robertleewatt.com

Hugo site for Robert Lee Watt — musician and author. Content adapted from the existing Wix site (bobwatt.wixsite.com/robert-lee-watt).

Local development

hugo server

Then open http://localhost:1313.

Build the production site into public/:

hugo --gc --minify

Structure

Path	Purpose
content/_index.md	Home page — the three books/albums
content/bio.md	Bio
content/tips-and-tricks.md	Tips & Tricks book
content/watt-lifter.md	Watt Lifter device
content/news-and-events.md	News & Events (NPR interview)
content/contact.md	Contact page (uses layout = "contact")
layouts/	Custom lightweight theme (no external theme dependency)
assets/css/main.css	All styles
static/CNAME	Custom domain for GitHub Pages

Things to finish

• Buy links on Tips & Tricks and Watt Lifter are # placeholders — replace with the real PayPal payment links.
• Contact form: create a form at https://formspree.io, then put its ID in hugo.toml under params.formspreeId. Until then the page shows a notice with social links.
• Images: none were carried over. Drop files in static/images/ and reference them in the Markdown, e.g. ![The Black Horn](/images/black-horn.jpg).

Deployment (GitHub Pages + Actions + custom domain)

1. Create a GitHub repo and push this directory to the main branch.
2. Repo Settings → Pages → Build and deployment → Source: GitHub Actions.
3. Repo Settings → Pages → Custom domain: enter robertleewatt.com and save. Enable Enforce HTTPS once the certificate is issued.
4. At your DNS provider for robertleewatt.com, add:
   • A records for the apex @ → 185.199.108.153, 185.199.109.153, 185.199.110.153, 185.199.111.153
   • AAAA records for @ → 2606:50c0:8000::153, 2606:50c0:8001::153, 2606:50c0:8002::153, 2606:50c0:8003::153
   • CNAME record for www → <your-username>.github.io.
5. Push to main. The Deploy Hugo site to Pages workflow builds and publishes automatically. The workflow injects the correct baseURL, so no config edit is needed for production.