Content Types and Archetypes

Ananke builds on Hugo’s standard content model. This page explains the kinds of content you will create and the front matter each one needs. For the full list of front matter keys, see Frontmatter.

Pages #

A page is a single standalone document, such as an About or Contact page. Create one as a file directly under content/:

hugo new content about.md
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title = "About"
description = "Who we are and what we do."
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We build small, fast websites.

The page is published at /about/. Add featured_image to give it a hero image (see Header and Hero).

Posts #

A post is a dated article in a content section. By convention these live under content/posts/:

hugo new content posts/my-first-post.md
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title = "My first post"
date = 2026-06-06T10:00:00+07:00
description = "A short description used for summaries and metadata."
tags = ["hugo", "ananke"]
featured_image = "/images/posts/my-first-post.jpg"
+++

The body of the post goes here.

[!IMPORTANT] Ananke’s homepage shows recent posts from the post section by default. If you name your section posts (as above) or anything else, tell the theme where to look:

# config/_default/params.toml

[params]
mainSections = ["posts"]

See Homepage for details.

List pages #

A list page shows the contents of a section — for example /posts/ lists every post. Hugo generates list pages automatically. To add an introduction or change the title of a section’s list page, create an _index.md in that section:

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title = "Posts"
description = "Articles and updates."
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Browse all our posts below.

The body text appears above the list of entries.

Taxonomy pages #

Taxonomies group content by terms such as tags and categories. When you add tags or categories to a post’s front matter, Hugo creates:

  • a terms page listing all terms (for example /tags/), and
  • a list page for each term (for example /tags/hugo/) showing the content using that term.

For configuring and customising taxonomies, see Taxonomies.

Archetypes #

Archetypes are templates for the front matter of new content. When you run hugo new content, Hugo fills the new file from the matching archetype.

Ananke ships a default archetype that pre-fills the fields most pages need:

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title = '{{ replace .File.ContentBaseName "-" " " | title }}'
date = '{{ .Date }}'
tags = []
featured_image = ""
description = ""
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To customise it, copy it into your own project at archetypes/default.md and edit it there. You can also add per-section archetypes, for example archetypes/posts.md, which Hugo uses for hugo new content posts/....

Front matter #

Every content file starts with a front matter block. Required and common fields:

  • title — required; the page title.
  • date — publication date; needed for ordering posts.
  • description — used for summaries and SEO metadata.
  • tags / categories — taxonomy terms.
  • featured_image — hero image for the page.

All optional fields and theme-specific keys are documented in Frontmatter.