Create your first Hugo website locally on Windows
This article explains how to create your first web site on Windows using Hugo.
Prequisites
- Install Chocolatey (Chocolatey is a free and open-source package manager for Windows)
- Install Git https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
Install Hugo
From a terminal type:
1choco install hugo-extended
Create a new hugo web site
1hugo new site "mysite"
Go to the previously created web site
1cd mysite
1git init
Install a theme (eg. Hugo Clarity Theme)
1git submodule add https://github.com/chipzoller/hugo-clarity themes/hugo-clarity
For hugo clarity copy current config and pages
1Copy-Item -Path "themes/hugo-clarity/exampleSite/*" -Destination "." -Recurse -Force
2Remove-Item -Path "hugo.toml" -Force
Display you website locally
1hugo server
You have a demo a local demo of your web site from: http://localhost:1313/
Create your first post
1hugo new content content/post/my-first-post.md
Add markdown content
1+++
2title = 'My First Post'
3date = 2024-01-14T07:07:07+01:00
4draft = true
5+++
6
7## Introduction
8
9This is **bold** text, and this is *emphasized* text.
10
11Visit the [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) website!
Enjoy!