Welcome to hugo-zones!

Hugo-Zones is a simple Hugo theme for creating Zonelets-style blogs.

Why hugo-zones?

I like the design of Zoner / Zonelets sites, but wanted something a little more flexible. Hugo looked like a great option - relatively simple, but lots of features available if needed. It also uses markdown for posts, just like Zoner! When I started exploring Hugo, however, I found most of the themes are extremely heavy. They often load external libraries and rely on complicated scripts and configuration files - the result is a site building experience that feels just as abstract as with Wordpress. I didn’t want all that!

I created hugo-zones as a simple Hugo theme that can be built on top of - rather than pared down - to achieve the site you want.

Features:

• Simple theme that is easy to learn and build on
• Keeps files human-readable and easy to tinker with
• css-compatible with Zonelets
• No external libraries (ex. Bootstrap css)
• No Javascript, and minimal Hugo Go scripting

Doesn’t using Hugo defeat the purpose of Zonelets?

Maybe! I made this theme because I liked Zoner, but wanted a bit more flexibility. There weren’t a lot of good starter themes for Hugo, so I decided to port Zonelets.

Download:

You can download Hugo-Zones on the release page of the Codeburg repo!