On macOS

Cloning the Repository

1. Create a Github account.
2. Open a terminal.
3. Make sure that you have installed ‘brew’ by following the installation instructions.
4. Install git by running brew install git.
5. Install hugo by running brew install hugo.
6. We’re going to duplicate a repository by using the steps described here. Follow the steps below:
   1. On github.com, create a new repository with your desired newname.
   2. Open a terminal.
   3. Navigate to a suitable directory to clone into by making use of the cd command.
   4. Type git clone --bare https://github.com/peterdieleman/papermod.git && cd papermod.
   5. Type git push --mirror https://github.com/yourusername/newname.git, where yourusername is your github username, and where newname is the repository name above.
   6. Type cd .. && rm -rf papermod to remove the original repository.
   7. Type git clone https://github.com/yourusername/newname.git to clone your copy of this repository.
   8. Type cd newname to move into your newly cloned repo.
   9. Type git submodule update --init --recursive to make sure the submodules are cloned correctly.
7. Make sure you are on the ‘master’ branch by running git checkout master.
8. Within this folder, run hugo server -D and navigate to http://localhost:1313/ to look at the website.

Deploying to Netlify

1. Sign up for a netlify account.
2. Navigate to the main settings page.
3. Click on New site from Git.
4. Select ‘Github’.
5. Select the repository that you want to build the site from.
6. Navigate to the bottom and hit ‘Deploy site’.

Your site should now be deployed to a randomly generated *.netlify.com address. To view the configuration of your site, navigate to app.netlify.com and click on ‘Sites’.

To come: Connecting your custom domain