- [Cactus Plus](#cactus-plus) - [Screenshot](#screenshot) - [Installation](#installation) - [Example Site](#example-site) - [The config file](#the-config-file) - [About page](#about-page) - [Tags page](#tags-page) - [Avatar](#avatar) - [Hide pages](#hide-pages) - [Disqus](#disqus) - [Duoshuo](#duoshuo) - [Disable Comment](#disable-comment) - [Google Analytics](#google-analytics) - [Baidu Tongji](#baidu-tongji) - [Social link icons](#social-link-icons) - [Nearly finished](#nearly-finished) - [License](#license) - [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements) # Cactus Plus [English Document](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/README.md) | [中文文档](https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus/blob/master/README_zh-cn.md) Cactus Plus is a minimalistic theme for bloggers based on the theme named [Cactus](https://github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-cactus-theme). **Noteworthy updates of this Hugo theme are :** + **a tags page** + **an archive page** + **both [Disqus](https://disqus.com/) and [Duoshuo](http://duoshuo.com/) comment-system** + **both Google Analytics and Baidu Tongji for site analytics.** Here's the link to online demo: [http://nodejh.com](http://nodejh.com). ## Screenshot **home page**  **tags page**  **archive page**  ## Installation ``` $ cd themes $ git clone https://github.com/nodejh/hugo-theme-cactus-plus.git ``` For more information read the official [setup guide](//gohugo.io/overview/installing/) of Hugo. ## Example Site 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. ## The config file 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. ## About page Use the about page to introduce yourself to your visitors. You can customize the content as you like in the `/content/about/index.md`. ## Tags page Use the tags page to show all post's tags. You can create the file `/content/tags/index.md` and set `hidden = true`. For example: ```markdown +++ date = "2015-06-20T14:02:37+02:00" title = "Tags" hidden = true +++ ``` ## Avatar 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. ## Hide pages 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. ## Disqus 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. ## Duoshuo 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`. ## Disable Comment Just set both `enableDisqus = false` and `enableDuoshuo = false` if you want to disable comment. ## Google Analytics 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). ## Baidu Tongji 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). ## Social link icons 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: - [Font awesome](https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/) or - [Mono social icons](https://github.com/drinchev/monosocialiconsfont) 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). ## Nearly finished In order to see your site in action, run Hugo's built-in local server. ``` $ hugo server ``` Now enter [`localhost:1313`](http://localhost:1313) in the address bar of your browser. ## License 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). ## Acknowledgements Thanks to - [hugo-cactus-theme](https://github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-cactus-theme)