https://conormclaughlin.net/tags/static-site/ Recent content in Static Site on Conor McLaughlin Hugo en-us Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0700 https://conormclaughlin.net/2026/08/adding-lightweight-search-to-my-hugo-site-with-pagefind/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0700 https://conormclaughlin.net/2026/08/adding-lightweight-search-to-my-hugo-site-with-pagefind/ <p>Peek at the header of my site and you&rsquo;ll see a new capability added - a search bar!</p> <p>I was inspired by Vicki Boykis&rsquo;s <a href="https://vickiboykis.com/2025/08/08/enabling-hugo-static-site-search-with-lunr.js/">blog post</a> in which she uses the <a href="https://lunrjs.com/">Lunr.js</a> framework to add search to her blog, which runs on the same static site framework I use (Hugo).</p> <p>After a bit of research, I decided to use <a href="https://pagefind.app/">Pagefind</a> instead of Lunr.js - it&rsquo;s also a lightweight client-side search framework, I just found it to have richer and easier-to-follow <a href="https://pagefind.app/docs/">documentation</a>.</p>