Migration Guide

From Hexo to Hugo

1. Setup Hugo site with menu and theme etc.

   1. Create site

      hugo new site . --force
      

   2. Add theme link

   3. Configure _config.toml as per theme specs

      1. Add Menus / Links / Social links
      2. Change author name

2. Page migration

3. Post Migration

4. Copy <hexo_site>/source/_posts/* to <hugo_site>/content/posts

   1. Delete all the non Markdown files

      cd $SITE_ROOT/content/posts
      find . -type f | grep -v .md\$ --color=never | xargs rm
      

5. Copy <hexo_site>/source/_posts/* to <hugo_site>/static

   1. Delete all the Markdown files

      cd $SITE_ROOT/static
      find . -type f | grep -v .md --color=never | xargs rm
      

6. Change _config.toml

   1. Permalink

      [permalinks]
      posts = "/:year/:month/:day/:title/"