Hugo Gallery Theme

The Hugo Gallery Theme is a straightforward and opinionated solution for creating photo galleries with Hugo. It leverages modern web technologies to provide a rich user experience for showcasing images.

Key Features:

• Responsive Design: Ensures your galleries look great on any device, from desktops to mobile phones.
• Dark Color Scheme: Offers a dark theme that can be applied globally or per page, enhancing visual appeal for photos.
• Private Albums: Supports creating private albums that are not listed in the main overview or RSS feeds, ideal for personal or exclusive content.
• Justified Album Views: Utilizes Flickr's Justified Layout for aesthetically pleasing and dynamic album displays.
• Lightbox Integration: Features PhotoSwipe for a full-screen, touch-friendly lightbox experience when viewing individual images.
• SEO Optimization: Includes Open Graph tags for better social media sharing and search engine visibility.
• Automatic/Manual Cover Images: Automatically selects a feature image or allows manual selection for album covers.
• Image Metadata: Supports EXIF ImageDescription or front matter title for image captions in the lightbox.
• Category Support: Organizes albums into categories, with options for custom titles and descriptions for category pages.
• Featured Content: Allows marking albums or categories as "featured" to highlight them on the homepage, even if they are private.
• Related Content: Can display related albums based on keywords or tags, enhancing content discoverability.
• Social Icons: Easy integration of social media links in the footer.
• Excluding Original Photos: Option to exclude original high-resolution images from the published site, saving disk space and disabling download buttons.
• Customization: Provides hooks for adding custom CSS and JavaScript.

Use Cases: This theme is ideal for photographers, artists, or anyone looking to create a personal portfolio or a simple photo blog using Hugo. Its focus on visual presentation, ease of use, and customization options makes it suitable for showcasing image-heavy content without the complexity of traditional CMS platforms. Developers can appreciate its Hugo module and Git submodule installation options, along with its minimal dependencies.