Releases
Posted on July 21, 2023 • 8 min read • 1,661 wordsA chronological overview of key releases of Hinode since initial launch.
The timeline below captures the significant changes since the initial release of Hinode in April, 2022. Visit GitHub for a full overview of all Hinode releases, including features, bug fixes, and dependency upgrades.
July 21, 2023
This release of Hinode introduces support for Hugo modules to create a flexible build system. By configuring a module as either core or optional, you have full control of how these modules are processed and integrated with your Hinode site. npm is still supported, but is no longer a prerequisite.
June 26, 2023
This release of Hinode introduces support for versioned documentation. You can either maintain the different versions within the same repository, or use an approach with multi-branch deployments (currently supported for Netlify).
May 17, 2023
This release improves the visualization of active items in the main navigation. By default, Hinode marks a main menu item as active by matching its permalink with the address of the current page. This release introduces a configurable option to override this selection. By adding a parameter called alias, you can now explicitly instruct the navigation to select a specific menu item.
May 15, 2023
This release of Hinode is a stability update that refactors the code for sections, including page snippets.
April 25, 2023
This release overhauls the configuration of sections. Hinode now adds supports for so-called content snippets. These snippets are not published as permalinks, but can be included on other pages. A typical example would be a list of product features that are listed on the homepage. The configuration of the page sections has been adjusted to support both regular pages and content snippets. The configuration itself has also been improved.
April 5, 2023
This release introduces support for nesting of menus in the sidebar navigation. Previously, nesting was supported at two levels deep. With this release, the level of nesting is no longer limited. This should be especially helpful for larger documentation sites.
April 3, 2023
This release introduces support to purge unused CSS. Both Bootstrap and Font Awesome introduce many CSS definitions that may not be needed to render the final site. Removing these unnecessary settings reduces the file size of the stylesheet, thus optimizing the speed of the page load. The setting is disabled by default, as it requires thorough testing and tweaking. A user guide is available on how to use this setting to optimize the user experience.
February 17, 2023
This release introduces the much anticipated native support for color modes by Bootstrap. This enables live switching between light themes and dark themes, or support for custom color modes. This release introduces several hot fixes, as the Bootstrap release is still in alpha. These hot fixes will be removed once Bootstrap reaches its stable release.
February 4, 2023
Hinode originated as a personal project. The main repository included many documentation pages, which are not relevant for a starter template. This release launches a new website on https://gethinode.com. The ownership of the repositories is transferred to a new organization. The documentation pages are now separated from the main repository to provide a clean starting point for derived repositories.
December 5, 2022
This release introduces support for the carousel element. The carousel is a slideshow component for cycling through images. It uses the image shortcode to ensure the images are responsive.
December 3, 2022
This release introduces support for multilingual sites and internationalization. A new dropdown item in the main navigation simplifies switching between available languages. By taking advantage of Hugo’s content organization, switching between page translations should be seamless.
October 28, 2022
Inspired by the Command Line plugin for Prism, this release introduces a shortcode to embed a command prompt within Markdown content. The command prompt supports Bash, PowerShell, and SQL. You can adjust the host, user, and prompt itself. The shortcode also supports line continuation and outputs.
April 18, 2022
This release enhances the spacing of the navbar and main page elements.
April 16, 2022
This release introduces support for native syntax highlighting of code blocks. A button is added at run-time to enable copying of the code to the clipboard.
April 14, 2022
Inspired by Doks, this release introduces a child theme of Hinode. The child theme uses npm to refer to the latest available package. npm brings the benefit that dependencies can be automatically upgraded as part of the CI/CD process. It also abstracts from the core code of Hinode, keeping child repositories small and focused.
April 13, 2022
Inspired by Blist and Doks, this release introduces Hinode - a modern blog and documentation theme for Hugo. By taking advantage of npm, the used dependencies are easily tracked and updated. Powered by Bootstrap, the generated website is responsive and brings many common UI elements. Hinode wraps many of these elements in a shortcode to simplify their usage.
July 21, 2023
This release of Hinode introduces support for Hugo modules to create a flexible build system. By configuring a module as either core or optional, you have full control of how these modules are processed and integrated with your Hinode site. npm is still supported, but is no longer a prerequisite.
June 26, 2023
This release of Hinode introduces support for versioned documentation. You can either maintain the different versions within the same repository, or use an approach with multi-branch deployments (currently supported for Netlify).
May 17, 2023
This release improves the visualization of active items in the main navigation. By default, Hinode marks a main menu item as active by matching its permalink with the address of the current page. This release introduces a configurable option to override this selection. By adding a parameter called alias, you can now explicitly instruct the navigation to select a specific menu item.
May 15, 2023
This release of Hinode is a stability update that refactors the code for sections, including page snippets.
April 25, 2023
This release overhauls the configuration of sections. Hinode now adds supports for so-called content snippets. These snippets are not published as permalinks, but can be included on other pages. A typical example would be a list of product features that are listed on the homepage. The configuration of the page sections has been adjusted to support both regular pages and content snippets. The configuration itself has also been improved.
April 5, 2023
This release introduces support for nesting of menus in the sidebar navigation. Previously, nesting was supported at two levels deep. With this release, the level of nesting is no longer limited. This should be especially helpful for larger documentation sites.
April 3, 2023
This release introduces support to purge unused CSS. Both Bootstrap and Font Awesome introduce many CSS definitions that may not be needed to render the final site. Removing these unnecessary settings reduces the file size of the stylesheet, thus optimizing the speed of the page load. The setting is disabled by default, as it requires thorough testing and tweaking. A user guide is available on how to use this setting to optimize the user experience.
February 17, 2023
This release introduces the much anticipated native support for color modes by Bootstrap. This enables live switching between light themes and dark themes, or support for custom color modes. This release introduces several hot fixes, as the Bootstrap release is still in alpha. These hot fixes will be removed once Bootstrap reaches its stable release.
February 4, 2023
Hinode originated as a personal project. The main repository included many documentation pages, which are not relevant for a starter template. This release launches a new website on https://gethinode.com. The ownership of the repositories is transferred to a new organization. The documentation pages are now separated from the main repository to provide a clean starting point for derived repositories.
December 5, 2022
This release introduces support for the carousel element. The carousel is a slideshow component for cycling through images. It uses the image shortcode to ensure the images are responsive.
December 3, 2022
This release introduces support for multilingual sites and internationalization. A new dropdown item in the main navigation simplifies switching between available languages. By taking advantage of Hugo’s content organization, switching between page translations should be seamless.
October 28, 2022
Inspired by the Command Line plugin for Prism, this release introduces a shortcode to embed a command prompt within Markdown content. The command prompt supports Bash, PowerShell, and SQL. You can adjust the host, user, and prompt itself. The shortcode also supports line continuation and outputs.
April 18, 2022
This release enhances the spacing of the navbar and main page elements.
April 16, 2022
This release introduces support for native syntax highlighting of code blocks. A button is added at run-time to enable copying of the code to the clipboard.
April 14, 2022
Inspired by Doks, this release introduces a child theme of Hinode. The child theme uses npm to refer to the latest available package. npm brings the benefit that dependencies can be automatically upgraded as part of the CI/CD process. It also abstracts from the core code of Hinode, keeping child repositories small and focused.
April 13, 2022
Inspired by Blist and Doks, this release introduces Hinode - a modern blog and documentation theme for Hugo. By taking advantage of npm, the used dependencies are easily tracked and updated. Powered by Bootstrap, the generated website is responsive and brings many common UI elements. Hinode wraps many of these elements in a shortcode to simplify their usage.