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+---
+title: "Writing mini-training with Hugo"
+date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00+02:00
+opensource: 
+- Hugo
+---
+
+In my professional life, I often have to lead workshops with customers or
+partners. During those workshops, participants expect to be trained on
+a piece of technology or software.
+
+I usually have to provision everything needed to deliver this training
+and write the training instructions. Those instructions are organized as
+a step-by-step guide with screenshots, text, verbatim sections, links,
+files to downloads, etc.
+
+And maybe more important, those instructions have to be well organized,
+each step has to be clearly stated, identified and formatted. The progression
+needs to be logic and easy. At any time, the participant needs to know where
+he is, which steps he has completed and which steps remain.
+
+And for the trainer, it has to be easy to maintain and collaborative.
+
+Crafting support materials that can meet all those requirements is
+challenging. Slide decks could fit the participants needs but are
+very difficult to maintain for the trainer. Markdown documentation
+in a GIT repository are better for suited for maintenance and collaboration
+but is difficult to work with for the participants.
+
+Hopefully [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) can help us!
+
+As an example, in the rest of this article, we will craft a mini-training
+about Hugo!
+
+# Installation
+
+As a prerequisite, we need to install Hugo. On MacOS, you can use brew:
+
+```sh
+brew install hugo
+```
+
+If you are on another Operating System, check the
+[Hugo Documentation](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/).
+
+# Bootstrap a site
+
+Bootstrap a Hugo site to hold the documentation of our mini-training.  
+
+```sh
+hugo new site hugo-workshop
+```
+
+# Add a theme to your site
+
+The [learn theme](https://learn.netlify.com/en/) for Hugo is one of the most
+suited design for training instructions. It features breadcrumb, navigation
+buttons, table of content in the sidebar, checkmark to know which sections
+the participant visited and much more!
+
+Install the learn theme:
+
+```sh
+cd hugo-workshop
+git init
+git submodule add https://github.com/matcornic/hugo-theme-learn.git themes/learn
+echo 'theme = "learn"' >> config.toml
+```
+
+# Generate content
+
+Use the [built-in Hugo archetypes](https://learn.netlify.com/en/cont/archetypes/)
+to generate your documentation structure:
+
+```sh
+hugo new _index.md
+hugo new pre-requisites/_index.md --kind chapter
+hugo new pre-requisites/install.md
+hugo new pre-requisites/bootstrap.md
+hugo new pre-requisites/theme.md
+hugo new create-content/_index.md --kind chapter
+hugo new create-content/chapter.md
+hugo new create-content/section.md
+hugo new packaging/_index.md --kind chapter
+hugo new packaging/look-and-feel.md
+hugo new packaging/test-locally.md
+hugo new packaging/git-commit.md
+```
+
+The `_index.md` is the home page for your mini-training. Let's settle for
+something short:
+
+```md
+---
+title: "Hugo Workshop"
+---
+
+# Welcome to my Hugo Workshop
+
+Welcome! Please have a seat and relax.
+```
+
+The `pre-requisites/_index.md`, `content/_index.md` and `packaging/_index.md`
+are the first page of each chapter. You will usually use them to introduce the
+subject or the use case you will implement.
+
+For instance, the `pre-requisites/_index.md` might look like:
+
+```md
++++
+title = "Pre-requisites"
+weight = 1
+chapter = true
+pre = "<b>1. </b>"
++++
+
+### Chapter 1
+
+# Pre-requisites
+
+This section will help you complete all the pre-requisites. Let's start with
+the installation!
+```
+
+Section files are regular Hugo content. The Table of Content on the left side
+is ordered using the `weight` attribute in the header of each file (both for
+chapters and sections).
+
+You can inspect those files from [my GIT repository](https://github.com/nmasse-itix/hugo-workshop/tree/master/content).
+
+# Customize the look and feel
+
+Edit the `config.toml` to match the following content:
+
+```toml
+baseURL = "/"
+languageCode = "en-us"
+theme = "learn"
+
+[outputs]
+home = [ "HTML", "RSS", "JSON"]
+
+[params]
+showVisitedLinks = true
+disableBreadcrumb = false
+disableNextPrev = false
+themeVariant = "red"
+```
+
+This will enable cool features such as the search engine, the navigation, the
+breadcrumb and the checkmarks next in the table of content for visited links.
+
+And, the left sidebar is now red!
+
+Customize the logo and favicon with cool branding:
+
+```sh
+mkdir -p static/images/
+curl https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/c/cb/Red_hat_logo.png -o static/images/logo.png
+mkdir -p layouts/partials
+echo '<img src="/images/logo.png" />' > layouts/partials/logo.html
+curl "http://www.myiconfinder.com/icon/download/16895e53b6d340dffee1c9b84d90ca94-Redhat.png~10057" -o static/images/favicon.png
+```
+
+# Test locally
+
+You can test locally your new website by running:
+
+```sh
+hugo server -D
+```
+
+In your web browser you can now open [localhost:1313](http://localhost:1313)
+and admire your work!
+
+# Commit your work
+
+By committing your work in a GIT repository, you will be able to collaborate
+with your peers for reviews and contributions.
+
+Commit your work:
+
+```sh
+git add .
+git commit -m 'initial version'
+```
+
+And push it on your GitHub account:
+
+```sh
+git remote add origin git@github.com:nmasse-itix/hugo-workshop.git
+git push -u origin master
+```
+
+# Next steps
+
+Congratulations! You now have your training instructions neatly organised and
+clearly presented. Maintenance and collaboration have been greatly simplified!
+
+![Screenshot of our mini-training](hugo-screenshot.png)
+
+This article is the first of a serie. To be continued.