There are times that your imagination stretches beyond markdown’s capabilities. When this happens it can be easiest to use HTML with your post, but Hugo doesn’t always like this. If we create a shortcode though we can switch between markdown and html easily. As shown below.
File: /layouts/shortcodes/rawhtml.html
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<!-- raw html -->{{.Inner}}
Example Usage
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{{<rawhtml>}}
<p>Welcome to <strong>MakeWithHugo</strong></p>{{</rawhtml>}}
Edd is a PHP and Go developer who enjoys blogging about his experiences, mostly about creating and coding new things he's working on and is a big beliver in open-source and Linux.
Markdown for Hugo: Cheatsheet
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This is designed to be a ‘cheatsheet’ to help you find the syntax you need quickly for creating markdown content on Hugo sites.
Code Block 1 2 3 4 5 ```css body { background: red; } ``` To define a code block, wrap the code in backticks like: `
Three of them, and you can define the code language after the first set, like we’ve said the above code is css.
Migrate Wordpress to Hugo
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Wordpress is a fantastically popular blogging platform, but judging by the fact you are here, you’re looking to move to Hugo (great choice!)
The software we’ve used in the past to do this for us is called wordpress-to-hugo-exporter (does as it’s name suggests). This will essentially convert the database posts saved into markdown files which you can use in Hugo and with your theme of choice.
View on Github How to It’s important to note this works as a Wordpress plugin, so if you can’t install plugins it may not work for you.
Add an RSS Feed
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Although not as sought-after as they once were, RSS feeds can still be a useful addition to any site - if only to allow Google Webmasters to easily crawl it. Luckily, with Hugo this process is very simple as the functionality comes built in and ready to go for when you need it.
