In this guide we’ll be creating a sleek and simple static site with Hugo, perfect for a professional blog. We’ll take advantage of GitLab to store our code and leverage Cloudflare Pages for hosting. The best part is that it’s free! The only cost associated will be with owning a custom domain if you choose to use one for your site. Prerequisites Install Git Here Install Hugo Here Create a Gitlab account Here Create a Cloudflare account Here Pick out a theme you would like to use for your site Here (I’ll be using PaperMod) I’m on Linux so I’ll run sudo apt-get install git then sudo apt install hugo, and we’re good to go....