Setup Blog Site

Create Blog Site

  1. Hexo: A fast, simple & powerful blog framework

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    npm install -g hexo-cli

  2. Cactus: A simple Hexo theme for a personal website

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    hexo init blogsite
    cd blogsite

  3. Optional:Use a custom cactus theme for the site

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    git clone https://github.com/probberechts/hexo-theme-cactus.git themes/cactus

    # Change the theme property in the _config.yml file (theme: landscape)
    theme: cactus

  4. Optional: Enable local site search using hexo-generator-search

    Create a page to display the search engine

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    npm install hexo-generator-search --save
    hexo new page search

    Put type: search in the front-matter (source/search/index.md).

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    title: Search
    type: search
    ---

    Finally, edit the themes/cactus/_config.yml and add a link to the navigation menu.

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    nav:
      search: /search/
    ---

  5. Build/generate and run project

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    rm -rf node_modules && npm install --force
    hexo generate
    hexo server

  6. Create pages and blog articles

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    hexo new page about
    hexo new post "hello world"

Deploy Site

  1. Publish your blog!