Primrose theme redirects, category pages, and Hugo compatibility

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#1

I’m using the Primrose theme with custom edits, with the 0.54 version of Hugo, on TIL. I have a few issues:

  • When using a redirect, there is a flicker when loading the page. I think this was supposed to be fix with this update but it’s still happening. For example: the Tips category page.
  • On category pages, like the aforementioned Tips, the filter is not applied at all but instead just shows all posts. Again, I think this was solved elsewhere but I can’t remember if the fix was applied to Primrose or not.
  • When updating the Hugo version to 0.91, all posts on the homepage disappear.

I have a feeling the update to 0.91 might fix the other two issues, and maybe that third issue is a conflict with my custom edits. But since I don’t know for sure and have barely any experience dealing with Hugo templating and version compatibility, I don’t know any quick fixes or anything like that.

I wanted to post these here in case other people come across the same issues and aren’t sure if they should be reported via email.

#2

The blank home page with 0.91 sounds like the same thing we’ve fixed in other themes, so we probably missed it in Primrose. I can update the Primrose plug-in.

#3

Actually I’m not seeing a problem with Primrose. Make sure you’re using the version under Plug-ins since that will be the latest. If it’s still not working, maybe there’s a custom version of the index.html or list.html templates that still has the old behavior.

#4

Yep. There’s something wrong with how I’ve implemented custom code for the post footer. This might also be messing with the category pages.

Now I at least know enough to try to work this out. Next up: learn Hugo. Very much at the point where I no longer have the patience for copying other people’s stuff without knowing how it works… also, on the positive side, it’s primarily because I want to do much more with regard to customising my sites.

#5

I’m gonna just stay on 0.54 and later learn enough to adapt the custom code.