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# smol
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A minimal, monospaced blogging theme for Hugo that respects your privacy and is easy on your bandwidth.
A real-life example can be found at https://morph.sh.
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smol is based on [Blank ](https://github.com/Vimux/Blank ) created by [Vimux ](https://github.com/Vimux ).
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## Features
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- No JavaScript
- No Google spyware or tracking of any kind
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- No other external dependencies, embedded fonts or comment sections
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- Dark mode support (depending on your OS's setting)
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## Installation
In your Hugo site `themes` directory, run:
```
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git clone https://github.com/colorchestra/smol
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```
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Next, open `config.toml` in the base of the Hugo site and ensure the theme option is set to `smol` .
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```
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theme = "smol"
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```
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Lastly, add the following lines to your `config.toml` to set site parameters and make use of all the menu entries in the header and footer sections if you need them.
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```
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# Parameters
[params]
subtitle = "Your blog subtitle goes here!"
dateFmt = "02.01.2006 15:04"
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# Header
[menu]
[[menu.main]]
identifier = "posts"
name = "Posts"
url = "/posts/"
weight = 1
[[menu.main]]
identifier = "categories"
name = "Categories"
url = "/categories/"
weight = 2
[[menu.main]]
identifier = "tags"
name = "Tags"
url = "/tags/"
weight = 3
# Footer
[[menu.footer]]
name = "Github"
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url = "https://github.com/example"
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weight = 1
[[menu.footer]]
name = "Mastodon"
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url = "https://example.com/@user"
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weight = 2
[[menu.footer]]
name = "Imprint"
url = "/imprint"
weight = 3
```
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For more information read the official [quick start guide ](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/ ) of Hugo.
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## Contributing
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Have you found a bug or got an idea for a new feature? Feel free to use the [issue tracker ](https://github.com/colorchestra/smol/issues ) to let me know. Or make directly a [pull request ](https://github.com/colorchestra/smol/pulls ).
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## License
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This theme is released under the [MIT license ](https://github.com/colorchestra/smol/blob/master/LICENSE ).
