The macadphotography.com website — a fast, free static site built with Hugo and hosted on GitHub Pages. This replaces the old Squarespace site (no more annual fee).

Each gallery is a folder under content/:

To add photos: drop your .jpg files into the folder. They appear in the gallery automatically, sorted by filename. Name them 01.jpg, 02.jpg, … to control the order. Upload full-resolution images — Hugo makes the fast thumbnails and web-sized versions for you.

The grey gradient placeholders shipped with the site are just there so the layout is visible. Delete them once you add your own.

1. Make a new folder: content/essays/my-essay-name/
2. Inside it, add an index.md file (copy the sample essay as a starting point).
3. Drop the essay's photos into the same folder.
4. Reference photos in the text with ![caption](filename.jpg "Optional title").

Front matter at the top of index.md:

---
title: "My Essay Title"
date: 2026-07-16
summary: "One or two sentences shown on the essays list."
cover: "01.jpg"   # which image to use as the card thumbnail
---

See content/essays/a-morning-in-the-city/ for a working example.

The wording on About, Gear, Packages, Contact, etc. lives in plain Markdown files in content/ (about.md, gear.md, contact.md). Edit the text, save, publish.

Every change is published by committing to the main branch on GitHub. The included GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/deploy.yml) rebuilds the site and deploys it automatically — usually live within a minute or two.

git add .
git commit -m "Add new wedding photos"
git push

Install Hugo extended, then from this folder run:

hugo server

Open http://localhost:1313. The preview reloads as you edit.

1. Push this repo to GitHub.
2. Repo Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source: GitHub Actions.
3. Under Custom domain, enter macadphotography.com and save, then tick Enforce HTTPS (may take a few minutes to become available).
4. At your domain registrar, set DNS:
   • Four apex A records → 185.199.108.153, 185.199.109.153, 185.199.110.153, 185.199.111.153
   • (Optional) four AAAA records → 2606:50c0:8000::153, 2606:50c0:8001::153, 2606:50c0:8002::153, 2606:50c0:8003::153
   • A CNAME for www → <your-github-username>.github.io
   • Confirm these against GitHub's current docs: https://docs.github.com/pages/configuring-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site
5. Wait for DNS to propagate, confirm the site loads over HTTPS on the domain.
6. Only then cancel Squarespace.

content/            all pages & galleries (your words and photos)
layouts/            HTML templates (the design)
assets/css|js/      styling and the gallery lightbox
static/CNAME        the custom domain
hugo.toml           config, navigation menu, contact details, social links

Contact details, social links, and the tagline live in hugo.toml under [params] and [menus] — edit there to change them site-wide.