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+This is built using Hugo on top of this [theme](https://github.com/clente/hugo-bearcub).
+Reference the example site for how to structure content.
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+To run it locally, run `hugo server` from the root of this directory.
+To view the dev server run `ssh -L 1313:localhost:1313 john@192.168.1.177` from your client. This will forward requests made to "http://localhost:1313" on the client to the dev sever running on the app server.
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+Gitea is configured with a post-receive hook. When a push is made to `main`, it will rebuild hugo. The built files are moved to a shared directory at `./public`. These files are served by nginx. 
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