Social Media Share Buttons for Hugo Theme Stack

I used to write articles on the WordPress-based blog site, but in 2023 I am trying to migrate to Hugo.

Hugo has a variety of great themes, but I’ve decided to use the Hugo Theme Stack.

What is `Hugo Theme Stack`

Hugo Theme Stack is a Card-style Hugo theme designed for bloggers, and one of the best Hugo themes I’ve ever seen. It has nice designs, a dark/right theme, and so on.

However, if I understand correctly, it doesn’t have a feature to add social media share buttons at the moment I wrote this article. Then, I tried to add them at the bottom of the articles.

Please find Social Media Share Buttons for a Hugo Website, which is a perfect guide on how to add social media share buttons for the Hugo themes.

The original code can be generated with Sharingbuttons.io. In addition, you have to replace the link and text with {{ .Title }} and {{ .Permalink }} if you want to share the page where you are. Here is my example for Twitter.

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<a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text={{ .Title }}&amp;url={{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
    <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--twitter resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M23.44 4.83c-.8.37-1.5.38-2.22.02.93-.56.98-.96 1.32-2.02-.88.52-1.86.9-2.9 1.1-.82-.88-2-1.43-3.3-1.43-2.5 0-4.55 2.04-4.55 4.54 0 .36.03.7.1 1.04-3.77-.2-7.12-2-9.36-4.75-.4.67-.6 1.45-.6 2.3 0 1.56.8 2.95 2 3.77-.74-.03-1.44-.23-2.05-.57v.06c0 2.2 1.56 4.03 3.64 4.44-.67.2-1.37.2-2.06.08.58 1.8 2.26 3.12 4.25 3.16C5.78 18.1 3.37 18.74 1 18.46c2 1.3 4.4 2.04 6.97 2.04 8.35 0 12.92-6.92 12.92-12.93 0-.2 0-.4-.02-.6.9-.63 1.96-1.22 2.56-2.14z"/></svg>
        </div>
    </div>
</a>

Add Social Media Share Buttons for `Hugo Theme Stack`

Referencing the procedures in the previous part, now we can add the buttons for Hugo Theme Stack.

`assets/scss/custom.scss`

Update custom.scss as follows to support social media share buttons. You just cut and paste the code generated by Sharingbuttons.io.

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// Social media sharing buttons
.resp-sharing-button__link,
.resp-sharing-button__icon {
  display: inline-block
}

.resp-sharing-button__link {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  margin: 0.5em
}

.resp-sharing-button {
  border-radius: 5px;
  transition: 25ms ease-out;
  padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
  font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
}

.resp-sharing-button__icon svg {
  width: 1em;
  height: 1em;
  margin-right: 0.4em;
  vertical-align: top
}

.resp-sharing-button--small svg {
  margin: 0;
  vertical-align: middle
}

/* Non solid icons get a stroke */
.resp-sharing-button__icon {
  stroke: #fff;
  fill: none
}

/* Solid icons get a fill */
.resp-sharing-button__icon--solid,
.resp-sharing-button__icon--solidcircle {
  fill: #fff;
  stroke: none
}

.resp-sharing-button--twitter {
  background-color: #55acee
}

.resp-sharing-button--twitter:hover {
  background-color: #2795e9
}

.resp-sharing-button--pinterest {
  background-color: #bd081c
}

.resp-sharing-button--pinterest:hover {
  background-color: #8c0615
}

.resp-sharing-button--facebook {
  background-color: #3b5998
}

.resp-sharing-button--facebook:hover {
  background-color: #2d4373
}

.resp-sharing-button--tumblr {
  background-color: #35465C
}

.resp-sharing-button--tumblr:hover {
  background-color: #222d3c
}

.resp-sharing-button--reddit {
  background-color: #5f99cf
}

.resp-sharing-button--reddit:hover {
  background-color: #3a80c1
}

.resp-sharing-button--google {
  background-color: #dd4b39
}

.resp-sharing-button--google:hover {
  background-color: #c23321
}

.resp-sharing-button--linkedin {
  background-color: #0077b5
}

.resp-sharing-button--linkedin:hover {
  background-color: #046293
}

.resp-sharing-button--email {
  background-color: #777
}

.resp-sharing-button--email:hover {
  background-color: #5e5e5e
}

.resp-sharing-button--xing {
  background-color: #1a7576
}

.resp-sharing-button--xing:hover {
  background-color: #114c4c
}

.resp-sharing-button--whatsapp {
  background-color: #25D366
}

.resp-sharing-button--whatsapp:hover {
  background-color: #1da851
}

.resp-sharing-button--hackernews {
background-color: #FF6600
}
.resp-sharing-button--hackernews:hover, .resp-sharing-button--hackernews:focus {   background-color: #FB6200 }

