--- title: "Installation" date: 2018-12-29T11:02:05+06:00 lastmod: 2020-01-05T10:42:26+06:00 weight: 2 draft: false # search related keywords keywords: ["induct", "instate"] --- The following steps are here to help you initialize your new website. If you don't know Hugo at all, we strongly suggest you learn more about it by following this [great documentation for beginners](https://gohugo.io/overview/quickstart/). ### Create your project Hugo provides a `new` command to create a new website. ```bash hugo new site ``` ### Install the theme Install the **Dot** theme by following [this documentation](https://gohugo.io/themes/installing/) This theme's repository is: https://github.com/themefisher/dot-hugo-documentation-theme.git Alternatively, you can [download the theme as .zip](https://github.com/themefisher/dot-hugo-documentation-theme/archive/master.zip) file and extract it in the `themes` directory Or you can check this video documentation for installing this template: {{< youtube Srt3lTmRxzQ >}} ### Basic configuration When building the website, you can set a theme by using `--theme` option. However, we suggest you modify the configuration file (`config.toml`) and set the theme as the default. ```toml # Change the default theme to be use when building the site with Hugo theme = "Dot" ``` ### Create your first content pages Then, create content pages inside the previously created chapter. Here are two ways to create content in the chapter: ```bash hugo new installation/first-content.md hugo new installation/second-content/_index.md ``` Feel free to edit thoses files by adding some sample content and replacing the `title` value in the beginning of the files. ### Launching the website locally Launch by using the following command: ```bash hugo serve ``` Go to `http://localhost:1313` ### Build the website When your site is ready to deploy, run the following command: ```bash hugo ``` A `public` folder will be generated, containing all static content and assets for your website. It can now be deployed on any web server. {{% notice info%}} This website can be automatically published and hosted with [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) (Read more about [Automated HUGO deployments with Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2015/07/30/hosting-hugo-on-netlifyinsanely-fast-deploys/)). Alternatively, you can use [Github pages](https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/) {{% /notice %}}