Create a New Site

hugo new site demo

The above will create a new Hugo site in a folder named demo.

Install jkpark theme as git submodule

cd demo
git init
git submodule add https://github.com/jkpark/hugo-theme-jkpark.git themes/jkpark

Take a look inside the exampleSite folder of this theme.

themes/jkpark/exampleSite
├── content  # some example contents for demo site.
├── data
    └── aboutme.yaml
└── config
    └── _default
        ├── config.toml
        ├── menus.toml
        └── parems.toml

remove unnessasory defaults files and folders.

rm -rf archetypes
rm config.toml

When you remove archetypes folder, hugo will searches for the layout to use for a given page.

More informations about lookup order, https://gohugo.io/templates/lookup-order/

move config folder

To use this theme, copy the config folder in the root folder of your hugo site.

cp -r themes/jkpark/exampleSite/config .

Create first content

hugo new blog/my-first-post.md

Start the Hugo server

hugo server

Navigate to your new site at http://localhost:1313/.