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Build & Preview Static Web Site with Hugo

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To build and preview the site locally use the server bundled with Hugo:

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$ cd /path/to/hugo/project
$ hugo server --disableFastRender
Start building sites … 

                   | EN  | DE   
-------------------+-----+------
  Pages            |  49 |  24  
  Paginator pages  |   0 |   0  
  Non-page files   |   0 |   0  
  Static files     | 124 | 124  
  Processed images |   0 |   0  
  Aliases          |  15 |   7  
  Sitemaps         |   2 |   1  
  Cleaned          |   0 |   0  

Built in 943 ms
Watching for changes in /path/to/hugo/project/{content,layouts,static,themes}
Watching for config changes in path/to/hugo/project/config/_default
Environment: "development"
Serving pages from memory
Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313/ (bind address 127.0.0.1)
Press Ctrl+C to stop

As the output suggests preview the rendered site in your browser under http://localhost:1313/.


Philipp Westphal
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Philipp Westphal
Software Developer & Structural Engineer