# web log
This is my personal blog.

## Tech Stack
- [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/)
- [Markdown](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)
- Submodules:
    - [LoveIt theme](https://github.com/dillonzq/LoveIt)

### clone repository
To clone the repo and its submodules in one step:
 ```shell
git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.uuard.com/nicholas/web-log.git
```
or

```shell
git clone https://git.uuard.com/nicholas/web-log.git
cd web-log/themes
git submodule update --init --recursive
```

### update submodules
```shell
git submodule update --remote --merge`
```

### development server
```shell
hugo server
```

### production
I have configured the Hugo site to serve media assets (images, videos) from an external host. To enable this, I have:

- Defined a base URL for file server in my `hugo.toml`:

    `filesBase = "https://files.web-log.uuard.com"`
- Created custom shortcodes (gallery, video, image) that:
    - Accept a relative path (e.g. `"videos/fells-point-path.webm"`)
    - Resolve the full asset URL using the `filesBase` parameter
    - Use the full URL in (e.g. `<video>`, `<img>`) HTML elements