[Hugoplate repo](https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate)
Note: Most of this is still just the hugoplate readme. -Devon

## 🚀 Getting Started

### ⚙️ Prerequisites

To start using this template, you need to have some prerequisites installed on your machine.

- [Hugo Extended v0.124+](https://gohugo.io/installation/)
- [Node v20+](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
- [Go v1.22+](https://go.dev/doc/install)

**Note from Devon:**
You can install hugo extended with Chocolatey using an admin powershell and:
```
choco install hugo-extended
```

### 👉 Install Dependencies

Install all the dependencies using the following command.

```bash
npm install
```

### 👉 Development Command

Start the development server using the following command.

```bash
npm run dev
```

### 🎬 Still Confused? Watch a Quick Video

https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate/assets/58769763/c260c0ae-91be-42ce-b8db-aa7f11f777bd

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## 📝 Customization

This template has been designed with a lot of customization options in mind. You can customize almost anything you want, including:

### 👉 Site Config

You can change the site title, base URL, language, theme, plugins, and more from the `hugo.toml` file.

### 👉 Site Params

You can customize all the parameters from the `config/_default/params.toml` file. This includes the logo, favicon, search, SEO metadata, and more.

### 👉 Colors and Fonts

You can change the colors and fonts from the `data/theme.json` file. This includes the primary color, secondary color, font family, and font size.

### 👉 Social Links

You can change the social links from the `data/social.json` file. Add your social links here, and they will automatically be displayed on the site.

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## 🛠 Advanced Usage

We have added some custom scripts to make your life easier. You can use these scripts to help you with your development.

### 👉 Update Theme

If you want to update the theme, then you can use the following command. It will update the theme to the latest version.

```bash
npm run update-theme
```

> **Note:** This command will work after running `project-setup` script.

### 👉 Update Modules

We have added a lot of modules to this template. You can update all the modules using the following command.

```bash
npm run update-modules
```

### 👉 Remove Dark Mode

If you want to remove dark mode from your project, you can use the following command to remove dark mode from your project.

```bash
npm run remove-darkmode
```

> **Note:** This command will work before running `project-setup` script. If you already run the `project-setup` command, then you have to run `npm run theme-setup` first, and then you can run this command. afterward, you can run `npm run project-setup` again.

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## 🚀 Build And Deploy

After you finish your development, you can build or deploy your project almost everywhere. Let's see the process:

### 👉 Build Command

To build your project locally, you can use the following command. It will purge all the unused CSS and minify all the files.

```bash
npm run build
```

### 👉 Deploy Site

We have provided 5 different deploy platform configurations with this template, so you can deploy easily.

- [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/)
- [Vercel](https://vercel.com/)
- [Github Actions](https://github.com/features/actions)
- [Gitlab Ci](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/)
- [AWS Amplify](https://aws.amazon.com/amplify/)

And if you want to Host some other hosting platforms. then you can build your project, and you will get a `public` folder. that you can copy and paste on your hosting platform.

> **Note:** You must change the `baseURL` in the `hugo.toml` file. Otherwise, your site will not work properly.

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## 🔒 Guide to Staying Compliant

### 🐞 Reporting Issues

We use GitHub Issues as the official bug tracker for this Template. Please Search [existing issues](https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate/issues). It’s possible someone has already reported the same problem.
If your problem or idea has not been addressed yet, feel free to [open a new issue](https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate/issues).

### 📝 License

Copyright (c) 2023 - Present, Designed & Developed by [Zeon Studio](https://zeon.studio/)

**Code License:** Released under the [MIT](https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate/blob/main/LICENSE) license.

**Image license:** The images are only for demonstration purposes. They have their license, we don't have permission to share those images.

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## 🖼️ Showcase

List of some projects people are building with **Hugoplate**!

| [![Open Neuromorphic](https://tinyurl.com/hp7avtje)](https://open-neuromorphic.org/) | [![AI Models](https://tinyurl.com/mu4p7dhb)](https://aimodels.org/) | [![Hugobricks](https://tinyurl.com/4x3uwhm9)](https://www.hugobricks.preview.usecue.com/) | [![ONO LLC](https://tinyurl.com/2fbjzwzn)](https://ono.day/)
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| **Open Neuromorphic** | **AI Models** | **Hugobricks** | **ONO LLC** |

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## 💻 Need Customization?

If you need a custom theme, theme customization, or complete website development services from scratch you can [Hire Us](https://zeon.studio/estimate-project).