What is Black ?

Black is a

• simplistic,
• anonymous,
• low-profile
  theme.

Designed with the afore mentioned values in mind, black strives to reduce
clutter by removing anything unnecessary and improve readability by maximizing
the contrasts between text and backgrounds.

Using simple, globally tested fonts, such as Inter, or Geist Mono reduces strain
on your eyes.

Example website here

Installing

You can manually install the theme by going to https://github.com/SunkenPotato/black.git and copying the files to themes/black

Or clone it into themes/black

$ git clone https://github.com/SunkenPotato/black.git themes/black

If you don’t wanna make any radical changes, and always have the newest updates, you can add it as a submodule

$ git submodule add https://github.com/SunkenPotato/black.git themes/black

Configuration

Configuration is pretty simple. Just create a config.toml file and paste the following text into it. Remember to change the parameters according to your liking.

baseurl = "<your url>/<localhost>"
title = "<your title>"
languageCode = "en-US" # Not supported yet.
theme = "black"

[params]
    frontimage = "<your image>" # The base image.

[menu]
    [[menu.main]]   # Example menu item
        name = "Home" # Your menu text
        url = "/"   # The URL it points to
        weight = 1 # The index of the menu item
        [menu.main.params] # Optional.
            disabled = false

Shortcodes

You can use all of the default hugo shortcodes, like {{<figure>}} etc. https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/

spacer

Creates a empty div that just adds space

Example usage:

{{<spacer>}}

divider

Creates a line that goes along the page horizontally. Useful for dividing content

Parameters:

• cl Sets the divider color in hexadecimal. (optional)

Example usage

{{<divider>}}

or with cl

{{<divider cl="#ff0000">}} 

Favicon

Check the docs.

How to edit the theme

You don’t need anything. Just go ahead and do it.

License

Copyright © 2024 SunkenPotato. This theme has been released under the MIT license. Check the original theme license for further information.

See also

• Hugoplate
• Adritian-Free-Hugo-Theme
• Bear Cub
• Tailwind
• Clarity