Unmarshal failed: toml: expected character U+003D

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

Thanks,
gvhconnect

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Please post your config.toml file.

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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.

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Requested config.toml

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

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

```
My code
```
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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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Delete the last two lines

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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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