Overview
NOW-UI for Hugo is a responsive theme created by Creative Tim and adapted by cboettig for use with Hugo. Built on Bootstrap v4, the theme offers a range of features including a responsive menu, customizable theme colors, and pre-made templates and icons. Installation is made easy through Git, and customization is encouraged through file overrides.
Features
- Built on Boostrap v4: Allows for easy adaptation and extension using the latest version of Bootstrap CSS and JS tools.
- Responsive menu: Collapses into a side-drawer style navigation on smaller devices.
- Adjustable theme colors: Modify theme colors by editing the _variables.scss file and recompiling CSS with sass.
- Adjustable theme tint: Set the tint parameter to choose between orange, red, yellow, blue, or green.
- Example templates and icons: Includes three free MIT licensed templates and icons.
- Shortcodes: Offers a range of shortcodes for full width images, floated images, side by side images, and carousels.
- Screenshots: Provides screenshots of the wide display menu, collapsed menu on smaller display, and side-drawer menu.
- Git installation: Can be installed as a submodule in an existing Hugo project or cloned directly.
- Customizable: Best practice is to override files rather than modify them, making theme updates easier.
Summary
NOW-UI for Hugo is a responsive Hugo theme built on Bootstrap v4. It offers a range of features including a responsive menu, customizable theme colors, and pre-made templates and icons. Installation can be done through Git or by simply downloading and extracting the theme files. Customization is encouraged through file overrides rather than direct modifications.