Generator-hexo-theme NPM

generator-hexo-theme

Generate a hexo theme

Template choices:

ejs
nunjucks
pug
swig

Style choices:

stylus
sass
scss
less
css

Other:

hexo scripts directory
.editorconfig file
package.json

Install

npm install --global yo
npm install --global generator-hexo-theme

Use

If you don't have a site yet create one with hexo init hexo-cli.

mkdir my-site
cd my-site
hexo init

Navigate to the directory you want to place the theme project in (most likely themes/).

# from the site root
cd themes

# make a new theme directory
mkdir my-theme
cd my-theme

# generate
yo hexo-theme

Check _config.yml in your main blog directory

Set theme property to your theme name, activating this theme

Check _config.yml in your theme directory

Change menu items if needed
Change stylesheet and scripts list if needed

Navigate back to your main blog directory
hexo server --debug

Hexo renderers

It might be necessary to goto the blog root and install a specific renderer for the template language you have chosen. Swig is built into Hexo at the current version.

# templates
npm install hexo-renderer-ejs
npm install hexo-renderer-njks
npm install hexo-render-pug

# styles
npm install hexo-renderer-stylus
npm install hexo-renderer-less
npm install hexo-renderer-sass