Website template
Beautiful Hugo
An adaptation of the Beautiful Jekyll theme
Portfolio · Blog · Free

Pages
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Design breakdown
An AI reading of this template's design: colors, type, spacing, sections and signature details. Ottermind starts from it when you use the template.
- Overall
blog, clean minimal, low density, light
- Palette
background #ffffff; surfaces [#f5f5f5]; text #404040; muted text #808080; primary #2a6ea1; accents []
- Type
headings Open Sans, 800, title case; body Lora, 18px; scale h1 80px / h2 30px / h3 24px
- Shape & spacing
card radius 4px, no borders, shadow rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 0px 1px 1px 0px inset, section spacing 40px, content width 750px
- Sections (top to bottom)
- Header — fixed top bar with logo center, nav links right-aligned, white background
- Hero — large centered headline with subheading, optional full-width image banner above content
- Content — vertical list of posts, each with title, subtitle, meta line (date/time/words/author), excerpt, tags, [Read More] link; cards have subtle padding and light gray border-bottom
- Footer — two rows of circular social icons (dark gray on light gray), centered author credit and theme info
- Signature details
- Circular social icon grid in footer with consistent spacing and dark fill
- Subtle inset shadow on cards for depth
- Monospace code blocks with syntax highlighting
- Rotating "bigimg" header banners with caption overlay
- Minimalist typography pairing serif body with sans-serif headings
- Consistent use of light gray dividers between sections
- Other pages
- /post/2017-03-07-bigimg-sample: full-width rotating image banner, YAML code examples, inline math rendering, social share buttons
- /page/about/: centered heading with underline, bullet list, embedded link, smaller social icons above footer
Template details
- Category
- Portfolio, Blog, Agency, Starter Kit
- Built with
- Hugo
- License
- MIT
- Author
- halogenica
- Listed on
- Hugo Themes
- Price
- Free
- blog
- bootstrap
- company
- light
- minimal
- multilingual
- portfolio
Original design by halogenica, listed on Hugo Themes. Ottermind does not copy the template's code; it builds a new site from the brief.
The brief Ottermind starts from
It opens in Studio as a draft — add your brand, audience and pages before you send.
Build a portfolio website inspired by the "Beautiful Hugo" template. Reference brief: An adaptation of the Beautiful Jekyll theme Style and features to reflect: blog, bootstrap, company, light, minimal, multilingual. Use original copy and imagery for my brand rather than the reference's placeholder content.
How to use this template
- 1
Click “Use this template” to open it in Ottermind Studio with its brief filled in.
- 2
Add your brand, audience, pages and content to the brief.
- 3
Ottermind builds a new site inspired by this design — keep editing it in the chat.







