Hugo on paapereira.xyz

New Hugo theme

Sat, 16 May 2026 21:30:00 +0100

I refreshed my website face with a new theme based on Bear Blog.

The theme, for Hugo, is the hugo-bearblog theme.

Removing the older theme

It seems there is a new and more robust way to manage themes today, by using Hugo Modules, which replaced the older method of cloning themes into the themes directory.

So, I’m replacing the theme and the theming method.

First of, we must removed the old theme. I was using the simple-list theme.

Creating my own Hugo Simple List theme

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 13:56:33 +0100

I’ve been using the terminal theme, but I wanted to learn more about Hugo and how to create themes. Also I’ve been wanting to change to a more minimal theme.

I came across the hugo-classic theme, and while trying to customize it I decided to give it a go, fork it, and make it my own. I also used the terminal theme as inspiration.

This is my notes on how I did it and how it turned up. You can find my Simple List theme on GitLab.

Setting up Hugo with GitLab

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:19:55 +0100

What will you need

A GitLab account
Hugo

Creating a GitLab Page

It is as easy as clone an example GitLab Page Hugo example as the base for your own blog or homepage.

Go to https://gitlab.com/pages/hugo and fork the project to your GitLab account
In your new repository, remove the fork relationship (Settings > General > Advanced > Remove fork relationship)
Make sure your have the Shared Runners enabled (Settings > CI/CD > Runners)

New homepage and blog

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:01:21 +0100

I’m moving my homepage/blog from blogspot to a Hugo/GitLab setup.

In the following future a (manual) migration will slowly be taking place.