# \#yaml

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## [How to associate / connect between content files (md) and data files](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-associate-connect-between-content-files-md-and-data-files/57518)

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**Author:** [@dorpeer91](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/dorpeer91)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-associate-connect-between-content-files-md-and-data-files/57518 "2026-09-11T08:17:41Z")

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I am working on a personal portfolio website which includes some project pages for films I worked on. They should all have a “credits” section. I want this section across all “movie” pages to have the same style and foll…

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## [Need advice about organizing data files (yml, json, xml) for simple pages](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-advice-about-organizing-data-files-yml-json-xml-for-simple-pages/55211)

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**Author:** [@hoanguyenn2015](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/hoanguyenn2015)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-advice-about-organizing-data-files-yml-json-xml-for-simple-pages/55211 "2025-07-04T03:27:41Z")

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Hello Hugo users. I’m building a static site with dozens of quizzes/exams (currently ~50 and growing), and I’m finding an approach to manage them. There are many quiz types. Here is the demo of 2 of them. https://demo…

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## [Optimizing YAML resource for performance](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/optimizing-yaml-resource-for-performance/53611)

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**Author:** [@hugoist925](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/hugoist925)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/optimizing-yaml-resource-for-performance/53611 "2025-02-20T19:08:49Z")

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I have a fairly large (growing) YAML resource which is used by a shortcode. I quickly put together a POC code that “just works”, but the issue is that it is traversing the whole YAML to find the needed node, then travers…

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## [Parsing YAML-data with maps into strings](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/parsing-yaml-data-with-maps-into-strings/53601)

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**Author:** [@zi7loh](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/zi7loh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/parsing-yaml-data-with-maps-into-strings/53601 "2025-02-19T17:03:42Z")

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I’m trying to create a list of references from a preformatted YAML-file with a list of publications. I don’t want to alter the YAML-data itself, since it is what an automatic Zotero export creates. Here’s a shortened ve…

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## [Unmarshal function ignores mulitline input in remote YAML data](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/unmarshal-function-ignores-mulitline-input-in-remote-yaml-data/49387)

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**Author:** [@dakoller](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/dakoller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/unmarshal-function-ignores-mulitline-input-in-remote-yaml-data/49387 "2024-04-20T18:10:49Z")

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I have a remote source which contains data & contents for blog posts, which provides its data in a YAML format such as: - "\_id": |- BYTFH6yFQiiwxdr6PPPzLg "summary": |+ Das Vorlesen kann eine wertvolle…

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## [Markdown quotes on YAML frontmatter](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-quotes-on-yaml-frontmatter/46742)

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**Author:** [@goncalo.oliveira](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/goncalo.oliveira)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-quotes-on-yaml-frontmatter/46742 "2023-10-20T10:26:09Z")

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Hi there, I’m not thoroughly familiar with this, so this is most likely a simple issue to resolve. I have a custom module that is configured in the params.yaml file something like this intro: enable: true title: J…

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## [How to write the site configuration in yaml format for the multi-level menu?](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-write-the-site-configuration-in-yaml-format-for-the-multi-level-menu/44081)

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**Author:** [@ZhangChengLin](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/ZhangChengLin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-write-the-site-configuration-in-yaml-format-for-the-multi-level-menu/44081 "2023-04-26T18:59:10Z")

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I have read the docs excuse me 1. How should multi-level related menus be written in multiple languages? in yaml format for example: demo menu, there are login and registration menus below, Login menu, with acco…

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## [How to bullet points ithrough a .yaml file?](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-bullet-points-ithrough-a-yaml-file/43990)

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**Author:** [@treasurepressure](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/treasurepressure)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-bullet-points-ithrough-a-yaml-file/43990 "2023-04-20T14:12:10Z")

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Hi. I’m adding text to the portfolio/services section of my website and have to edit the services.yaml file given in the theme for the same. This is what a portion of it looks like enabled: true id: "services" content:…

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## [Markdown is not rendered as expected](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-is-not-rendered-as-expected/43130)

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**Author:** [@bob3x255](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bob3x255)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-is-not-rendered-as-expected/43130 "2023-02-24T12:51:31Z")

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Hi! I’m currently working with Congo theme that uses Tailwind CSS. After building the theme CSS from the source I stumbled upon an issue that neither front matter variable or content is rendered with appropriate styles…

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## [Rendering of string using markdownify not working](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/rendering-of-string-using-markdownify-not-working/41273)

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**Author:** [@jeremie](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jeremie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/rendering-of-string-using-markdownify-not-working/41273 "2022-11-04T10:37:21Z")

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When I create the following code in a MD content file in Hugo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit: - Cras condimentum vestibulum accumsan. - Duis nibh mauris, fringilla in sapien at, rutrum condiment…

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## [How can I add a list in blockquote of front matter parameter?](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-can-i-add-a-list-in-blockquote-of-front-matter-parameter/41026)

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**Author:** [@bublick](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bublick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-can-i-add-a-list-in-blockquote-of-front-matter-parameter/41026 "2022-10-21T01:46:44Z")

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Mostly this is a markdown question, but maybe there are hacks for Hugo. In my .md files to describe multi-line content in parameter, I use \> (markdown blockquote). And this works perfectly, but is there a way to put a li…

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## [Markdownify not rendering table](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdownify-not-rendering-table/28748)

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**Author:** [@AaronNBrock](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/AaronNBrock)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdownify-not-rendering-table/28748 "2020-10-10T14:06:04Z")

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I’m trying to render a html table using the markdownify function, but for some reason it’s coming out as just a \<p\> with all of the “table content” in it. My markdown is defined as: content: \> # What's my Ski…

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## [Markdown list in YAML front matter not working](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-list-in-yaml-front-matter-not-working/27671)

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**Author:** [@Matth](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Matth)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdown-list-in-yaml-front-matter-not-working/27671 "2020-08-19T09:57:40Z")

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Hello, I have a field “text” in my page front matter with content to be markdownified. I call it with {{ .text | markdownify}} in my template. It renders correctly paragraph and font weight but for a reason I can’t und…

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## [Markdownify renders plain text instead of table](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdownify-renders-plain-text-instead-of-table/25120)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Beukelman](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Paul_Beukelman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/markdownify-renders-plain-text-instead-of-table/25120 "2020-05-14T20:58:00Z")

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Hi there, I am new to hugo, and so far the journey has been excellent and a lot of fun, thanks a lot for that! There is only one thing that I can’t really solve or can’t find in the docs. I am trying to render a table v…