formspree/blogophonic-hugo

Blogophonic theme doesn't work with Fresh Hugo install

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ben-xD commented

I do not have any data in my folder/ hugo repository. Following the quick start guide from hugo, I added blogophonic to the themes folder and changed config.toml. Hugo server -D doesn't start succesfully.

Specific error:

Building sites … ERROR 2019/08/17 16:35:25 render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: _default/single.html:3:8: executing "_default/single.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:33:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil
ERROR 2019/08/17 16:35:25 render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: blog/single-sidebar.html:3:8: executing "blog/single-sidebar.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:33:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil
Total in 221 ms
Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: _default/single.html:3:8: executing "_default/single.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:33:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil

Running it with a different theme (I tested hugo-lamp), and Hugo starts successfully, and I'm able to see a splash page with

There's nothing here.
Create an interesting post with the command:

$ hugo new post/hello-world.md
jarkkojs commented

+1
Getting the same exact error.

jarkkojs commented

Steps to reproduce:

% hugo new site test-site   
Congratulations! Your new Hugo site is created in /home/jsakkine/Projects/test-site.

Just a few more steps and you're ready to go:

1. Download a theme into the same-named folder.
   Choose a theme from https://themes.gohugo.io/ or
   create your own with the "hugo new theme <THEMENAME>" command.
2. Perhaps you want to add some content. You can add single files
   with "hugo new <SECTIONNAME>/<FILENAME>.<FORMAT>".
3. Start the built-in live server via "hugo server".

Visit https://gohugo.io/ for quickstart guide and full documentation.
% cd test-site 
% git init   
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/jsakkine/Projects/test-site/.git/
% git add .
% git submodule add https://github.com/formspree/blogophonic-hugo/ themes/blogophonic
Cloning into '/home/jsakkine/Projects/test-site/themes/blogophonic'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 3, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 335 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 332
Receiving objects: 100% (335/335), 9.66 MiB | 52.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (111/111), done.
% echo 'theme = "blogophonic"' >> config.toml
% hugo
Building sites … ERROR 2020/06/21 19:38:19 render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: blog/single-sidebar.html:3:8: executing "blog/single-sidebar.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:41:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil
ERROR 2020/06/21 19:38:19 render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: _default/single.html:3:8: executing "_default/single.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:41:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil
Total in 173 ms
Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "page" failed: execute of template failed: template: _default/single.html:3:8: executing "_default/single.html" at <partial "head.html" .>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: _internal/opengraph.html:41:17: executing "_internal/opengraph.html" at <index $siteSeries $name>: error calling index: index of untyped nil
ben-xD commented

I decided not to use this theme in the end. I actually switched to using a Gatsby theme.

philshem commented

yeah, there is something fishy with the theme because you have to copy lots of files to your hugo site from the theme folder

this should put a bandage on the problem:

cd test-site/
cp -a themes/blogophonic/* .
colevscode commented

Hi! Sorry for the delay.

This as a full website, not a hugo theme. The correct way to deploy it is:

git clone git@github.com:formspree/blogophonic-hugo.git
cd blogophonic-hugo
hugo server

Then you can edit or discard the pages under content.

This repo should not be cloned into a git submodule. It's meant to be the top-level folder and includes a /content folder with several pre-made pages.

We chose to package it this way because at the time it was difficult to distribute a hugo theme with a lot of pre-made pages, images, static content, etc.

I'm not sure if there's an easier way to do this today?

I'll update the docs with these installation instructions.

colevscode commented

Ok I updated the README file. Let me know if this clarifies things, if not we can re-open this issue.

ben-xD commented

Hi @colevscode, you said:

This as a full website, not a hugo theme.

The title of the Readme still says a Hugo blog theme by Formspree. Is it not a hugo theme?

EDIT: oh i see, you previously called this project a theme, but decided to stop calling it that from now on.

colevscode commented

Yeah it's a bit nuanced. I think this is still a theme by the generally understood definition of the word. It's just not a hugo theme.

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