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How to deploy theme LoveIt in GitHub Pages

My blog uses hugo with the LoveIt theme that I use to publish this post and all deployed on GitHub Pages. So, in this post we are going to talk about how we can do that.

1 Requeriments:

First of all, we need a couple of things before we start, here is my list.

2 Setup

First of all we need to setup project in local, this firsts step you can see also in basic configuration

# Create hugo site
hugo new site demo_hugo

# Move to directory
cd demo_hugo

git init
# add theme LoveIt
git submodule add https://github.com/dillonzq/LoveIt.git themes/LoveIt

Copy and replace for the content into config.toml. For the moment this is de basic configuration to start.

baseURL = "http://example.org/"

# Change the default theme to be use when building the site with Hugo
theme = "LoveIt"

# website title
title = "My New Hugo Site"

# language code ["en", "zh-CN", "fr", "pl", ...]
languageCode = "en"
# language name ["English", "็ฎ€ไฝ“ไธญๆ–‡", "Franรงais", "Polski", ...]
languageName = "English"
# whether to include Chinese/Japanese/Korean
hasCJKLanguage = false

# default amount of posts in each pages
paginate = 12
# google analytics code [UA-XXXXXXXX-X]
googleAnalytics = ""
# copyright description used only for seo schema
copyright = ""

# ignore some build errors
ignoreErrors = ["error-remote-getjson", "error-missing-instagram-accesstoken"]

# Author config
[author]
  name = "Juan Gabriel Machuca"
  email = ""
  link = "https://github.com/juanmachuca95"

# Menu config
[menu]
  [[menu.main]]
    weight = 1
    identifier = "posts"
    # you can add extra information before the name (HTML format is supported), such as icons
    pre = ""
    # you can add extra information after the name (HTML format is supported), such as icons
    post = ""
    name = "Posts"
    url = "/posts/"
    # title will be shown when you hover on this menu link
    title = ""

[params]
  # site default theme ["auto", "light", "dark"]
  defaultTheme = "auto"
  # public git repo url only then enableGitInfo is true
  gitRepo = "https://github.com/juanmachuca95/demo_hugo"
  #  which hash function used for SRI, when empty, no SRI is used
  # ["sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md5"]
  fingerprint = ""
  #  date format
  dateFormat = "2006-01-02"
  # website title for Open Graph and Twitter Cards
  title = "My cool site"
  # website description for RSS, SEO, Open Graph and Twitter Cards
  description = "This is my cool site"
  # website images for Open Graph and Twitter Cards
  images = ["/logo.png"]

  # Header config
  [params.header]
    # desktop header mode ["fixed", "normal", "auto"]
    desktopMode = "fixed"
    # mobile header mode ["fixed", "normal", "auto"]
    mobileMode = "auto"
    #  Header title config
    [params.header.title]
      # URL of the LOGO
      logo = ""
      # title name
      name = "Demo hugo"
      # you can add extra information before the name (HTML format is supported), such as icons
      pre = "โœ๏ธ"
      # you can add extra information after the name (HTML format is supported), such as icons
      post = ""
      #  whether to use typeit animation for title name
      typeit = false

  # Footer config
  [params.footer]
    enable = true
    #  Custom content (HTML format is supported)
    custom = ''
    #  whether to show Hugo and theme info
    hugo = true
    #  whether to show copyright info
    copyright = true
    #  whether to show the author
    author = true
    # Site creation time
    since = 2019
    # ICP info only in China (HTML format is supported)
    icp = ""
    # license info (HTML format is supported)
    license = '<a rel="license external nofollow noopener noreffer" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>'

  #  Section (all posts) page config
  [params.section]
    # special amount of posts in each section page
    paginate = 20
    # date format (month and day)
    dateFormat = "01-02"
    # amount of RSS pages
    rss = 10

  #  List (category or tag) page config
  [params.list]
    # special amount of posts in each list page
    paginate = 20
    # date format (month and day)
    dateFormat = "01-02"
    # amount of RSS pages
    rss = 10

  #  App icon config
  [params.app]
    # optional site title override for the app when added to an iOS home screen or Android launcher
    title = "My cool site"
    # whether to omit favicon resource links
    noFavicon = false
    # modern SVG favicon to use in place of older style .png and .ico files
    svgFavicon = ""
    # Android browser theme color
    themeColor = "#ffffff"
    # Safari mask icon color
    iconColor = "#5bbad5"
    # Windows v8-10 tile color
    tileColor = "#da532c"

