Overview:

The Blist theme for Hugo is a clean and fast blog theme designed for Hugo websites. It offers a responsive design, customizable features, and a range of optimizations for performance and SEO. The theme also supports features such as blog pagination, code highlighting, table of contents, customizable text search, and social links. It is compatible with Hugo version 0.82.1 or higher and offers support for internationalization (i18n) and comments systems such as Disqus and giscusutterances.

Features:

• Responsive content / Mobile-optimized
• Blog pagination
• Customizable Text Search
• Table of contents
• Social links
• Code highlighting
• Color customization
• Dark mode
• Fast performance
• SEO optimized
• i18n support
• Support for comments systems (Disqus, giscusutterances)

Installation:

To install the Blist theme for Hugo, you can follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have Hugo version 0.82.1 or higher installed.

2. Run the following command from the root of your Hugo site:

   hugo mod get -u github.com/username/repo
   

   Note: Replace “username/repo” with the actual repository URL for the Blist theme.

3. Alternatively, you can include this repository as a git submodule by running the following command from the root of your Hugo site:

   git submodule add github.com/username/repo themes/blist
   

   Note: Replace “username/repo” with the actual repository URL for the Blist theme.

4. Once the theme is successfully added, you can configure it as follows:

   • Copy the package.json and package-lock.json files from the themes/blist folder to the root folder of your Hugo site.
   • Run npm install to install the required packages for the theme.
   • Run npm i -g postcss-cli to use PostCSS with Hugo build.
   • Set theme = 'blist' in your config.toml file.
   • Run npm start to start your local server.

5. You can now access the theme preview on http://localhost:1313/ in your browser.

Summary:

The Blist theme for Hugo is a clean and fast blog theme that offers a range of customizable features and optimizations for performance and SEO. With its responsive design, customizable text search, and support for comments systems, it provides a user-friendly and engaging experience for both website visitors and site administrators. Installation is straightforward and can be done by adding the theme as a module or submodule to your Hugo website.