Markdown is created by Daring Fireball, the original guideline is here. Its syntax, however, varies between different parsers or editors.

Please note that HTML fragments in markdown source will be recognized but not parsed or rendered. Also, there may be small reformatting on the original markdown source code after saving.

What a Shortcode is

Hugo loves Markdown because of its simple content format, but there are times when Markdown falls short. Often, content authors are forced to add raw HTML (e.g., video <iframes>) to Markdown content. We think this contradicts the beautiful simplicity of Markdown’s syntax.

Hugo created shortcodes to circumvent these limitations.

A shortcode is a simple snippet inside a content file that Hugo will render using a predefined template. Note that shortcodes will not work in template files. If you need the type of drop-in functionality that shortcodes provide but in a template, you most likely want a [partial template][partials] instead.

In addition to cleaner Markdown, shortcodes can be updated any time to reflect new classes, techniques, or standards. At the point of site generation, Hugo shortcodes will easily merge in your changes. You avoid a possibly complicated search and replace operation.

More details: https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/

Thanks for liwenyip/hugo-easy-gallery & Zebradil · Pull Request #48 .

Now, we could use {{< gallery >}} shortcode in hugo-theme-jane.

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This is an image in static/image folder.

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![This is an image in `static/image` folder.](/image/example.jpg)

Hugo-theme-jane optimized for footnote. When you mouse hover the footnote¹ , footnote content will be displayed.

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to create a simple theme in Hugo. I assume that you are familiar with HTML, the bash command line, and that you are comfortable using Markdown to format content. I’ll explain how Hugo uses templates and how you can organize your templates to create a theme. I won’t cover using CSS to style your theme.