  #  Search config
  [params.search]
    enable = true
    # type of search engine ["lunr", "algolia"]
    type = "lunr"
    # max index length of the chunked content
    contentLength = 4000
    # placeholder of the search bar
    placeholder = ""
    #  max number of results length
    maxResultLength = 10
    #  snippet length of the result
    snippetLength = 30
    #  HTML tag name of the highlight part in results
    highlightTag = "em"
    #  whether to use the absolute URL based on the baseURL in search index
    absoluteURL = false
    [params.search.algolia]
      index = ""
      appID = ""
      searchKey = ""

  # Home page config
  [params.home]
    #  amount of RSS pages
    rss = 10
    # Home page profile
    [params.home.profile]
      enable = true
      # Gravatar Email for preferred avatar in home page
      gravatarEmail = ""
      # URL of avatar shown in home page
      # avatarURL = "/images/avatar.png"
      #  title shown in home page (HTML format is supported)
      title = "Demo HUGO"
      # subtitle shown in home page (HTML format is supported)
      subtitle = "This is My New Hugo Site"
      # whether to use typeit animation for subtitle
      typeit = true
      # whether to show social links
      social = true
      #  disclaimer (HTML format is supported)
      disclaimer = ""
    # Home page posts
    [params.home.posts]
      enable = true
      # special amount of posts in each home posts page
      paginate = 6
      #  replaced with hiddenFromHomePage in params.page
      # default behavior when you don't set "hiddenFromHomePage" in front matter
      defaultHiddenFromHomePage = false

  # Social config about the author
  [params.social]
    GitHub = "xxxx"
    Linkedin = ""
    Twitter = "xxxx"
    Instagram = "xxxx"
    Facebook = "xxxx"
    Telegram = "xxxx"
    Medium = ""
    Gitlab = ""
    Youtubelegacy = ""
    Youtubecustom = ""
    Youtubechannel = ""
    Tumblr = ""
    Quora = ""
    Keybase = ""
    Pinterest = ""
    Reddit = ""
    Codepen = ""
    FreeCodeCamp = ""
    Bitbucket = ""
    Stackoverflow = ""
    Weibo = ""
    Odnoklassniki = ""
    VK = ""
    Flickr = ""
    Xing = ""
    Snapchat = ""
    Soundcloud = ""
    Spotify = ""
    Bandcamp = ""
    Paypal = ""
    Fivehundredpx = ""
    Mix = ""
    Goodreads = ""
    Lastfm = ""
    Foursquare = ""
    Hackernews = ""
    Kickstarter = ""
    Patreon = ""
    Steam = ""
    Twitch = ""
    Strava = ""
    Skype = ""
    Whatsapp = ""
    Zhihu = ""
    Douban = ""
    Angellist = ""
    Slidershare = ""
    Jsfiddle = ""
    Deviantart = ""
    Behance = ""
    Dribbble = ""
    Wordpress = ""
    Vine = ""
    Googlescholar = ""
    Researchgate = ""
    Mastodon = ""
    Thingiverse = ""
    Devto = ""
    Gitea = ""
    XMPP = ""
    Matrix = ""
    Bilibili = ""
    Discord = ""
    DiscordInvite = ""
    Lichess = ""
    ORCID = ""
    Pleroma = ""
    Kaggle = ""
    MediaWiki= ""
    Plume = ""
    HackTheBox = ""
    RootMe= ""
    Phone = ""
    Email = "xxxx@xxxx.com"
    RSS = true # 

