Light Speed
An insanely fast and performance-based Hugo theme, ported from Light Speed Jekyll.
Some fun facts about the theme:
- Perfect score on Google's Lighthouse audit
- Only ~700 bytes of CSS
- No JavaScript
- Now with SEO!
Theme Installation
- Inside the folder of your Hugo project, run:
git submodule add https://github.com/iHarshad/lightspeed themes/lightspeed - Open
config.toml, change the theme to "lightspeed" and set tagline:
theme = "lightspeed"
[params]
tagline = 'Hugo theme with a perfect Lighthouse score'
Theme Customization
These customization options are available under [params] in config.toml.
[params]
OptionName = "OptionValue"
| Option | Example Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
BodyBackground |
"#f1faee" |
Override the background color for all pages. |
FontColor |
"#1d3557" |
Override the font color for all pages. |
HrefLink |
"#e63946" |
Override the font color for all links. |
PreBackground |
"#fdfdfd" |
Override the background color for all inline code blocks. |
PreFontColor |
"#457b9d" |
Override the font color for all inline code blocks. |
TableBorder |
"#424242" |
Override the font color for table borders. |
CopyrightStartYear |
"2020" |
If set, it will show (C)<Start Year> - <Current Year> in footer. If not defined, footer defaults to show (C) <Current Year>. |
BuiltWith |
true |
If defined, it shows Built with Hugo text in footer. |
HostedOn |
"Netlify" |
Hosting provider name. |
HostedOnLink |
"https://netlify.com" |
Link to hosting provider website. Defaults to # if not set. The HostedOn option needs to be set for this to render. |
MaintainedMsg |
true |
true - Shows Maintained with ♥ for the web. in footer.false - Do not show anything in footer.Custom Message - Shows custom message in footer. |
Extra Theme Features
These extra theme features are not a part of the original theme. They are made available under [params] in config.toml.
[params]
OptionName = "OptionValue"
| Option | Example Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
ShowCategories |
true |
Show post categories under post title on single page |
FontColor |
true |
Show post tags at the end of the article on single page |
Override Favicon
To override default favicons, place them in your Hugo projects static directory.
./static/favicon.svg./static/favicon.png./static/apple-touch-icon.png
License
Open sourced under the MIT license.
