I tried many modules this weekend. Note that different themes have different words and key/vals in the above stanza so I better not confuse them. For instance, this page has a featured_image which only works with Ananke, and a image which probably works with other themes.

What I’ve tried so far:

Symlinking across all pages.

• so far only tried one - definitely golang won’t notice the changed symlinked file.
• Notice that STACK is currently in a DIFFEERENT place. Let me move it for a second.

My Hugo websites I’ve tried so far

All the code is in different directories of my GH repo: https://github.com/palladius/ricc.rocks/

(*) Permacompare: permalink in prod to the comparison page :)

• PaperMod: it works! https://papermod.ricc.rocks not explored much yet. Comparison page: https://papermod.ricc.rocks/posts/papermod-analysis-page/ 🙉 PaperMod |⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Super sleek. Essential but damn, so good in its essence! |
• Stack: First, has math. https://hugo-stack.ricc.rocks then I just love it!
• Bootstrap: https://hugo-bootstrap-ricc-rocks.netlify.app/
• 🚧 [WIP] Tranquilpeak. https://tranquilpeak.netlify.app/ Has Math
• 🚧 [WIP] ZZO. https://ricc-zzo.netlify.app/en/

Lost the battle:

• Coder: Naah, too simple for me.
• Ananke. Too simple - https://hugo-ananke.netlify.app/

Photo Albums

• Only XXX seems to have decent photo albums. However, people are saying “i wish your theme was as good as Photoswipe” so I believe I might just get PhotoSwipe to work with anything else: see HugoPhotoSwipe.
• maybe check https://github.com/liwenyip/hugo-easy-gallery but i dont think its worht it. (505 ⭐️).
• Or just code it (I wish it was Ruby and not Golang): https://hugocodex.org/add-ons/image-gallery/
• or use this awesome library: demo in https://matze.rocks/images/#gallery-filter=Landscape

ZZO

• Comparison page: https://ricc-zzo.netlify.app/en/posts/riccardo/prova-zzo/
• install: https://zzo-docs.vercel.app/
• GH theme: https://github.com/zzossig/hugo-theme-zzo
• Ricc version: https://ricc-zzo.netlify.app/

Features:

Multiple Skins(dark, light, solarized, ...)
Mobile menu
Search
Search Engine Optimization(SEO)
Multilingual (i18n)
Responsive design
Customizable UI
RSS
Gallery
Fast code highlighting
Talks page
Showcase page
Publication Page
Resume Page
Presentation Page

Bootstrap

• Image docs: https://hbs.razonyang.com/v1/en/docs/image-processing/#resizing-images Plenty of good stuff here, also I found a bug and the guy fixed it in 24h - AMAZING.
• Gallery docs: https://hbs.razonyang.com/v1/en/docs/shortcodes/gallery/

Old stuff

PaperMod

I spent little time so far - but its just my fault, not his :)

Docs: https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod/

NEUTRAL:

• supports many icons, but unsure how to use them
• Supports Maths, but unsure on how to make it work/
• emoji are nice, once enaled you can do 🙈 :see_no_evil: 🙉 :hear_no_evil: 🙊 :speak_no_evil:

BAD 😩:

• too simple. Doesnt have something about me as a blogger, its just a pure (sleek) container for news. Nothing about Riccardo, just my articles.

Ananke ⭐️⭐️

Status: Old:

• hugo-ananke.netlify.app
• Historically the first ive tried. Havent explored much

GOOD 😍:

• TODO

BAD 😩:

• too simple. Eg, contact form is amongst posts (seriously?)
• no image gallery Im afraid

TranquilPeak

• GH: https://github.com/kakawait/hugo-tranquilpeak-theme
• 861 stars / 515 forks
• DemoSite:
• license: GPL
• install: https://github.com/kakawait/hugo-tranquilpeak-theme/blob/master/docs/user.md

How to sue the image btag (finally!): https://github.com/kakawait/hugo-tranquilpeak-theme/blob/master/docs/user.md#image

PLUS

• nice graphics
• built in galleries

MINUS

• says FS doesnt support symlinks for images. But it does support them for posts
• Fishy in content/posts/ organization. If I move content in or out dirs, it disappears. Weird. (Maybe there’s a good reason for it, but seems like a bug wrt to other themes where you can move things accross EVERYTHING within content/ )