  #  Page global config
  [params.page]
    #  whether to hide a page from home page
    hiddenFromHomePage = false
    #  whether to hide a page from search results
    hiddenFromSearch = false
    #  whether to enable twemoji
    twemoji = false
    # whether to enable lightgallery
    lightgallery = false
    #  whether to enable the ruby extended syntax
    ruby = true
    #  whether to enable the fraction extended syntax
    fraction = true
    #  whether to enable the fontawesome extended syntax
    fontawesome = true
    # whether to show link to Raw Markdown content of the content
    linkToMarkdown = true
    #  whether to show the full text content in RSS
    rssFullText = false
    #  Table of the contents config
    [params.page.toc]
      # whether to enable the table of the contents
      enable = true
      #  whether to keep the static table of the contents in front of the post
      keepStatic = true
      # whether to make the table of the contents in the sidebar automatically collapsed
      auto = true
    #  KaTeX mathematical formulas
    [params.page.math]
      enable = true
      #  default inline delimiter is $ ... $ and \( ... \)
      inlineLeftDelimiter = ""
      inlineRightDelimiter = ""
      #  default block delimiter is $$ ... $$, \[ ... \], \begin{equation} ... \end{equation} and some other functions
      blockLeftDelimiter = ""
      blockRightDelimiter = ""
      # KaTeX extension copy_tex
      copyTex = true
      # KaTeX extension mhchem
      mhchem = true
    #  Code config
    [params.page.code]
      # whether to show the copy button of the code block
      copy = true
      # the maximum number of lines of displayed code by default
      maxShownLines = 50
    #  Mapbox GL JS config
    [params.page.mapbox]
      # access token of Mapbox GL JS
      accessToken = ""
      # style for the light theme
      lightStyle = "mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v10?optimize=true"
      # style for the dark theme
      darkStyle = "mapbox://styles/mapbox/dark-v10?optimize=true"
      # whether to add NavigationControl
      navigation = true
      # whether to add GeolocateControl
      geolocate = true
      # whether to add ScaleControl
      scale = true
      # whether to add FullscreenControl
      fullscreen = true
    #  social share links in post page
    [params.page.share]
      enable = true
      Twitter = true
      Facebook = true
      Linkedin = false
      Whatsapp = false
      Pinterest = false
      Tumblr = false
      HackerNews = true
      Reddit = false
      VK = false
      Buffer = false
      Xing = false
      Line = true
      Instapaper = false
      Pocket = false
      Flipboard = false
      Weibo = true
      Blogger = false
      Baidu = false
      Odnoklassniki = false
      Evernote = false
      Skype = false
      Trello = false
      Mix = false
    #  Comment config
    [params.page.comment]
      enable = false
      # Disqus comment config
      [params.page.comment.disqus]
        # 
        enable = false
        # Disqus shortname to use Disqus in posts
        shortname = ""
      # Gitalk comment config
      [params.page.comment.gitalk]
        # 
        enable = false
        owner = ""
        repo = ""
        clientId = ""
        clientSecret = ""
      # Valine comment config
      [params.page.comment.valine]
        enable = false
        appId = ""
        appKey = ""
        placeholder = ""
        avatar = "mp"
        meta= ""
        pageSize = 10
        # automatically adapt the current theme i18n configuration when empty
        lang = ""
        visitor = true
        recordIP = true
        highlight = true
        enableQQ = false
        serverURLs = ""
        #  emoji data file name, default is "google.yml"
        # ["apple.yml", "google.yml", "facebook.yml", "twitter.yml"]
        # located in "themes/LoveIt/assets/lib/valine/emoji/" directory
        # you can store your own data files in the same path under your project:
        # "assets/lib/valine/emoji/"
        emoji = ""
      # Facebook comment config
      [params.page.comment.facebook]
        enable = false
        width = "100%"
        numPosts = 10
        appId = ""
        # automatically adapt the current theme i18n configuration when empty
        languageCode = ""
      #  Telegram comments config
      [params.page.comment.telegram]
        enable = false
        siteID = ""
        limit = 5
        height = ""
        color = ""
        colorful = true
        dislikes = false
        outlined = false
      #  Commento comment config
      [params.page.comment.commento]
        enable = false
      #  utterances comment config
      [params.page.comment.utterances]
        enable = false
        # owner/repo
        repo = ""
        issueTerm = "pathname"
        label = ""
        lightTheme = "github-light"
        darkTheme = "github-dark"
      # giscus comment config (https://giscus.app/)
      [params.page.comment.giscus]
        # You can refer to the official documentation of giscus to use the following configuration.
        enable = false
        repo = ""
        repoId = ""
        category = "Announcements"
        categoryId = ""
        # automatically adapt the current theme i18n configuration when empty
        lang = ""
        mapping = "pathname"
        reactionsEnabled = "1"
        emitMetadata = "0"
        inputPosition = "bottom"
        lazyLoading = false
        lightTheme = "light"
        darkTheme = "dark"
    #  Third-party library config
    [params.page.library]
      [params.page.library.css]
        # someCSS = "some.css"
        # located in "assets/"
        # Or
        # someCSS = "https://cdn.example.com/some.css"
      [params.page.library.js]
        # someJavascript = "some.js"
        # located in "assets/"
        # Or
        # someJavascript = "https://cdn.example.com/some.js"
    #  Page SEO config
    [params.page.seo]
      # image URL
      images = []
      # Publisher info
      [params.page.seo.publisher]
        name = ""
        logoUrl = ""

