Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Kevin Brooks wrote:


What are the issues you can’t fix?


Kevin,

It's 2 steps forward and 1 step back. The latest step back comes from adding
the hugo-debug-utils.


Jumping into a broken (?) template based on (the old) bootstrap4 might be
more difficult than just developing the site from scratch.


I tried using the Hugo-Tikva theme but found it much too complex. The
Hugo-Justice theme is clean and I belive it is a good look for my needs.
Tikva is not supported and the developers of Justice didn't respond to my
email asking for assistance.


I’ve built a couple of Hugo based sites and of all the static site
generators I’ve used I like Hugo the best. The site/page rebuild speed is
unmatched. The file structure is straight forward and the included tools
make a lot of things - easy.


Yes, it's great to spend the learning time when developing multiple sites.
I'm interested in only upgrading my site.


Another nice static site generator is Publii (https://getpublii.com). It’s
great for smaller sites and a lot easier to learn (it includes a GUI) than
most static site generators, including Hugo (huge learning curve). Did you
buy a copy of the Hugo book? It’s excellent and was a huge help to me when
I decided to learn Hugo.


I purchased the PDF versions of Atishay Jain's "Hugo in Action" and Brian
Hogan's "Build Websites With Hugo." Read most of both. The former focuses on
corporate development teams while the latter focuses on a single web site.
Perhaps reading both contributed to my confusion. :-)

I like the Hugo Justice theme and have no idea how to modify it from
bootstrap4 or use it to accommodate nested/sub menus; the latter seems to
have caused a lot of pain.

I'll look at Publii.

Thanks,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Kevin Brooks]

What are the issues you can’t fix? Adding search and images isn’t too 
difficult. Jumping into a broken (?) template based on (the old) bootstrap4 
might be more difficult than just developing the site from scratch. I’ve built 
a couple of Hugo based sites and of all the static site generators I’ve used I 
like Hugo the best. The site/page rebuild speed is unmatched. The file 
structure is straight forward and the included tools make a lot of things - 
easy. Another nice static site generator is Publii (https://getpublii.com). 
It’s great for smaller sites and a lot easier to learn (it includes a GUI) than 
most static site generators, including Hugo (huge learning curve). Did you buy 
a copy of the Hugo book? It’s excellent and was a huge help to me when I 
decided to learn Hugo.

Kevin

> On Oct 28, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Rich Shepard  wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to modernize my company web site from plain html5/css3
> usint the Hugo static site framework, but the Go templating language is
> beyond me. I have the content and basic strucure (using the Justice
> template) but there are issues I cannot fix. Adding a debugging tool
> generates more, and different errors.
> 
> I have a limited budget but would like someone to clean up the code, add a
> couple of images, and a site search capability. The development code (using
> ipsum lorus text) is on github:
> .
> 
> If you, or someone you know, might be able to help me contact me off the
> mail list.
> 
> Rich
> 

Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, John Sechrest wrote:


Let me suggest that you might find a tool like Gatsby a bit easier to
maintain, since it is not based on Go.
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/


John,

Thanks. I'll look at Gatsby.


A markup based static site might get you a long way.


Hugo's content is based on markdown as well as toml and yaml.

Regards,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[John Sechrest]

Let me suggest that you might find a tool like Gatsby a bit easier to
maintain, since it is not based on Go.

https://www.gatsbyjs.com/

There are several static website engines, so you have several choices.

A markup based static site might get you a long way.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 9:06 AM Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> I've been trying to modernize my company web site from plain html5/css3
> usint the Hugo static site framework, but the Go templating language is
> beyond me. I have the content and basic strucure (using the Justice
> template) but there are issues I cannot fix. Adding a debugging tool
> generates more, and different errors.
>
> I have a limited budget but would like someone to clean up the code, add a
> couple of images, and a site search capability. The development code (using
> ipsum lorus text) is on github:
> .
>
> If you, or someone you know, might be able to help me contact me off the
> mail list.
>
> Rich
>
>

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Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Russell Senior wrote:


I can honestly say that I have never heard of the Hugo framework. My
general advice would be to stick with something widely adopted and
understood. But I don't have any particular expertise in web dev.


Russell,

My searches taught me that Hugo is one of the most popular frameworks for
static web sites.

Regards,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Paul Heinlein]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, Russell Senior wrote:


I can honestly say that I have never heard of the Hugo framework. My
general advice would be to stick with something widely adopted and
understood. But I don't have any particular expertise in web dev.


I use Hugo for madboa.com. It's reasonably good at what it does, but 
the Go templating language is ... quirky. I like it because it allows 
me to manage a fully templated site but using all static content and 
not a live system like PHP.


--
Paul Heinlein
heinl...@madboa.com
45°22'48" N, 122°35'36" W

Re: [PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Russell Senior]

I can honestly say that I have never heard of the Hugo framework. My
general advice would be to stick with something widely adopted and
understood. But I don't have any particular expertise in web dev.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 09:06 Rich Shepard  wrote:

> I've been trying to modernize my company web site from plain html5/css3
> usint the Hugo static site framework, but the Go templating language is
> beyond me. I have the content and basic strucure (using the Justice
> template) but there are issues I cannot fix. Adding a debugging tool
> generates more, and different errors.
>
> I have a limited budget but would like someone to clean up the code, add a
> couple of images, and a site search capability. The development code (using
> ipsum lorus text) is on github:
> .
>
> If you, or someone you know, might be able to help me contact me off the
> mail list.
>
> Rich
>
>

[PLUG] Seeking web developer who knows the Hugo framework

[Rich Shepard]

I've been trying to modernize my company web site from plain html5/css3
usint the Hugo static site framework, but the Go templating language is
beyond me. I have the content and basic strucure (using the Justice
template) but there are issues I cannot fix. Adding a debugging tool
generates more, and different errors.

I have a limited budget but would like someone to clean up the code, add a
couple of images, and a site search capability. The development code (using
ipsum lorus text) is on github:
.

If you, or someone you know, might be able to help me contact me off the
mail list.

Rich