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Hugo Product Launch

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Updated: 14 Apr 2025
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A Hugo theme for young start-ups, product launches, and »coming soon-websites. Includes contact form & newsletter sign up via Netlify. Deploy with one click!

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Overview

The Hugo Product Launch Test is a Hugo-theme specifically designed for young start-ups, product launches, and “coming soon” websites. It features a pretty, quick, and straightforward single-page design. It includes a ready-to-go contact form and newsletter sign-up feature via Netlify Forms. The theme is responsive, supports one-click deploy to Netlify, and offers a no-code content management solution through Forestry. It uses tailwindcss with PostCSS and PurgeCSS, resulting in a super tiny CSS file. The theme does not require any JavaScript.

Features

  • Pretty, quick, and straightforward single-page design
  • Contact form
  • Newsletter sign-up
  • Responsive
  • One-click deploy to Netlify
  • No-code content management via Forestry
  • Utilizes tailwindcss with PostCSS and PurgeCSS for a super tiny CSS file
  • No JavaScript required

Installation

  1. Deploy Hugo Product Launch to Netlify by clicking the “Deploy to Netlify” button or clone the kickstart-repo and follow the usage instructions.
  2. If you already have a Hugo site on your machine, add the theme by adjusting the config.toml file.
  3. Copy the contents of the exampleSite-directory included in the theme to your source directory.
  4. Have NodeJS installed, then copy the package.json and package-lock.json files to your site’s root. Run npm install and npm install postcss-cli postcss -g to set up your PostCSS-Pipe.
  5. Copy the main.css file from the theme repository’s assets/css folder into your local assets/css folder. Also, copy the tailwind.config.js file from the theme repository’s root to your site’s root. Customize the CSS and tailwind configuration as desired.
  6. Optionally, copy the postcss.config.js file from the theme repository to the root directory of your site for full control of the PostCSS-setup.
  7. For a no-code user interface for content management, connect your repository with Forestry using the exampleSite/.forestry folder.
  8. Customize the base configuration by checking out the config.toml file included in the exampleSite.
  9. Add your own content by starting with the contents provided in the _index.md file in the exampleSite/content directory.
  10. Customize branding, colors, and CSS by modifying the main.css file in the assets/css directory.

Summary

The Hugo Product Launch Test is a theme designed for young start-ups and product launches. It offers a visually appealing and quick-loading single-page design with features such as a contact form and newsletter sign-up. The theme is easy to install and customize, supports responsive design, and offers a no-code content management solution through Forestry. It utilizes tailwindcss with PostCSS and PurgeCSS, resulting in a compact CSS file. The theme does not require any JavaScript. Overall, the Hugo Product Launch Test provides a user-friendly and efficient solution for creating engaging landing pages for start-ups and product launches.