  #  TypeIt config
  [params.typeit]
    # typing speed between each step (measured in milliseconds)
    speed = 100
    # blinking speed of the cursor (measured in milliseconds)
    cursorSpeed = 1000
    # character used for the cursor (HTML format is supported)
    cursorChar = "|"
    # cursor duration after typing finishing (measured in milliseconds, "-1" means unlimited)
    duration = -1

  # Site verification code config for Google/Bing/Yandex/Pinterest/Baidu
  [params.verification]
    google = ""
    bing = ""
    yandex = ""
    pinterest = ""
    baidu = ""

  #  Site SEO config
  [params.seo]
    # image URL
    image = ""
    # thumbnail URL
    thumbnailUrl = ""

  #  Analytics config
  [params.analytics]
    enable = false
    # Google Analytics
    [params.analytics.google]
      id = ""
      # whether to anonymize IP
      anonymizeIP = true
    # Fathom Analytics
    [params.analytics.fathom]
      id = ""
      # server url for your tracker if you're self hosting
      server = ""
    # Plausible Analytics
    [params.analytics.plausible]
      dataDomain = ""
    # Yandex Metrica
    [params.analytics.yandexMetrica]
      id = ""

  #  Cookie consent config
  [params.cookieconsent]
    enable = true
    # text strings used for Cookie consent banner
    [params.cookieconsent.content]
      message = ""
      dismiss = ""
      link = ""

  #  CDN config for third-party library files
  [params.cdn]
    # CDN data file name, disabled by default
    # ["jsdelivr.yml"]
    # located in "themes/LoveIt/assets/data/cdn/" directory
    # you can store your own data files in the same path under your project:
    # "assets/data/cdn/"
    data = ""

  #  Compatibility config
  [params.compatibility]
    # whether to use Polyfill.io to be compatible with older browsers
    polyfill = false
    # whether to use object-fit-images to be compatible with older browsers
    objectFit = false

# Markup related config in Hugo
[markup]
  # Syntax Highlighting
  [markup.highlight]
    codeFences = true
    guessSyntax = true
    lineNos = true
    lineNumbersInTable = true
    # false is a necessary configuration
    # (https://github.com/dillonzq/LoveIt/issues/158)
    noClasses = false
  # Goldmark is from Hugo 0.60 the default library used for Markdown
  [markup.goldmark]
    [markup.goldmark.extensions]
      definitionList = true
      footnote = true
      linkify = true
      strikethrough = true
      table = true
      taskList = true
      typographer = true
    [markup.goldmark.renderer]
      # whether to use HTML tags directly in the document
      unsafe = true
  # Table Of Contents settings
  [markup.tableOfContents]
    startLevel = 2
    endLevel = 6

# Sitemap config
[sitemap]
  changefreq = "weekly"
  filename = "sitemap.xml"
  priority = 0.5

# Permalinks config
[Permalinks]
  # posts = ":year/:month/:filename"
  posts = ":filename"

# Privacy config
[privacy]
  #  privacy of the Google Analytics (replaced by params.analytics.google)
  [privacy.googleAnalytics]
    # ...
  [privacy.twitter]
    enableDNT = true
  [privacy.youtube]
    privacyEnhanced = true

# Options to make output .md files
[mediaTypes]
  [mediaTypes."text/plain"]
    suffixes = ["md"]

# Options to make output .md files
[outputFormats.MarkDown]
  mediaType = "text/plain"
  isPlainText = true
  isHTML = false

# Options to make hugo output files
[outputs]
  # 
  home = ["HTML", "RSS", "JSON"]
  page = ["HTML", "MarkDown"]
  section = ["HTML", "RSS"]
  taxonomy = ["HTML", "RSS"]
  taxonomyTerm = ["HTML"]

2 Create repository in GitHub

Depending on how we want to manage the repository in github we will have to execute one or another script.

  1. Option 1 <username>.github.io
  2. Option 2 demo_hugo

In this case I use the name “demo_hugo”, but you have two alternatives to rename the repository. I recommend having git configured with ssh

create_repo.png

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Nota: In the last way, you need to create branch gh-pages

3 Script to deploy

There may be more efficient ways to accomplish this task than deploying the project to GitHub. But this implementation is very convenient and practical for a personal blog.

