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Setup

• Make a new hugo site

hugo new site {sitename}

• Clone the theme in themes folder

cd {sitename}
git clone <https://github.com/mansoorbarri/coming-soon.git> themes/coming-soon

or you can use submodule if you already have GitHub repository for your website

git init
git submodule add https://github.com/mansoorbarri/glim-midnight.git themes/glim-midnight

• Copy examplesite/config.toml files to yours for quick setup
• Open config.toml and edit as per your liking.

Config.toml

baseURL = "http://glim-midnight.pages.dev"
languageCode = "en-us"
theme = "glim-midnight"

[params]
    title = "Glim Midnight"
    phrases = ["Bootstrap", "Dark", "Minimal", "Responsive"]
    links = [
    {name = "Github", url = "<https://github.com/mansoorbarri/glim-midnight/"},
    {name = "Wiki", url = "/wiki"},
    {name = "Author I", url = "https://maheenwaris.com/"},
    {name = "Author II", url = "https://mansoorbarri.com/"},
    {name = "Hugo", url = "https://gohugo.io/"},
    ]
    background = "bg.mp4"

Variables you should/can change

• baseURL: URL of your website
• title: this title will be shown as tab name and as <h1> on this website
• phrases: these are the words which are animated under the main title
• links: these are the links you want to add, you have to mention the name & the url where the button will lead to
• background: this is the background of the webpage currently, the theme only supports video as a background.

the default location of the background is in /assets/, it is recommended to use the same folder for a custom background.

Things to note

• If you want to add your email in one as one of the links, add “mailto:” before the email address in url something like this:

{name = "Email", url = "mailto:uname@example.com"},

• the default location of the background is in /assets/, it is recommended to use the same folder for a custom background.