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Aether

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Updated: 6 Jan 2023
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A responsive and clean Hugo theme for blogs

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Overview

Aether is a Hugo theme designed for blogs, focusing on motion, depth, and material design elements. It offers a clean interface that showcases good photography and writing. The theme has several key features including fast loading speed, responsive design, support for next-gen image format WebP, accessibility for screen readers, automatically generated category pages, customizable website background and home button images, syntax highlighting for programming languages, LaTeX support for math symbols and equations, and integration with Google Analytics and Disqus.

Features

  • Fast PageSpeed: Consistently scores between 94-100 for fast loading speed.
  • Responsive Design: Ensures the website looks good on any screen size.
  • Next-gen Image Format: Supports WebP images with custom shortcodes.
  • Accessibility: Prioritizes accessibility for easy navigation by screen readers.
  • Automatically Generated Category Pages: Group similar articles and add them to the menu.
  • Customizable Background and Home Button Images: Personalize the look of the website.
  • Syntax Highlighting: Integration with Highlight.js for beautiful syntax highlighting.
  • LaTeX Support: Add math symbols and equations using LaTeX.
  • Google Analytics and Disqus Integration: Easily integrate these services into the website.

Installation

To install the Aether theme for a Hugo project, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the root directory of your Hugo project.
  2. Clone the Aether repository into the themes directory.
  3. Once cloned, customize the look and feel of Aether through the config.toml file.
    • Modify the title and brand parameters for page titles and the displayed title.
    • Set the language code.
    • Customize the background image using the bgimg parameters.
    • Choose your desired syntax highlighter theme.
  4. Add your desired favicon formats to the root folder of your site.
    • Favicon file names should correspond to the files generated by the favicon generator.

Summary

Aether is a responsive and feature-rich Hugo theme designed for blogs. Its focus on motion, depth, and material design elements creates a visually appealing and user-friendly interface. With fast loading speed, accessibility considerations, and customizable options, Aether provides a great experience for both website owners and readers.