started quickly [image] Error on quick start …

[image] Error on quick start I would have been helped if they had mentioned that Hugo requires understanding and installing GitHub, even just for the Quickstart evaluation. It’s mentioned in the very beginning of the tutorial: You also need Git installed to run this tutorial. That said, if…

[image] Error on quick start Extract it somewhere Extracting the zip file on Windows creates a top-level directory named gohugo-theme-ananke-master . You didn’t mention this. I’m assuming that the contents of gohugo-theme-ananke-master need to be moved up a directory, so they are in the “anank…

Now I’m lost. How do I run the resulting empty Hugo website on my local server? How do I select new functionality or content for the site? I understand that the doc has all the answers, but could use a pointer to the right place, please.

You can (1) rename gohugo-theme-ananke-master to ananke. Or (2) update config.toml line to be theme = "gohugo-theme-ananke-master". If you continue following the quick start, they give you the command to run server locally.

[image] Error on quick start Extracting the zip file on Windows creates a top-level directory named gohugo-theme-ananke-master . You didn’t mention this. I’m assuming that the contents of gohugo-theme-ananke-master need to be moved up a directory, so they are in the “ananke” directory. It was …

[image] Error on quick start MO just installing git and following the instructions will be a much more pleasant experience. For me, copying the contents of a directory up a level is a standard operation, one that my 40 years in software engineering prepares me for. GitHub, on the other hand, i…

[image] Error on quick start For me, copying the contents of a directory up a level is a standard operation, one that my 40 years in software engineering prepares me for. GitHub, on the other hand, is impossible for me to understand, even though I’ve found several tutorials. This seems contrad…

[image] Error on quick start hugo server -D Thank you! I had done everything but step 10. I’m trying that now. Added: Wow. That is really fast, and it updates on editing!

FWIW, I have added alternate instructions to the Quick Start for non-git users: [image] Quick Start Create a Hugo site using the beautiful Ananke theme.

Quick start makes Hugo seem dependent on git and GitHub

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Quick start makes Hugo seem dependent on git and GitHub

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