Hugo Theme Jane

Overview

Jane is a fork of the Hugo theme Even, designed to improve the reading experience on Hugo websites. It includes a range of additional features and improvements, such as responsive and mobile-friendly design, support for multilingual mode, various shortcodes for images, blockquotes, music, etc., separate designs for Tags and Categories pages, social network linking, better pagination, table of contents, and footnote behavior, Chroma syntax highlighting, support for custom CSS, JS, and head, sub-menu support, search optimization, and more. Jane is a highly customizable theme that offers a quick and easy way to set up a beautiful and functional Hugo website.

Features

• Responsive and mobile friendly: The theme is designed to look great on all screen sizes and devices.
• Multilingual Mode support: Easily create websites with multiple languages side by side.
• Shortcodes: Utilize various shortcodes such as image, blockquote, music, etc. to enhance your content.
• Separate design for Tags and Categories Page: Improve the organization and aesthetics of your website.
• Social network linking: Connect your website to your social media profiles.
• Better Pagination, TOC, footnote behavior: Enhance the navigation and readability of your content.
• Chroma syntax highlighting: Make your code snippets stand out with customizable syntax highlighting.
• Custom CSS, Custom JS, Custom head support: Take full control over the design and functionality of your website.
• Sub menu support: Organize your navigation with sub menus.
• Search Optimization: Optimize your website for search engines.
• Quick Start: Get started quickly with a step-by-step guide on installation and configuration.

Installation

To install the Jane theme, follow these steps:

1. Install Hugo: Download the appropriate version of Hugo for your platform from Hugo Releases. Install it on your system and set the binary in your PATH.
2. Create a New Site: Use the following command to create a new Hugo site in a folder named “myBlog”:

hugo new site myBlog

3. Clone the Jane theme: Clone the Jane theme repository into the “themes” folder of your Hugo site:

git clone https://github.com/example/jane themes/jane

4. Copy example site content: Copy the content from the example site provided with the Jane theme:

cp -av themes/jane/exampleSite/* .

5. Copy the default site config: Copy the default site configuration file:

cp themes/jane/exampleSite/config.toml .

6. Customize the site config: Open the “config.toml” file in a text editor and customize it according to your site’s details.
7. View the example site: Start the Hugo server to view the example site:

hugo server -t jane

Open http://localhost:1313/ in your browser to see your site running with the example content. 8. Start your Blog: Start creating your blog by adding content files in the “./content/post” directory. 9. Generate Your Website: Run the following command to generate your website to the “public/” directory:

hugo -t jane

Your website is now ready and can be deployed or further customized.

Summary

The Jane theme is a highly customizable and feature-rich theme for Hugo websites. It focuses on improving the reading experience while providing a range of additional features such as multilingual support, shortcodes, separate designs for Tags and Categories pages, social network linking, and more. The installation process is straightforward, and the theme offers a quick start guide to help users get started with their Hugo website using the Jane theme. Overall, Jane is a great choice for anyone seeking a visually appealing and functional theme for their Hugo website.