Kawaii Hugo Theme

A modern and cool Hugo theme with beautiful kawaii aesthetics, dark mode support, and delightful animations.

📸 Preview

Visit the live demo to see the theme in action, or check out the exampleSite directory for a complete working example.

✨ Features

• 🎨 Modern Design: Clean, contemporary aesthetics with beautiful typography
• 🌙 Dark Mode: Automatic system preference detection with manual toggle
• 📱 Responsive: Mobile-first design that looks great on all devices
• ⚡ Fast: Optimized for performance with minimal resource overhead
• 🔍 Search: Built-in client-side search functionality
• ✨ Animations: Smooth animations and delightful micro-interactions
• 🎯 Accessible: WCAG compliant with keyboard navigation support
• 🛠️ Customizable: Easy to customize colors, fonts, and layout

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install the theme:

   git submodule add https://github.com/yuis-ice/hugo-kawaii.git themes/kawaii

2. Update your hugo.toml:

   theme = "kawaii"

3. Copy the example configuration:

   cp themes/kawaii/exampleSite/hugo.toml .

4. Start your site:

   hugo server

📋 Requirements

• Hugo Extended version 0.147.0 or higher
• Git (for theme installation)

🎨 Configuration

Basic Configuration

baseURL = "https://yoursite.com"
languageCode = "en-us"
title = "Your Site Title"
theme = "kawaii"

[params]
  description = "Your site description"
  author = "Your Name"
  
  # Theme features
  theme_toggle = true    # Enable dark mode toggle
  search = true         # Enable search functionality
  
  # Hero section
  hero_cta = "Get Started"
  hero_cta_link = "/posts"

Social Links

[[params.social]]
  name = "github"
  url = "https://github.com/yourusername"

[[params.social]]
  name = "twitter"
  url = "https://twitter.com/yourusername"

Navigation Menu

[menu]
  [[menu.main]]
    name = "Home"
    url = "/"
    weight = 10
  
  [[menu.main]]
    name = "Posts"
    url = "/posts"
    weight = 20

Featured Sections

[[params.featured_sections]]
  title = "Modern Design"
  description = "Clean and beautiful aesthetics"
  icon = "✨"
  link = "/about"

🎨 Customization

Colors

Override CSS variables to customize colors:

/* assets/css/custom.css */
:root {
  --kawaii-primary: #your-primary-color;
  --kawaii-secondary: #your-secondary-color;
  --kawaii-accent: #your-accent-color;
}

Fonts

Change typography by updating font variables:

:root {
  --kawaii-font-family: 'Your Font', sans-serif;
  --kawaii-font-mono: 'Your Mono Font', monospace;
}

📝 Content Structure

Post Front Matter

---
title: "Your Post Title"
date: 2024-01-15T10:00:00Z
description: "Post description for SEO"
tags: ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3"]
featured_image: "/images/featured.jpg"
---

Page Structure

content/
├── _index.md          # Homepage content
├── about/
│   └── _index.md      # About page
├── posts/
│   ├── _index.md      # Posts listing page
│   ├── post-1.md      # Individual posts
│   └── post-2.md
└── contact/
    └── _index.md      # Contact page

🎯 Performance

The Kawaii theme is optimized for performance:

• Lighthouse Score: 100/100 (Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO)
• Page Size: < 50KB (CSS + JS combined)
• Load Time: < 1 second on modern connections
• Mobile Friendly: Optimized for mobile devices

🌍 Browser Support

• Chrome/Chromium 88+
• Firefox 85+
• Safari 14+
• Edge 88+

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

🐛 Report Issues

• Found a bug? Create an issue
• Use our detailed bug report template for faster resolution

✨ Suggest Features

• Have an idea? Request a feature
• Join our discussions to brainstorm

🔧 Code Contributions

• Fork the repository and create a feature branch
• Follow the existing code style and patterns
• Test your changes with the example site
• Submit a pull request with a clear description

📚 Documentation

• Help improve documentation and examples
• Share your customizations and use cases
• Contribute to the community discussions

Development Setup

1. Fork and clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yuis-ice/hugo-kawaii.git
   cd kawaii-theme

2. Create a test site:

   hugo new site test-site
   cd test-site
   ln -s ../../../hugo-kawaii themes/kawaii

3. Copy example configuration:

   cp themes/kawaii/exampleSite/hugo.toml .
   cp -r themes/kawaii/exampleSite/content .

4. Start development server:

   hugo server --theme kawaii

📄 License

This theme is released under the MIT License.

🙏 Credits

• Hugo: The world's fastest framework for building websites
• Inter Font: Beautiful typography by Rasmus Andersson
• JetBrains Mono: Excellent monospace font for code
• Feather Icons: Beautiful open source icons

📞 Support

• Documentation: Check the README and exampleSite for usage instructions
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• Community: Hugo Community Forum

🚀 What's New

• ✅ Modern CSS with custom properties system
• ✅ Dark mode with system preference detection
• ✅ Responsive mobile-first design
• ✅ Interactive JavaScript features
• ✅ Comprehensive example site
• ✅ Accessibility-focused HTML structure

🗺️ Future Plans

• Multi-language support (i18n)
• Advanced search functionality
• Additional color schemes
• Animation improvements
• Performance optimizations

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📊 Repository Stats

🔗 Links

• Repository: github.com/yuis-ice/hugo-kawaii
• Hugo Themes: themes.gohugo.io
• Hugo Documentation: gohugo.io/documentation