Configuration

Configure OINK with native Hugo settings and focused theme parameters

OINK follows a “native first” configuration model. Site identity, languages, menus, outputs, taxonomies, markup, and modules stay in their Hugo-defined locations. Existing Docsy parameters remain where their semantics are useful. OINK adds only focused choices for behavior that cannot be inferred.

Configuration rules

  1. Prefer Hugo configuration over a theme-specific duplicate.
  2. Prefer an established Docsy parameter over an OINK synonym.
  3. Put brand, content, repository, and UI choices in their semantic locations.
  4. Keep internal vendor paths and template composition out of the public API.
  5. Fail early for invalid values or a missing required endpoint.

There is no oink.enabled flag and no params.oink.* tree. Adding either would create a second theme mode and make every fix, test, and document ambiguous.

A complete baseline

This example makes English primary and Simplified Chinese secondary:

title: Product Documentation
baseURL: https://docs.example.com/
defaultContentLanguage: en
enableRobotsTXT: true

languages:
  en:
    label: English
    locale: en-US
    weight: 1
    title: Product Documentation
    menus:
      main:
        - { name: Docs, pageRef: /docs, weight: 10 }
        - { name: Blog, pageRef: /blog, weight: 20 }
  zh:
    label: 简体中文
    locale: zh-CN
    weight: 2
    title: 产品文档
    menus:
      main:
        - { name: 文档, pageRef: /docs, weight: 10 }
        - { name: 博客, pageRef: /blog, weight: 20 }

outputs:
  home: [HTML]
  section: [HTML, RSS, print]

markup:
  goldmark:
    renderer:
      unsafe: true
    extensions:
      passthrough:
        enable: true
        delimiters:
          block: [['\[', '\]'], ['$$', '$$']]
          inline: [['\(', '\)']]
  highlight:
    noClasses: false

params:
  logo: icons/logo.svg
  offlineSearch: true
  offlineSearchIndex: summary
  offlineSearchMaxResults: 10
  github_repo: https://github.com/example/product-docs
  github_branch: main
  footer_icp: ''
  footer_icp_url: https://beian.miit.gov.cn/
  copyright:
    authors: Example Authors
    from_year: 2026
  ui:
    showLightDarkModeMenu: true
    quick_links: [docs, blog]
    sidebar_menu_foldable: true
    sidebar_item_overflow: wrap
    breadcrumb_disable: false

module:
  imports:
    - path: github.com/pgsty/oink
  hugoVersion:
    extended: true
    min: 0.160.1

The module version is pinned in the site’s go.mod. A conventional theme checkout can instead use theme: oink with the repository under themes/oink/.

Languages

defaultContentLanguage determines the unprefixed primary site. Language weight controls the visible order. label is the language’s self-name, and locale supplies the full HTML and SEO locale. Add languageDirection: rtl to an RTL language.

File naming

For the colocated model used by this site:

content/docs/guide.md
content/docs/guide.zh.md

Files with the same base name are translations. Keep their logical page identity aligned. OINK reads Hugo’s translation relationships; it does not guess from arbitrary URL patterns.

Selector states

The selector needs no mode parameter. It is hidden for one configured language. With two or more, clicking the language icon advances to the next language by weight; hovering for half a second or focusing it opens the complete menu.

If the current page lacks a target translation, the target-language home page is used. Do not add dead page-shaped URLs merely to keep the selector on the same path.

Brand and repository

Set the site and per-language title and description. params.logo can point to a Hugo Asset or a path under static/. Keep favicons and social images in the documented asset locations.

Repository metadata drives “edit this page,” issue, and last-modified links:

params:
  github_repo: https://github.com/example/product-docs
  github_project_repo: https://github.com/example/product
  github_branch: main
  github_subdir: site

github_project_repo defaults to github_repo where supported. github_subdir is the content site’s path inside a monorepo. Keep github_branch resolvable; a display version is not necessarily a Git ref.

OINK retains Docsy menus and UI parameters and adds focused shell controls:

params:
  page_width: normal
  ui:
    quick_links: [docs, blog]
    sidebar_width_min: 220
    sidebar_width_max: 480
    sidebar_item_overflow: wrap
    sidebar_menu_compact: true
    sidebar_menu_foldable: true
    sidebar_root_enabled: true
    sidebar_root_menu: true
    sidebar_search_disable: false
    breadcrumb_disable: false
    showLightDarkModeMenu: true
    page_context_menu:
      enable: true
      links: []
    readingtime:
      enable: true

page_width accepts normal, wide, or full and can be overridden in page front matter. Sidebar minimum and maximum values are pixels used to clamp the desktop drag resizer. sidebar_item_overflow: wrap wraps long labels; other values retain the compact ellipsis behavior.

quick_links names top-level page references shown by the shell. Define their translated names in each language’s main menu.

