Web Design - Tag - buzzdeee | Blog & Projects https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/en/tags/web-design/ Web Design - Tag - buzzdeee | Blog & Projects Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:59:11 +0200 Tweaking Hugo Themes: Adding a Multilingual Custom Footer https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/en/tweaking-loveit-theme/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:59:11 +0200 buzzdeee https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/en/tweaking-loveit-theme/

Making Hugo Themes Your Own

Building a site with Hugo is like moving into a pre-furnished, designer apartment. It looks great the moment you step in, but it doesn’t truly feel like home until you hang your own art on the walls or swap out the rug.

The LoveIt theme is widely loved for its clean aesthetic, built-in search, and dark mode support. However, generic footers or standard layouts can make your corner of the internet feel a bit “out of the box.” Whether you want to add a unique copyright notice, a custom “Buy Me a Coffee” link, or specific tracking scripts, tweaking the theme is the best way to inject your personality into your technical blog.

]]> HugoLoveItWeb DevelopmentTutorialWeb Design A step-by-step guide on overriding Hugo theme layouts to add a custom, multilingual footer with social media support links. https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/images/tweaking-hugo-theme.png Adding Custom Social Icons to Hugo LoveIt https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/en/additional-social-links/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:06:36 +0100 buzzdeee https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/en/additional-social-links/

Why bother?

The Hugo theme LoveIt offers a fantastic out-of-the-box solution for social media icons. But what happens if you use platforms that aren’t included in the standard repertoire? If you fund your work via Ko-fi, Liberapay, or other specialized networks, you’ll naturally want to link them prominently in your sidebar or footer.

Since LoveIt is built on Font Awesome and a solid SVG library, the solution is already there - we just need to teach the theme how to recognize the new links and assign the correct icons.

]]> HugoLoveItWeb DesignTutorialFontAwesome Learn how to extend the Hugo LoveIt theme to add social media icons like Ko-fi or Liberapay that are not supported out of the box. https://buzzdeee.reitenba.ch/images/custom_social_links.png