Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
- Clean simple design
- Light and Mobile-Friendly
- Customisable
- Designed to not interfere with other layouts
- Zero initial configuration
- Handy shortcodes
- Hugo 0.55 or higher
- Hugo extended version, read more here
Navigate to your hugo project root and run:
git submodule add https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book themes/book
Then run hugo (or set theme = "book"/theme: book in configuration file)
hugo server --minify --theme book
Below is example how to create new site from scratch
hugo new site mydocs; cd mydocs
git init
git submodule add https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book themes/book
cp -R themes/book/exampleSite/content .hugo server --minify --theme bookBy default theme will render pages from content/docs section as menu in a tree structure.
You can set title and weight in front matter of pages to adjust order and titles in menu.
You can also use leaf bundle and content of it's index.md as menu.
Given you have this file structure
├── content
│ ├── docs
│ │ ├── page-one.md
│ │ └── page-two.md
│ └── posts
│ ├── post-one.md
│ └── post-two.md
Create file content/docs/menu/index.md with content
+++
headless = true
+++
- [Book Example]({{< relref "/docs/" >}})
- [Page One]({{< relref "/docs/page-one" >}})
- [Page Two]({{< relref "/docs/page-two" >}})
- [Blog]({{< relref "/posts" >}})And Enable it by settings BookMenuBundle: /menu in Site configuration
Simple blog supported for section posts.
Blog is not primary use case so book theme so it has only minimal features
There are few configuration options you can add to your config.toml file.
You can also see yaml example here.
# (Optional) Set Google Analytics if you use it to track your website.
# Always put it on the top of the configuration file, otherwise it won't work
googleAnalytics = "UA-XXXXXXXXX-X"
# (Optional) Set this to true if you use capital letters in file names
disablePathToLower = true
# (Optional) Set this to true to enable 'Last Modified by' date and git author
# information on 'doc' type pages.
enableGitInfo = true
# (Optional) Theme is intended for documentation use, therefore it doesn't render taxonomy.
# You can remove related files with config below
disableKinds = ['taxonomy', 'taxonomyTerm']
[params]
# (Optional, default 6) Set how many table of contents levels to be showed on page.
# Use false to hide ToC, note that 0 will default to 6 (https://gohugo.io/functions/default/)
# You can also specify this parameter per page in front matter
BookToC = 3
# (Optional, default none) Set the path to a logo for the book. If the logo is
# /static/logo.png then the path would be 'logo.png'
BookLogo = 'logo.png'
# (Optional, default none) Set leaf bundle to render as side menu
# When not specified file structure and weights will be used
BookMenuBundle = '/menu'
# (Optional, default docs) Specify section of content to render as menu
# You can also set value to "*" to render all sections to menu
BookSection = 'docs'
# Set source repository location.
# Used for 'Last Modified' and 'Edit this page' links.
BookRepo = 'https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book'
# Enable 'Edit this page' links for 'doc' page type.
# Disabled by default. Uncomment to enable. Requires 'BookRepo' param.
# Path must point to 'content' directory of repo.
BookEditPath = 'edit/master/exampleSite/content'
# (Optional, default January 2, 2006) Configure the date format used on the pages
# - In git information
# - In blog posts
BookDateFormat = 'Jan 2, 2006'
# (Optional, default true) Enables search function with lunr.js,
# Index is built on fly, therefore it might slowdown your website.
BookSearch = true
# (Optional, default none) Search config for flexsearch index.
# Read documentation at https://github.com/nextapps-de/flexsearch#usage. By default 'balance' preset is used.
# This option allows to set specific configs for languages support. Must be valid JavaScript object.
BookSearchConfig = '{ cache: true }'You can specify additional params per page in front matter
# Set type to 'docs' if you want to render page outside of configured section or if you render section other than 'docs'
type = 'docs'
# Set page weight to re-arrange items in file-tree menu (if BookMenuBundle not set)
weight = 10
# (Optional) Set to mark page as flat section in file-tree menu (if BookMenuBundle not set)
bookFlatSection = true
# (Optional, Experimental) Set to hide nested sections or pages at that level. Works only with file-tree menu mode
bookCollapseSection = true
# (Optional) Set true to hide page or section from side menu (if BookMenuBundle not set)
bookHidden = true
# (Optional) Set how many levels of ToC to show. use 'false' to hide ToC completely
bookToC = 3There are few empty partials you can override in layouts/partials/
| Partial | Placement |
|---|---|
layouts/partials/docs/inject/head.html |
Before closing <head> tag |
layouts/partials/docs/inject/body.html |
Before closing <body> tag |
layouts/partials/docs/inject/footer.html |
After page content |
layouts/partials/docs/inject/menu-before.html |
At the beginning of <nav> menu block |
layouts/partials/docs/inject/menu-after.html |
At the end of <nav> menu block |
| File | Description |
|---|---|
static/favicon.png |
Override default favicon |
assets/_custom.scss |
Customise or override scss styles |
assets/_variables.scss |
Override default SCSS variables |
assets/_fonts.scss |
Replace default font with custom fonts (e.g. local files or remote like google fonts) |
There are few hugo tempaltes inserted in <head>
Hint shortcode can be used as hint/alerts/notification block. There are 3 colors to choose: info, warning and danger.
{{< hint [info|warning|danger] >}}
**Markdown content**
Lorem markdownum insigne. Olympo signis Delphis! Retexi Nereius nova develat
stringit, frustra Saturnius uteroque inter! Oculis non ritibus Telethusa
{{< /hint >}}Buttons are styled links to internal of external pages
{{< button relref="/" >}}Get Home{{< /button >}}
{{< button href="https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book" >}}Contribute{{< /button >}}
Useful if you want to show alternative information per platform or setting.
{{< tabs "uniqueid" >}}
{{< tab "MacOS" >}} # MacOS Content {{< /tab >}}
{{< tab "Linux" >}} # Linux Content {{< /tab >}}
{{< tab "Windows" >}} # Windows Content {{< /tab >}}
{{< /tabs >}}
Organize text in 2 or more columns to use space efficiently.
{{< columns >}} <!-- begin columns block -->
# Left Content Lorem markdownum insigne...
<---> <!-- magic sparator, between columns -->
# Mid Content Lorem markdownum insigne...
<---> <!-- magic sparator, between columns -->
# Right Content Lorem markdownum insigne...
{{< /columns >}}Provides clickable panel that show extra hidden content.
{{< expand >}}
## Markdown content
{{< /expand >}}
Render various charts with mermaidjs
{{< mermaid >}}
sequenceDiagram
Alice->>Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
alt is sick
Bob->>Alice: Not so good :(
else is well
Bob->>Alice: Feeling fresh like a daisy
end
opt Extra response
Bob->>Alice: Thanks for asking
end
{{< /mermaid >}}
Render math formulas with KaTeX
{{< katex >}}
x = \begin{cases}
a &\text{if } b \\
c &\text{if } d
\end{cases}
{{< /katex >}}
Contributions are welcome and I will review and consider pull requests.
Primary goals are:
- Keep it simple
- Keep minimal (or zero) default configuration
- Avoid interference with user-defined layouts
Feel free to open issue if you missing some configuration or customisation option.