I am new to hugo and maybe I totally missunderstand the term “static site generator”. Based on md-files I want to create HTML files in a directory. I want to copy and access them on file system level. I want to read them via clicking on them (means open them via file:\\\) in a browser of my choice. …

[image] Codeberg-AsGithubAlt: Is there a way to generate HTML content with hugo that would work with the file:// approach? Yes, but it is not easy, particularly if you are using a theme that hasn’t been designed with this in mind. https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/site-looks-fine-on-localhost-an…

You are wrong. To develop you do hugo server so you can see how the pages work. With hugo you create a folder public that on your server will work properly. Both cases won’t work with the file:// approach because the linked assets (images/styles) won’t work with the file protocoll.

Thanks for that tip. Mhm… Let me ask direct: Is there a way to generate HTML content with hugo that would work with the file:// approach?

@Codeberg-AsGithubAlt To build upon the settings suggested by @jmooring in that post, I have created an example that you can clone and test by running hugo locally. See instructions on one of the example pages . Relevant commit to make a site navigable offline: Make the site navigable with offline H…

Where are the HTML files?

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Codeberg-AsGithubAlt March 11, 2022, 9:34am 5

It seams like that I have to do my own Python tool to generate (for me usable) HTML files (out of my org-roam-v2 files).

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Where are the HTML files?

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