Getting started

hugo new site my-linen-sitecd my-linen-site

git submodule add https://github.com/zenpe/hugo-theme-linen themes/hugo-theme-linen

theme = "hugo-theme-linen"

[taxonomies]  tag = "tags"  category = "categories"  series = "series"[params]  photoswipe = true  lazyload = true

---title: "Hello Linen"date: 2026-03-28T12:00:00+08:00excerpt: "A short introduction to the site."tags: [journal]---Write a concise opening paragraph, then let the typography do the rest.

## Create a Hugo siteHugo Linen is designed for a regular Hugo site with Hugo Extended enabled. Start with a new site or add the theme to an existing project.```powershell {title="Create a site"}hugo new site my-linen-sitecd my-linen-site```Install the theme as a Git submodule:```powershell {title="Install the theme"}git submodule add https://github.com/zenpe/hugo-theme-linen themes/hugo-theme-linen```Set the theme name in your site configuration:```toml {title="hugo.toml"}theme = "hugo-theme-linen"```## Enable the essentialsThe theme uses Hugo taxonomies for tags, categories, and series. A compact starting configuration looks like this:```toml {title="hugo.toml"}[taxonomies]  tag = "tags"  category = "categories"  series = "series"[params]  photoswipe = true  lazyload = true```## Add your first postCreate a post with a title, date, excerpt, and optional cover image.```markdown {title="content/posts/hello.md"}---title: "Hello Linen"date: 2026-03-28T12:00:00+08:00excerpt: "A short introduction to the site."tags: [journal]---Write a concise opening paragraph, then let the typography do the rest.```Continue with [Configuration guide](/configuration-guide/) to tune the homepage, site card, feed, and navigation.