In this post we’ll be enacting the process used to add themes to sites created in Hugo, specifically the example.com text site created last time. Hugo’s quick start page advokes the use of the Ananke theme, but then goes into installation instructions using GitHub. Github not being something I’m familiar with at the moment I went looking for a second option, and found it in the Giraffe Academy tutorial series.

In this post we’ll be installing Hugo on my laptop. Hugo is one of a number of static site generators, which are enjoying something of a resurgence in recent years with more people starting tech blogs (Hi there! - Ed) while not wanting or needing the features or resources of dynamic website builders like Wordpress. Much has been written about the benefits of static site generators, and rather than reiterate those points here I’ll instead refer anyone interested in further insight to Hugo’s own page to find out more.