Unmarshal failed: toml: expected character U+003D

I’m getting the same response to my config.toml - and unclear on syntax.

Thanks,
gvhconnect

Please post your config.toml file.

googleAnalytics

baseurl = “https://petes70th.com” # Your domain name
languageCode = “en-us”
defaultContentLanguage = “en”
isMultilingual = false
title = “Call me Pete”
theme = “sam”

googleAnalytics = “” # Tracking code, eg. “UA-111111111-1”

[params]
dateform = “Mon Jan 02, 2006”
dateformfull = “Mon Jan 2 2006 15:04:05 EST”
favicon = “sam.ico”
homepage = “main” # What to call the home page link, link will not be rendered if empty
footerText = “Call out Happy 70th Pete!”

Metadata for Open Graph and Twitter

description          = "Happy 70th Peter T!"               # Max 160 characters show in search results
images               = ["tn.png"]                       # Image that shows on Twitter cards and Open Graph links to the site
title                = "Call me Pete"
# rss                = ""

[[params.videoBackground.sources]]
source = “/sample_video.mp4”
type = “video/mp4”
poster = “/background.png”
[params.videoBackground]
overlay = “rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)” # optional

[[params.mainMenu]]
link = “posts”
text = “posts”

[[params.mainMenu]]
link = “gallery”
text = “gallery”

[[params.mainMenu]]
link = “portfolio”
text = “portfolio”

[[params.mainMenu]]
link = “about”
text = “who is pete?”

[imaging]
quality = 75
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As posted, this TOML is fine. No parsing errors.

Requested config.toml

So, any suggestions on why the error when trying to run hugo server? I’m not familiar with the syntax.

Wait, please format your posting. Enclose the TOML in code fences (three backticks before and after). Example:

```
My code
```
baseurl                  = "https://petes70th.com"           # Your domain name
languageCode             = "en-us"
defaultContentLanguage   = "en"
isMultilingual           = false
title                    = "Call me Pete"
theme                    = "sam"
# googleAnalytics        = ""                               # Tracking code, eg. "UA-111111111-1"

[params]
    dateform             = "Mon Jan 02, 2006"
    dateformfull         = "Mon Jan 2 2006 15:04:05 EST"
    favicon              = "sam.ico"
    homepage             = "main"                           # What to call the
    home page link, link will not be rendered if empty
    footerText           = "Call out  Happy 70th Pete!"


# Metadata for Open Graph and Twitter
    description          = "Happy 70th Peter T!"               # Max 160 characters show in search$
    images               = ["tn.png"]                       # Image that shows on Twitter cards an$
    title                = "Call me Pete"
    # rss                = ""

[[params.videoBackground.sources]]
    source  = "/sample_video.mp4"
    type    = "video/mp4"
    poster  = "/background.png"
[params.videoBackground]
    overlay = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)" # optional

[[params.mainMenu]]
    link = "posts"
    text = "posts"

[[params.mainMenu]]
    link = "gallery"
    text = "gallery"

[[params.mainMenu]]
    link = "portfolio"
    text = "portfolio"

[[params.mainMenu]]
    link = "about"
    text = "who is pete?"

    [[menu.icon]]
  url = "https://twitter.com/gvhtv/"
  name = "fab fa-twitter"
  weight = 3

[[menu.icon]]
  url = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgehughes"
  name = "fab fa-linkedin"
  weight = 4

[imaging]
    quality = 75
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Terms

Delete the last two lines

© 2021 GitHub, Inc.
Terms

And you have split a comment over two lines, beginning on line 13.

When Hugo encounters a parsing error, it tells you exactly where the problem is. For example:

Error: “/home/jmooring/code/hugo-testing/config.toml:14:10”: unmarshal failed: toml: expected character U+003D

This says that the problem occurred when parsing line 14.

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Very nifty!

Thanks very much!

GVH

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