Solar_v2

Overview:

Solar v.2 is a rebuild of Low-tech Magazine’s Solar theme with Hugo. It builds the entire site in minutes instead of hours and makes use of additional taxonomies that are possible in Hugo. It requires Hugo 0.10x or newer.

Features:

• Builds the entire site in minutes instead of hours.
• Makes use of additional taxonomies in Hugo.
• Content is organized as Hugo Page Bundles.
• Uses shortcodes for images.
• Supports reader comments.
• Provides internal links to other articles on the solar website using a specific shortcode.
• Builds custom taxonomies for Authors and Translators.
• Includes various utilities for site rendering, such as dithering images.

Installation:

To install the Solar v.2 theme, you need to have Hugo 0.10x or newer installed. You also need to install the dependencies Pillow and hitherdither. Once you have these dependencies installed, you can follow these steps:

1. Install Pillow: pip install Pillow.
2. Install hitherdither: pip install git+https://www.github.com/hbldh/hitherdither.
3. Clone the Solar v.2 theme repository.
4. Run the Hugo server to build the site: hugo serve.

Summary:

Solar v.2 is a rebuild of Low-tech Magazine’s Solar theme with Hugo that enhances the site building process and offers additional features like taxonomies and utilities. It provides a faster and more efficient way to build websites using Hugo and offers various customization options for content organization and image handling. The installation process is straightforward and requires the installation of a few dependencies.