Hi there, I’m just getting started with hugo and the initio theme. I’m running the server locally while I’m writing up the pages. It feels like I’m gambling every time I add a character to a page. Reverting that change and even restarting the server does not guarantee that the website will load co…

You need to rename the top level “index.md” => “_index.md”.

Perhaps you can share your repository with us. I built a new site with the hugo-initio theme and was unable to reproduce any of the problems you describe.

Sure, here is the full repo: Christopher Rabotin / chrisrabotin.me · GitLab .

In doing so, the content from what’s in _index.md no longer shows. Is that expected? The rest of the content seems there.

Yes, that is expected. The theme’s home page template does not include {{ .Content }}. To fix this: mkdir layouts cp themes/hugo-initio/layouts/index.html layouts/index.html Then edit layouts/index.html and place {{ .Content }} somewhere.

Could it be another file? This one does not seem to be called (event when modified in the theme itself): I’ve added some bolded red large text which should always be printed and it never shows.

Could it be another file? No. Please update your repository and let us know when we can pull the updates to have another look.

Okay. The repo has been updated.

Move {{ .Content }} outside of the range loops, maybe right before </div> .

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ChrisR February 19, 2021, 12:15am 11

Excellent, thank you both for your help. This seems to have solved my issues.

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