3.1 Option 1 - Repository’s name <username>.github.io

This is the most simple way because you don’t need to create branch gh-pages

This script will allow you to:

  • Set repository remote in GitHub
  • Set message for the commit with the flag -m "<message>"
  • Generate public folder for the project
  • push project on branch main
pwd
# output: /home/juan/hugo/demo_hugo
nano deploy.sh

Content code to this option

#!/bin/bash
function helpPanel() {
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 [ -m MESSAGE ]" 1>&2
    echo -e "\tExample: ./deploy.sh -m "Descriptive message for commit""
    exit 1
}

while getopts "m:h" args; do 
    case $args in
        m) message=$OPTARG;;
        *) helpPanel;;
    esac
done

if [ "$message" == "" ]; then
    helpPanel
fi

# Run hugo to compile project 
hugo
if [ "$(echo "$?")" != "0" ]; then
    echo "Failed to compile hugo site, please check possibles errors before to deploy"
    exit 1;
fi

# Move to public 
cd public
# Check to folder .git is generated
test -d .git 
if [ "$(echo "$?")" == "1" ]; then 
    echo "Failed because folder .git is not generated"
    read -p "Do you want to run git init in public folder [ y/n ]" opt
    if [ "$opt" == "y" ]; then
        git init
        git branch -M main
        read -p "Repository remote: " opt
        if [ "$opt" != "" ]; then
            git remote add origin "$opt"
        else 
            echo "Failed to set remote pository"
            exit 1;
        fi
    else 
        exit 1;
    fi
fi

echo -e "\n๐Ÿ‘‰ Deploy in GitHub Pages from this proyect . . ."
echo -e "\nMessage commit: $message\n"
git add .  
git commit -m "$message"
git status

git push origin main
cd .. 
exit 0

3.2 Option 2 - Repository’s name demo_hugo

We will create the branch gh-pages from the same script to deploy

This script will allow you to:

  • Set repository remote in GitHub
  • Set message for the commit with the flag -m "<message>"
  • Generate public folder for the project
  • *Create branch gh-pages for our project site
  • push project on branch main
  • *merge main on gh-pages
  • *push project ๐Ÿ‘
pwd
# output: /home/juan/hugo/demo_hugo
nano deploy.sh
#!/bin/bash
function helpPanel() {
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 [ -m MESSAGE ]" 1>&2
    echo -e "\tExample: ./deploy.sh -m "Descriptive message for commit""
    exit 1
}

while getopts "m:h" args; do 
    case $args in
        m) message=$OPTARG;;
        *) helpPanel;;
    esac
done

if [ "$message" == "" ]; then
    helpPanel
fi

# Run hugo to compile project 
hugo
if [ "$(echo "$?")" != "0" ]; then
    echo "Failed to compile hugo site, please check possibles errors before to deploy"
    exit 1;
fi

# Move to public 
cd public
# Check to folder .git is generated
test -d .git 
if [ "$(echo "$?")" == "1" ]; then 
    echo "Failed because folder .git is not generated"
    read -p "Do you want to run git init in public folder [ y/n ]" opt
    if [ "$opt" == "y" ]; then
        git init
        git branch -M main
        read -p "Repository remote: " opt
        if [ "$opt" != "" ]; then
            git remote add origin "$opt"
            # If you deploy project site then
            git branch gh-pages
            echo "๐Ÿ‘‰ Creating branch - gh-pages"
        else 
            echo "Failed to set remote pository"
            exit 1;
        fi
    else 
        exit 1;
    fi
fi

echo -e "\n๐Ÿ‘‰ Deploy in GitHub Pages from this proyect . . ."
echo -e "\nMessage commit: $message\n"
git add .  
git commit -m "$message"

git push origin main
# move to branch gh-pages

git checkout gh-pages
if [ "$(echo "$?")" == "1" ]; then 
    git branch gh-pages
    git checkout gh-pages
fi

# merge with main code
git merge main

# git push on gh-pages
git push origin gh-pages

git checkout main
cd .. 
exit 0

4 We are ready

To finish, execute the following code:

chmod 755 deploy.sh

./deploy.sh -m "deploy hugo theme LoveIt in GitHub Pages"

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Note: only push it content from public into remote repository

GitHub Pages late a couple minutes sometimes and now you can see it on browser

/posts/how_to_deploy_theme_loveit_in_github_pages/demo_hugo.png


Finally, the structure of the project in LOCAL looks like this.

structure_folder_in_local.png

Good job! ๐Ÿ‘

Conclusion

As a conclusion this is a very simple and easy way to create your own blog and put it online. Just tweak it and play!

Congratulations on getting to this part of my article and being able to deploy your first blog like me.

See you later ๐Ÿ–๏ธ