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---
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date: 2013-07-01
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linktitle: Quickstart
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menu:
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main:
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parent: getting started
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next: /overview/installing
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prev: /overview/introduction
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title: Hugo Quickstart Guide
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weight: 10
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---
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> _Note: This quickstart depends on features introduced in Hugo v0.11. If you have an earlier version of Hugo, you will need to [upgrade](/overview/installing/) before proceeding._
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## Step 1. Install Hugo
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Go to [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases) and download the
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appropriate version for your OS and architecture.
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Save the main executable as `hugo` (or `hugo.exe` on Windows) somewhere in your `PATH` as we will be using it in the next step.
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More complete instructions are available at [Installing Hugo](/overview/installing/).
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## Step 2. Have Hugo Create a site for you
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Hugo has the ability to create a skeleton site:
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$ hugo new site /path/to/site
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For the rest of the operations, we will be executing all commands from within the site directory.
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$ cd /path/to/site
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The new site will have the following structure
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▸ archetypes/
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▸ content/
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▸ layouts/
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▸ static/
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config.toml
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Currently the site doesn’t have any content, nor is it configured.
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## Step 3. Create Some Content
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Hugo also has the ability to create a skeleton content page:
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$ hugo new about.md
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A new file is now created in `content/` with the following contents:
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```
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+++
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date = "2015-01-08T08:36:54-07:00"
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draft = true
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title = "about"
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+++
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```
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Notice the date is automatically set to the moment you created the content.
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Place some content in Markdown format below the `+++` in this file.
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For example:
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```markdown
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## A headline
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Some Content
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```
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For fun, let’s create another piece of content and place some Markdown in it as well.
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$ hugo new post/first.md
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The new file is located at `content/post/first.md`
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We still lack any templates to tell us how to display the content.
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## Step 4. Install some themes
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Hugo has rich theme support and a growing set of themes to choose from:
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```bash
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$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/spf13/hugoThemes themes
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```
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## Step 5. Run Hugo
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Hugo contains its own high-performance web server. Simply run `hugo
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server` and Hugo will find an available port and run a server with
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your content:
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$ hugo server --theme=hyde --buildDrafts
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2 pages created
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0 tags created
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0 categories created
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in 5 ms
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Serving pages from exampleHugoSite/public
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Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313
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Press ctrl+c to stop
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We specified two options here:
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* `--theme` to pick which theme;
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* `--buildDrafts` because we want to display our content, both set to draft status.
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To learn about what other options hugo has, run:
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$ hugo help
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To learn about the server options:
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$ hugo help server
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## Step 6. Edit Content
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Not only can Hugo run a server, but it can also watch your files for
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changes and automatically rebuild your site. Hugo will then
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communicate with your browser and automatically reload any open page.
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This even works in mobile browsers.
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Stop the Hugo process by hitting <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>. Then run the following:
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$ hugo server --theme=hyde --buildDrafts --watch
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2 pages created
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0 tags created
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0 categories created
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in 5 ms
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Watching for changes in exampleHugoSite/content
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Serving pages from exampleHugoSite/public
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Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313
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Press ctrl+c to stop
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Open your [favorite editor](http://vim.spf13.com), edit and save your content, and watch as Hugo rebuilds and reloads automatically.
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It’s especially productive to leave a browser open on a second monitor
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and just glance at it whenever you save. You don’t even need to tab to
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your browser. Hugo is so fast that the new site will be there before
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you can look at the browser in most cases.
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Change and save this file. Notice what happened in your terminal:
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Change detected, rebuilding site
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2 pages created
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0 tags created
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0 categories created
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in 5 ms
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## Step 7. Have fun
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The best way to learn something is to play with it.
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Things to try:
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* Add a [new content file](/content/organization/)
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* Create a [new section](/content/sections/)
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* Modify [a template](/layout/templates/)
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* Create content with [TOML front matter](/content/front-matter/)
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* Define your own field in [front matter](/content/front-matter/)
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* Display that [field in the template](/layout/variables/)
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* Create a [new content type](/content/types/)
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