Archetypes

Archetypes is template for new content, located at ~/archetypes. A content file consists of frontmatter and markup. Frontmatter can be TOML, YAML, JSON.

~/archetypes/default.md is the default archetype. Hugo Narrow include two archetypes:

• archetypes/default.md: default archetype, used for posts and others.
• archetypes/projects.md: project archetype, used for project files.

Create a new post

Use the following command to create a new post named my-first-post with the default archetype:

hugo new content posts/my-first-post.md

Create a new project

Use the following command to create a new project named my-first-project with the project archetype:

hugo new content projects/my-first-project.md
# use `--kind` parameter
hugo new content --kind projects projects/my-first-project.md

Custom archetypes

If you need create your own archetype, create a file at the root folder of the site: ~/archetypes/default.md

Hugo follows the lookup order for archetypes:

1. archetypes/posts.md
2. themes/hugo-narrow/archetypes/posts.md
3. archetypes/default.md
4. themes/hugo-narrow/archetypes/default.md

If none of these exists, Hugo uses a built-in default archetype.