📅 2025-03-13 — Session: Enhanced Hugo Site with Search and TOC
🕒 01:25–01:50
🏷️ Labels: Hugo, Lunr.Js, Algolia, TOC, Web Development
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The goal of this session was to enhance a Hugo-based website by implementing search functionalities and improving navigation with a Table of Contents (TOC).
Key Activities
- Implemented a search bar using Lunr.js, enabling JSON output and creating a search index.
- Added real-time client-side search capabilities with Lunr.js, allowing for efficient searching without a backend.
- Integrated Algolia search functionality, including configuration and JavaScript for handling search queries.
- Enhanced navigation by adding a floating Table of Contents (TOC) using Hugo’s features.
- Implemented a sidebar TOC, ensuring compatibility with the existing layout.
- Fixed sidebar navigation to include both a root-level menu and a page-specific TOC.
- Corrected TOC placement to ensure it appears in the sidebar.
Achievements
- Successfully integrated both Lunr.js and Algolia for search functionality.
- Improved user navigation with a floating and sidebar TOC.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of search functionalities across different devices and browsers.
- Optimization of CSS for the sidebar TOC for better responsiveness.