Overview

The Onion theme is an experimental theme designed for the Hugo static site generator. It is currently under construction and may experience major breaking changes between versions. The theme follows several design principles, including being plug-and-play, using progressive enhancement with vanilla JavaScript libraries, providing graceful degradation for older browsers, and being multilingual and mobile-first. It also respects the user's system preferences for light/dark themes and reduced motion. Privacy is also a key consideration, with no cookies required. The theme offers extensive display options for posts, detailed metadata display, and various additional features such as sidenotes, a "gadget" column, customizable CSS and JavaScript, and social media integration.

Features

Extensive display options for posts
Detailed and extensible page and post metadata display
Automatic Table of Contents for lengthy posts
Sidenotes (marginalia)
"Gadget" column with various features
Abbreviations and external links display tooltips
Themable with CSS variables
Three font options
Lazy menus
"Hero" and listing images
Additional post types: preformatted
Full content RSS feed
Archives template grouped by year
Privacy-first social sharing
Syntax highlighting
Customizable CSS and JavaScript per page
Social media icons in footer
Open Graph and Twitter metadata
Image gallery
Disqus comments
Google Analytics integration
Microformats friendly

Summary

The Onion theme for the Hugo static site generator is an experimental theme that offers extensive features and customization options. It follows various design principles, with a focus on plug-and-play functionality, progressive enhancement, and privacy by design. The theme is still under development and may undergo major changes between versions. Overall, it provides a modern and versatile design for static sites.

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