Getting Started With Hugo

I took the time to get Hugo set up to replace my long neglected personal blog. Here is the story.

It was pretty straightforward and (aside from all the effort to port the content) only took a few hours following some (generally understandable) blog guidance.

1. Get a hugo blog working using the quickstart guide.
2. Add a theme. I chose Anatole, but there were several to choose from.
3. Configure the core repo in github.
4. Figure out hosting on github pages. Best to just point the DNS directly.
5. Figure out how the build setup works. It’s documented at a level above my understanding, so took a bit of time to figure out. This blog post helped.
6. Write (and then update) this blog post.
7. [Still to do] Get all the historical content in shape. No wonder I’m stalled here.
8. Set up the domain.

For a lot of people, this post itself might seem pretty simplistic. It is. I’m really just writing this for one person, “Future Robin” – because he’s not nearly as knowledgeable about this setup as I am.