Skycoin Blog

https://skycoin.github.io/blog/

This blog uses Hugo to generate a static website from markdown files.

Preview Locally

hugo serve

Writing Posts

Posts are markdown files in content/posts/. Each post has TOML front matter:

+++
date = "2026-03-21"
tags = ["Guides", "Skycoin"]
title = "Your Post Title"
image = "img/skycoin-banner.png"
+++

• image controls the thumbnail on listing pages. Posts without an image default to the Skycoin banner. If a -card.png variant exists alongside the image, it is used for listing cards and social sharing previews.
• aliases — add old URLs here if you change a post's URL, to preserve links.
• redirectURL — redirect to a different URL instead of showing the post (special cases only).

Code Blocks

Use fenced code blocks with language hints for syntax highlighting, copy buttons, and proper formatting:

• ```bash — shell commands users should copy (gets a copy button)
• ```toml / ```json — configuration files (gets a copy button)
• ```text — command output, help menus, ASCII art (no copy button)

The blog uses the Mononoki font for code blocks.

Translations

See Hugo multilingual docs.

To add a translation, change the file extension from .md to .$LANG.md (e.g., .de.md for German). Add new languages to config.toml if not already configured.

Theme and Styling

The theme is in themes/skycoin/. Styles use SCSS — edit only the .scss files in themes/skycoin/static/css/scss/.

To recompile CSS after making changes:

cd themes/skycoin
npx sass static/css/scss/main.scss static/css/main.css --style=compressed

The compiled main.css must be committed — it is not built during deployment.

Shortcodes

inline-images

Place images side-by-side (responsive, no limit on count):

{{< inline-images >}}
  {{< img src="url-1" alt="" >}}
  {{< img src="url-2" alt="" >}}
{{< /inline-images >}}