# Uncategorized **URL:** https://zola.discourse.group/c/uncategorized/1.md [Latest](https://zola.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://zola.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to Zola forums](https://zola.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-zola-forums/7)
**Author:** [@system](https://zola.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-zola-forums/7 "2019-01-11T17:05:36Z")
Welcome! This is the forum to discuss new features and ask questions about Zola, the static site engine. The code is available on GitHub A few guidelines: use the search before opening a new thread if you are asking … --- ## [Themes gallery?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/themes-gallery/2972)
**Author:** [@Zenie](https://zola.discourse.group/u/Zenie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/themes-gallery/2972 "2026-08-29T11:35:14Z")
Hello, I’ve searched for posts about themes but didn’t find much. I’ve been looking at switching to Zola from my decade old Jekyll setup. I had found a theme I thought I’d try, but then I’ve been sick most of the summer… --- ## [From Quartz to Zola, bypassing Hugo](https://zola.discourse.group/t/from-quartz-to-zola-bypassing-hugo/2969)
**Author:** [@wakamex](https://zola.discourse.group/u/wakamex)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/from-quartz-to-zola-bypassing-hugo/2969 "2026-08-26T15:43:14Z")
I just transferred my knowledge base over to Zola. The starting point was Karpathy’s knowledge base post from April 2, 2026. Initially I built locally and viewed with Obsidian. Wanting a public view, I used Quartz which … --- ## [Section vs Page](https://zola.discourse.group/t/section-vs-page/522)
**Author:** [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/section-vs-page/522 "2026-08-21T16:11:43Z")
The more I’m using Zola, the less I understand the difference between a section and a page. A section is basically just a page with subpages so why differentiating it ? My “sections” are pages with subpages and deserve … --- ## [Pluralize for slavic languages](https://zola.discourse.group/t/pluralize-for-slavic-languages/2967)
**Author:** [@thebhm42](https://zola.discourse.group/u/thebhm42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/pluralize-for-slavic-languages/2967 "2026-08-20T20:18:53Z")
Hey there, looking at the pluralize(singular=“y”, plural=“ies”) function, I wonder if I’m the first wanting to use it in a slavic language: there is another distinction: singular, two to four, five and more are declinate… --- ## [How to render component differently in feed](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-to-render-component-differently-in-feed/2968)
**Author:** [@yit6](https://zola.discourse.group/u/yit6)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-to-render-component-differently-in-feed/2968 "2026-08-18T20:53:44Z")
Hello! I trying to write a new page for my site. On this page I have a component that is a short snippet of php code that produces some text. For the atom feed I want it to insead return a static value. Is there a good … --- ## [\[Tera\] RFC Tera v2](https://zola.discourse.group/t/tera-rfc-tera-v2/933)
**Author:** [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/tera-rfc-tera-v2/933 "2026-08-18T14:50:33Z")
I’m curious to see what people think about Tera v2 wishlist/changes · Issue #637 · Keats/tera · GitHub If you have specific requests, feel free to add them to the issue - if it’s more for discussion we can do it here, i… --- ## [Examples of Photo Albums?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/examples-of-photo-albums/2913)
**Author:** [@asibahi](https://zola.discourse.group/u/asibahi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/examples-of-photo-albums/2913 "2026-08-18T11:15:45Z")
Hello. I came across this static photo album project on HN, and I wanted to do something similar for my site (without all these dependencies he has) . I am curious if there are existing zola websites yall can point me a… --- ## [The load\_data function](https://zola.discourse.group/t/the-load-data-function/2897)
**Author:** [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/the-load-data-function/2897 "2026-08-18T10:07:22Z")
I’ve started adding support for Tera v2 in Zola and I’ve had to look at that beast of a function again working for both local and remote files. I think I like the Hugo approach a bit more there, where you have a global d… --- ## [Our Podcast Workflow: Zola, VDO.Ninja, OBS, and Claude Code](https://zola.discourse.group/t/our-podcast-workflow-zola-vdo-ninja-obs-and-claude-code/2966)
**Author:** [@cbrake](https://zola.discourse.group/u/cbrake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/our-podcast-workflow-zola-vdo-ninja-obs-and-claude-code/2966 "2026-08-14T17:41:44Z")
A podcast on how we publish the TMPDIR podcast using Zola and other tools. --- ## [Obtaining a list of files in a static folder without an index?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/obtaining-a-list-of-files-in-a-static-folder-without-an-index/2951)
**Author:** [@matthillco](https://zola.discourse.group/u/matthillco)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/obtaining-a-list-of-files-in-a-static-folder-without-an-index/2951 "2026-08-04T19:30:40Z")
I know that I can loop through colocated assets by interrogating section.assets or page.assets. However, I’m working on a project that collects related images into their own static folders and I’m trying to obtain that … --- ## [Generate OKF?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/generate-okf/2947)
