This is the code for a full static Hugo website install on Netlify, with the Huguette theme for Hugo.
Here's an example site to see what Huguette looks like.
Netlify CMS is a great way to edit your static site. They have several templates for one-click installation of static site builders, but their Hugo one uses a pretty extensive theme (Victor Hugo. Points for the name! And it looks beautiful. But it was literally a bit too rich for my use-case). I build websites for fun and to learn, and I wanted a simple boilerplate theme to start with. Not exactly start from scratch, but close. So I wrote Huguette. I also wanted to include the CMS. I might be comfortable enough to write Markdown, but not everyone I build sites for is, and to wean them off of their php-mysql-driven CMS's, something WYSIWYG-like was needed. And so I decided to split the theme into a theme-only repository and this full site-one (that includes the theme as a git submodule of course).
After clicking the button, authenticate with GitHub or GitLab and choose a repository name. Netlify then automatically creates a clone of the repository in your GitHub or GitLab account. Next, it builds and deploys the new site on Netlify, bringing you to the site dashboard after completing the build.
The template deploy process sends you an invitation to your new site, sent from [email protected]. The subject line looks like this: You've been invited to join radiologist-amanda-53841.netlify.com
- Wait for the deployment to complete, then click the link to accept the invite. Your site will open with a prompt to create a password.
- Enter a password, sign in, and you’ll go to the CMS. (For future visits, you can go straight to <yoursiteaddress.com>/admin/.)
Try adding and editing posts, or changing the content of the any page. When you save, the changes are pushed immediately to your Git repository, triggering a build on Netlify, and updating the content on your site. Check out the configuration code by visiting your site repo.
It's here