Recovering a Theme from History

Posted on Apr 26, 2026 ยท 1 min read
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Source

The original implementation lived inside a larger Hugo site.

To make it reusable, the site-specific copy had to be separated into:

  • theme assets
  • layouts
  • static files
  • example content

Cleanup

The main cleanup step was replacing hardcoded site data with Hugo params.

That means the title bar, footer, menu links, and social links now come from configuration rather than a single author’s site.

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