Eternity

Eternity is a minimalist Hugo theme specifically designed for creating elegant and fresh portfolio websites. It provides a clean and modern aesthetic, making it ideal for artists, photographers, designers, and other creatives to showcase their work effectively.

Important Note on Maintenance: Please be aware that this project is currently not being actively maintained. New issues on GitHub are discouraged. For urgent assistance, contact [email protected]. The project is also seeking new maintainers, and interested individuals are encouraged to get in touch.

Key Features:

• Configurable: Easily customize various aspects of your site to match your brand and preferences.
• Multiple Images Support: Showcase extensive galleries and projects with support for multiple images per entry.
• Clean and Minimalist Design: Focuses on content presentation with a distraction-free user interface.
• Integrated Lazy Load: Improves website performance by loading images only when they are visible in the viewport.
• Automatic Thumbnail Resizing: Generates optimized thumbnails for faster loading times and better responsiveness.
• EXIF Data Display: Optionally displays EXIF metadata for images, useful for photographers.

Installation Guide:

1. Install Hugo: Ensure you have Hugo installed on your system.
2. Create a New Site: Use hugo new site yoursite and navigate into the directory.
3. Remove Default Config: Delete the default hugo.toml (or config.toml for older Hugo versions).
4. Submodule the Theme: Initialize Git and add Eternity as a submodule: git init git submodule add --depth=1 https://github.com/boratanrikulu/eternity.git themes/eternity
5. Configure Your Site:
   • Recommended: Copy all files from the example project: cp -r ./themes/eternity/example/eternity.bora.sh/* .
   • Alternatively: Copy the example config: cp ./themes/eternity/config.example.yaml ./config.yaml
6. Start the Server: Run hugo serve --port 1313.
7. View Your Site: Access your portfolio at http://localhost:1313.

Upgrade: To update the theme to the latest version, navigate to the theme directory and pull changes: cd themes/eternity && git pull && cd -

Documentation: Detailed documentation is available for:

• Usage of Posts
• Usage of Config.yaml
• Editing Style

Demo: Explore a live demo of the theme at eternity.bora.sh.

Use Cases: Eternity is actively used by various professionals, including photographers, illustrators, ceramic artists, graphic designers, and musicians, to host their online portfolios. Its focus on visual content and ease of setup makes it a popular choice for showcasing creative work.