Resolved Hugo setup and configuration issues

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📅 2025-03-10 — Session: Resolved Hugo setup and configuration issues

🕒 20:45–21:20
🏷️ Labels: Hugo, Web Development, Jupyter Notebooks, Configuration, Debugging
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to address and resolve multiple issues with a Hugo setup, focusing on configuration errors, path mismatches, and build warnings.

Key Activities

  • Reconstructed Hugo Setup: Addressed common issues such as correcting the baseURL and resolving path mismatches for Jupyter notebooks.
  • Fixed Build Warnings: Tackled Hugo build warnings by creating valid homepage and section layouts.
  • Structured Index for Notebooks: Developed a structured _index.md to unify the presentation of notebooks.
  • Updated Directory Structure: Adjusted the directory structure and conversion script for Jupyter notebooks to ensure proper functionality.
  • Debugged Configuration Issues: Systematically resolved ‘Unable to locate config file’ errors and addressed issues causing Hugo to serve XML instead of the intended site.
  • Fixed Broken URLs: Identified and corrected causes for 404 errors due to broken URLs.

Achievements

  • Successfully corrected the baseURL and path mismatches, ensuring proper site generation.
  • Eliminated build warnings by establishing necessary layout files.
  • Improved the organization and functionality of Jupyter notebooks within the Hugo site.
  • Resolved configuration issues, ensuring the site serves correctly on GitHub Pages.

Pending Tasks

  • Continuous monitoring and testing of the Hugo site to prevent future configuration and path issues.

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