The page context menu keeps Copy as Markdown, View Markdown, edit, issue, and print actions beside the page title at every viewport width. links is empty by default, so no external assistant receives page data unless the site opts in. Custom links accept URL-encoded {url}, {title}, and {markdown_url} placeholders:

params:
  ui:
    page_context_menu:
      enable: true
      links: []
      # - name: Ask an external assistant
      #   icon: fa-solid fa-wand-magic-sparkles
      #   url: https://assistant.example/new?source={markdown_url}&title={title}

Homepage content lives in data/home/<language>.yaml, with English used as the fallback. The supported top-level blocks are hero, metrics, capabilities, principles, cta, and footer. Each block is optional, so a site can keep a short landing page without copying the layout. For example:

hero:
  eyebrow: Local-first documentation
  title_lines:
    - words:
        - { mark: P, text: roduct, color: red }
        - { mark: D, text: ocs, color: blue }
  lead: Documentation built and served with Hugo.
  actions:
    - {
        label: Read the docs,
        url: docs/,
        icon: fa-solid fa-book,
        style: primary,
      }

footer:
  brand:
    name: Product Docs
    tagline: A short **Markdown-enabled** description.
    slogan: Clear answers, close to the product.
  columns:
    - title: Product
      links:
        - { label: Overview, url: docs/ }

The homepage renders the large brand-and-navigation footer above the common footline. The footline uses params.copyright on the left, optional params.footer_icp and params.footer_icp_url in the center, and every configured language on the right. Markdown in the copyright author and footer brand text is rendered as links and inline markup.

Local search is the starter default:

params:
  offlineSearch: true
  offlineSearchIndex: summary
  offlineSearchSummaryLength: 70
  offlineSearchMaxResults: 10

offlineSearchIndex controls how much text is downloadable in each language’s index. The scopes are cumulative: title indexes titles and taxonomy metadata; heading adds page headings; summary adds descriptions or summaries; and content also adds the complete body. content is the compatibility default, while summary is a smaller starting point for most documentation sites. offlineSearchMaxResults applies to both Lunr and the CJK substring fallback.

Each language receives a distinct index. Hosted alternatives remain supported through their established Docsy settings, but enabling them intentionally adds an external service boundary. Do not configure several competing search providers without also deciding which UI should be visible.

Content runtimes

Browser-only runtimes

Mermaid and KaTeX are detected from content. Enable Markmap at the site level:

params:
  markmap:
    enable: true
  mermaid:
    theme: default

Swagger UI, Redoc, Asciinema, ECharts, Infographic, and carousel assets load when their shortcodes appear. Their local runtime paths are internal and should not be configured.

Service endpoints

PlantUML and Diagrams.net require explicit endpoints:

params:
  plantuml:
    enable: true
    svg: true
    svg_image_url: https://diagrams.internal.example/plantuml/svg/
  drawio:
    enable: true
    drawio_server: https://diagrams.internal.example/

Leave the features disabled in an air-gap site unless those URLs are reachable inside the isolated network.

ECharts migration switch

Structured ECharts input is safe by default:

params:
  content:
    echarts_unsafe: false

Set it to true only while migrating reviewed legacy pages that contain JavaScript. Prefer unsafe=true on the smallest necessary shortcode instance, then rewrite the chart and remove the exception.

Page-level overrides

Hugo’s .Param lookup allows many site parameters to be overridden in front matter:

---
title: Wide reference
page_width: wide
hide_feedback: true
hide_readingtime: true
ui:
  no_left_sidebar: false
  scrollSpy:
    disable: false
---

Use overrides for real content differences, not to reconstruct a separate visual system page by page.

Avoid false configuration

Do not expose:

  • a switch between “Docsy” and “OINK” shells;
  • paths to vendored JavaScript, CSS, fonts, or internal partials;
  • duplicated language or repository values under a brand namespace;
  • toggles that merely select one of two copied implementations.

If a site needs a custom product matrix or portal, keep that component in the site and use a narrow hook or shortcode. A local business feature is clearer than a misleading global theme option.

Validate changes

After changing configuration:

  1. build with the minimum supported Hugo Extended version and the current validation version;
  2. test every configured language and one page without a translation;
  3. verify root and subpath baseURL output if both are supported;
  4. inspect local search and optional runtime requests;
  5. check the desktop and mobile shell, dark and light themes, and print output.

An accepted configuration is one that builds and behaves correctly, not merely one that parses as YAML.

Last modified August 9, 2026 · Complete Oink site migration and Pages deployment (9628105)