Development Tips

Serving exampleSite

For theme development, use this command to serve the exampleSite with debug options:

hugo server \
  --source exampleSite \  # Point to exampleSite directory
  --noHTTPCache \         # Disable HTTP caching
  --renderToMemory \      # Render to memory
  --disableFastRender \   # Disable fast render
  --ignoreCache \         # Ignore cache
  --gc \                  # Run garbage collection
  --logLevel debug \      # Set debug log level
  -D                      # Include draft posts

Command Explanation

• --source exampleSite: Serves the example site instead of the main project
• --noHTTPCache: Prevents browser caching during development
• --renderToMemory: Renders pages in memory for faster development
• --disableFastRender: Forces full re-render of changed pages
• --ignoreCache: Ignores the cache when rebuilding
• --gc: Runs garbage collection after builds
• --logLevel debug: Shows detailed debug information
• -D: Includes draft content

Local Testing

For production testing, remove debug flags:

hugo server --source exampleSite

For more development tips, see the Hugo documentation.