First Run

Create content

Create a post with Hugo, then add Solitude fields to its Front Matter:

hugo new content posts/hello-solitude.md

---
title: Hello Solitude
date: 2026-08-26
description: My first Solitude Hugo post.
cover: /img/cover.webp
categories: [Notes]
tags: [Hugo, Solitude]
toc: true
comment: true
---

Preview and build

Run hugo server in a normal site. When previewing the example bundled with the theme repository, load the theme root explicitly:

hugo server --source exampleSite --themesDir ../.. --theme solitude

Create a production build with:

hugo --gc --minify

Verify the home page, post, taxonomies, RSS, search.xml, and links.json. If an output is missing, compare the outputs and outputFormats blocks with the installation guide.