Web Library Hugo Theme

A hugo theme for a collection of books.

More Previews: See previews/

An example of a site using this theme: https://github.com/JessebotX/public-domain-web-library

Features

• Generate a static website for a collection of books, whether it is an archive of free/public domain novels or you're looking to publish some web serials
• Mobile-first design: site fits on both desktop, mobile and other devices
• Link to RSS Feed for each web serial
• Chapter pagination with keyboard shortcuts
  • Flip through chapters using your arrow keys
• Color scheme toggle button at the top of each page
  • Persistent saving done with localStorage API
• A clean sans-serif Roboto font used across the website
• Minified SCSS output

Getting Started

1. Go into your existing hugo site OR generate a new one using

   hugo new site <WEBSITE>
   cd <WEBSITE>

2. Initialize git in your hugo site directory if you haven't already made it a git repository

3. Install the theme using git submodules

   git submodule add https://github.com/JessebotX/web-library-hugo-theme themes/web-library-hugo-theme

4. Open your site's config.toml and append the following line to the file:

   # config.toml
   theme = 'web-library-hugo-theme'

5. Hugo theme is now successfully installed. Build your site using hugo:

   hugo