.resp-sharing-button--vk {
  background-color: #507299
}

.resp-sharing-button--vk:hover {
  background-color: #43648c
}

.resp-sharing-button--facebook {
  background-color: #3b5998;
  border-color: #3b5998;
}

.resp-sharing-button--facebook:hover,
.resp-sharing-button--facebook:active {
  background-color: #2d4373;
  border-color: #2d4373;
}

.resp-sharing-button--twitter {
  background-color: #55acee;
  border-color: #55acee;
}

.resp-sharing-button--twitter:hover,
.resp-sharing-button--twitter:active {
  background-color: #2795e9;
  border-color: #2795e9;
}

.resp-sharing-button--linkedin {
  background-color: #0077b5;
  border-color: #0077b5;
}

.resp-sharing-button--linkedin:hover,
.resp-sharing-button--linkedin:active {
  background-color: #046293;
  border-color: #046293;
}

.resp-sharing-button--reddit {
  background-color: #5f99cf;
  border-color: #5f99cf;
}

.resp-sharing-button--reddit:hover,
.resp-sharing-button--reddit:active {
  background-color: #3a80c1;
  border-color: #3a80c1;
}

`assets/scss/partials/layout/article.scss`

Add the definition of .share-buttons section in .article-footer. Here, it is the same as .article-copyright and .article-lastmod.

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//~~
            .article-lastmod,
            .share-buttons {
                a {
                    color: var(--body-text-color);
                }

`layouts/partials/article/components/share-buttons.html`

Next, we add a new partial template for share buttons like this. The original one is available at Sharingbuttons.io again. As mentioned above, the link and text are replaced with {{ .Title }} and {{ .Permalink }}.

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<section class="share-buttons">
    <!-- Sharingbutton Twitter -->
    <a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text={{ .Title }}&amp;url={{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
        <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--twitter resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M23.44 4.83c-.8.37-1.5.38-2.22.02.93-.56.98-.96 1.32-2.02-.88.52-1.86.9-2.9 1.1-.82-.88-2-1.43-3.3-1.43-2.5 0-4.55 2.04-4.55 4.54 0 .36.03.7.1 1.04-3.77-.2-7.12-2-9.36-4.75-.4.67-.6 1.45-.6 2.3 0 1.56.8 2.95 2 3.77-.74-.03-1.44-.23-2.05-.57v.06c0 2.2 1.56 4.03 3.64 4.44-.67.2-1.37.2-2.06.08.58 1.8 2.26 3.12 4.25 3.16C5.78 18.1 3.37 18.74 1 18.46c2 1.3 4.4 2.04 6.97 2.04 8.35 0 12.92-6.92 12.92-12.93 0-.2 0-.4-.02-.6.9-.63 1.96-1.22 2.56-2.14z"/></svg>
            </div>
        </div>
    </a>

    <!-- Sharingbutton Facebook -->
    <a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="https://facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u={{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
        <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--facebook resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M18.77 7.46H14.5v-1.9c0-.9.6-1.1 1-1.1h3V.5h-4.33C10.24.5 9.5 3.44 9.5 5.32v2.15h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.85l.42-4z"/></svg>
            </div>
        </div>
    </a>

    <!-- Sharingbutton LinkedIn -->
    <a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url={{ .Permalink }}&amp;title={{ .Title }}&amp;summary={{ .Title }}&amp;source={{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
        <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--linkedin resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M6.5 21.5h-5v-13h5v13zM4 6.5C2.5 6.5 1.5 5.3 1.5 4s1-2.4 2.5-2.4c1.6 0 2.5 1 2.6 2.5 0 1.4-1 2.5-2.6 2.5zm11.5 6c-1 0-2 1-2 2v7h-5v-13h5V10s1.6-1.5 4-1.5c3 0 5 2.2 5 6.3v6.7h-5v-7c0-1-1-2-2-2z"/></svg>
            </div>
        </div>
    </a>

