Suppress username footer in academic theme

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1

Hello.

I am building a website using the hugo academic theme.

Currently many pages list author at the bottom with a link. I would like to remove this for at least some pages.

How can I do this?

Thanks,

john

2

You could add a param in your content front matter (assuming YAML), say:

showFooter: false

Then in the relevant layout template (it’ll be one the of the single.html), do something like:

{{ if eq .Params.showFooter true }}
  {{ partial "footer_container.html" . }}
  {{ partial "footer.html" . }}
{{ end }}

cc @neutreno

3

Thanks that’s very helpful.

So I suppose the single.html files you’re referring to would be e.g.

thub.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/blob/master/layouts/project/single.html

Do you know if it is it possible to add the customization you described without modifying the theme template files themselves (i.e. the submodule in my website repo themes/ folder), but using configuration options from within the main website repo?

Thanks.

4

You can override theme templates. So copy

your-site/themes/academic/layouts/project/single.html

And paste to

your-site/layouts/project/single.html

Then make your changes.

5

Keep in mind that you need to check if the param is set to avoid error. I implemented the same idea like this:

{{ if ne $.Params.options.hideFooter true ) }}
{{ partial “footer.html” . }}
{{ end }}