Cactus Plus is a minimalistic theme for bloggers based on the theme named [Cactus](https://github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-cactus-theme). Noteworthy features of this Hugo theme are the integration of a comment-system powered by [Disqus](https://disqus.com/) and [Duoshuo](http://duoshuo.com/), a customizable about page, a simple tags page and a minimalistic archives page, support for RSS feeds, syntax highlighting for source code and site analytics.
There is an example site with config file and markdown files in [`exampleSite`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/tree/master/exampleSite) directory.
Take a look inside the [`exampleSite`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/tree/master/exampleSite) folder of this theme. You'll find a file called [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml).
To use it, copy the [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml) in the root folder of your Hugo site. Feel free to change strings as you like to customize your website.
Furthermore, you should replace the [avatar placeholder](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/static/images/) with a great image of yourself.
Pages can be hidden and don't appear in the post list on the homepage if you add the variable `hidden = true` to the frontmatter. This allows you to link from elsewhere, i.e. just the menu.
This theme features a comment system powered by Disqus. Just add your Disqus-shortname to the [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml) and set `enableDisqus = true`, then let readers respond to your blog posts.
This theme features a comment system powered by Duoshuo too. Duoshuo is mainly provide for Chinese users. Just add your Duoshuo-shortname to the [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml) and set `enableDuoshuo = true`.
This theme use Google Analytics defalut. If you want to disable Google Analytics, just set `enableGoogleAnalytics = false` in [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml).
This theme alse features Baidu Tongji for Chinese users. To use Baidu Tongji you should set `enableBaiduAnalytics = true` and set `baiduAnalytics` to your `Baidu Tongji Code` which looks like `39843ea392201290bd6f76173d2e0000` in [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml).
You can add a social link panel in the footer by adding entries to the `social` block in the [`config.toml`](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/exampleSite/config.toml). You can choose between two icon fonts:
Assign either `font-awesome` or `mono-social` to the `iconFont` variable. The Mono social icons offer three styles of icons: -circle, rounded, or default (empty).
Did you found a bug or got an idea for a new feature? Feel free to use the [issue tracker](//github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-cactus-theme/issues) to let me know. Or make directly a [pull request](//github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-cactus-theme/pulls).
This theme is released under the MIT license. For more information read the [license](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/LICENSE.md).