    <!-- Sharingbutton Reddit -->
    <a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="https://reddit.com/submit/?url={{ .Permalink }}&amp;resubmit=true&amp;title={{ .Title }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
        <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--reddit resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M24 11.5c0-1.65-1.35-3-3-3-.96 0-1.86.48-2.42 1.24-1.64-1-3.75-1.64-6.07-1.72.08-1.1.4-3.05 1.52-3.7.72-.4 1.73-.24 3 .5C17.2 6.3 18.46 7.5 20 7.5c1.65 0 3-1.35 3-3s-1.35-3-3-3c-1.38 0-2.54.94-2.88 2.22-1.43-.72-2.64-.8-3.6-.25-1.64.94-1.95 3.47-2 4.55-2.33.08-4.45.7-6.1 1.72C4.86 8.98 3.96 8.5 3 8.5c-1.65 0-3 1.35-3 3 0 1.32.84 2.44 2.05 2.84-.03.22-.05.44-.05.66 0 3.86 4.5 7 10 7s10-3.14 10-7c0-.22-.02-.44-.05-.66 1.2-.4 2.05-1.54 2.05-2.84zM2.3 13.37C1.5 13.07 1 12.35 1 11.5c0-1.1.9-2 2-2 .64 0 1.22.32 1.6.82-1.1.85-1.92 1.9-2.3 3.05zm3.7.13c0-1.1.9-2 2-2s2 .9 2 2-.9 2-2 2-2-.9-2-2zm9.8 4.8c-1.08.63-2.42.96-3.8.96-1.4 0-2.74-.34-3.8-.95-.24-.13-.32-.44-.2-.68.15-.24.46-.32.7-.18 1.83 1.06 4.76 1.06 6.6 0 .23-.13.53-.05.67.2.14.23.06.54-.18.67zm.2-2.8c-1.1 0-2-.9-2-2s.9-2 2-2 2 .9 2 2-.9 2-2 2zm5.7-2.13c-.38-1.16-1.2-2.2-2.3-3.05.38-.5.97-.82 1.6-.82 1.1 0 2 .9 2 2 0 .84-.53 1.57-1.3 1.87z"/></svg>
            </div>
        </div>
    </a>

    <!-- Sharingbutton WhatsApp -->
    <a class="resp-sharing-button__link" href="whatsapp://send?text={{ .Title }}%20{{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="">
        <div class="resp-sharing-button resp-sharing-button--whatsapp resp-sharing-button--small"><div aria-hidden="true" class="resp-sharing-button__icon resp-sharing-button__icon--solid">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M20.1 3.9C17.9 1.7 15 .5 12 .5 5.8.5.7 5.6.7 11.9c0 2 .5 3.9 1.5 5.6L.6 23.4l6-1.6c1.6.9 3.5 1.3 5.4 1.3 6.3 0 11.4-5.1 11.4-11.4-.1-2.8-1.2-5.7-3.3-7.8zM12 21.4c-1.7 0-3.3-.5-4.8-1.3l-.4-.2-3.5 1 1-3.4L4 17c-1-1.5-1.4-3.2-1.4-5.1 0-5.2 4.2-9.4 9.4-9.4 2.5 0 4.9 1 6.7 2.8 1.8 1.8 2.8 4.2 2.8 6.7-.1 5.2-4.3 9.4-9.5 9.4zm5.1-7.1c-.3-.1-1.7-.9-1.9-1-.3-.1-.5-.1-.7.1-.2.3-.8 1-.9 1.1-.2.2-.3.2-.6.1s-1.2-.5-2.3-1.4c-.9-.8-1.4-1.7-1.6-2-.2-.3 0-.5.1-.6s.3-.3.4-.5c.2-.1.3-.3.4-.5.1-.2 0-.4 0-.5C10 9 9.3 7.6 9 7c-.1-.4-.4-.3-.5-.3h-.6s-.4.1-.7.3c-.3.3-1 1-1 2.4s1 2.8 1.1 3c.1.2 2 3.1 4.9 4.3.7.3 1.2.5 1.6.6.7.2 1.3.2 1.8.1.6-.1 1.7-.7 1.9-1.3.2-.7.2-1.2.2-1.3-.1-.3-.3-.4-.6-.5z"/></svg>
            </div>
        </div>
    </a>
</section>

`layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html`

In the end, add the partial template to footer.html for article pages.

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// ~~
    <!-- Social media share buttons -->    
    {{ partial "article/components/share-buttons" . }}

</footer>

Now we have social media share buttons on the footer of articles! They are displayed below, right?

Table of contents

What is Hugo Theme Stack

Social Media Share Buttons for a Hugo Website

Add Social Media Share Buttons for Hugo Theme Stack

assets/scss/custom.scss

assets/scss/partials/layout/article.scss

layouts/partials/article/components/share-buttons.html

layouts/partials/article/components/footer.html