**Author:** [@Colas.Nahaboo](https://zola.discourse.group/u/Colas.Nahaboo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/generate-okf/2947 "2026-07-01T22:09:40Z")
When I read the announce of the OKF format that Googles unveiled last month (on 2026-06-12), to help presenting your data to AI agents, I was interested by the (intended) similarity with what a lot of modern web sites, W… --- ## [I built Telegram-to-Zola GitHub Actions, you are welcome to use](https://zola.discourse.group/t/i-built-telegram-to-zola-github-actions-you-are-welcome-to-use/2946)
**Author:** [@vitaly-zdanevich](https://zola.discourse.group/u/vitaly-zdanevich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/i-built-telegram-to-zola-github-actions-you-are-welcome-to-use/2946 "2026-06-27T23:37:21Z")
Hi, I built GitHub - vitaly-zdanevich/telegram\_channel\_to\_static\_website: Sync a public Telegram channel into a self-contained Zola static website — no bot, token, or API. · GitHub As a backup for Telegram channels. Ru… --- ## [Target lib.rs](https://zola.discourse.group/t/target-lib-rs/2849)
**Author:** [@kbvernon](https://zola.discourse.group/u/kbvernon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/target-lib-rs/2849 "2026-04-29T14:48:47Z")
I would like to wrap zola with extendr to make it available in R. However, to do this, we would need access to zola as a library. This has been discussed a few times before, like here. Would this be something the zola te… --- ## [Zola hosting with instant deploys from macOS](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-hosting-with-instant-deploys-from-macos/2936)
**Author:** [@podviaznikov](https://zola.discourse.group/u/podviaznikov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-hosting-with-instant-deploys-from-macos/2936 "2026-04-24T10:53:57Z")
Hi everyone! I’ve made a tool to make very quick Zola deployments. I just have folder with all the files on my mac and any change is synced and live in ~5 seconds. Demo is here zola fast deployments | Loom And all th… --- ## [Stupid question about CSS changes](https://zola.discourse.group/t/stupid-question-about-css-changes/2935)
**Author:** [@leanderl](https://zola.discourse.group/u/leanderl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/stupid-question-about-css-changes/2935 "2026-04-19T11:04:32Z")
I’m a bit stuck on how I’d configure my project so that changes I do to the CSS come through in my \`zola serve\` dev environment. I’m using the Linkita theme. Just to test I set color:red to .font-bold, but it doesn’t do … --- ## [Multilingual header menu in linkita theme](https://zola.discourse.group/t/multilingual-header-menu-in-linkita-theme/2931)
**Author:** [@leanderl](https://zola.discourse.group/u/leanderl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/multilingual-header-menu-in-linkita-theme/2931 "2026-04-12T17:37:08Z")
Hello, I’m happy and honoured to be admitted into the Zola forum. I’m trying to use Linkita theme and default language “sv” (Swedish) and additional language “en”. It seems to work quite well for my “profile” on the st… --- ## [Bettter vscode preview for zola markdown?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/bettter-vscode-preview-for-zola-markdown/2466)
**Author:** [@bruceoberg](https://zola.discourse.group/u/bruceoberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/bettter-vscode-preview-for-zola-markdown/2466 "2026-04-07T16:18:28Z")
zola markdown uses “+++” as the marker for front matter on each page. fair enough. vscode’s built-in markdown previewer doesn’t seem to know what do do with this front matter… it gets glommed onto the front of the previ… --- ## [Displaying the first taxonomy term](https://zola.discourse.group/t/displaying-the-first-taxonomy-term/2929)
**Author:** [@BjornW](https://zola.discourse.group/u/BjornW)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/displaying-the-first-taxonomy-term/2929 "2026-04-04T18:26:39Z")
Hi, I’ve just stared using Zola and I’m working on my own templates. My objective is to display the first term from both taxonomies in the template ‘recept.html’ preferable with a link. So when people click on the link t… --- ## [The issue with zola: not found when deploying to Cloudflare Pages has been resolved](https://zola.discourse.group/t/the-issue-with-zola-not-found-when-deploying-to-cloudflare-pages-has-been-resolved/2927)
**Author:** [@laloe74](https://zola.discourse.group/u/laloe74)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/the-issue-with-zola-not-found-when-deploying-to-cloudflare-pages-has-been-resolved/2927 "2026-04-02T01:03:48Z")
Github issues The Zola Docs can be updated now. --- ## [Perceptual image encoding?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/perceptual-image-encoding/1057)
**Author:** [@BezPowell](https://zola.discourse.group/u/BezPowell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/perceptual-image-encoding/1057 "2026-02-16T18:49:05Z")
I opened this thread to gauge interest in / check feasibility of implementing some kind of perceptual image encoding in Zola for the resize\_image() function. Rationale / Explanation Lossy image compression is generally … --- ## [State of min\_version in theme.toml for community themes](https://zola.discourse.group/t/state-of-min-version-in-theme-toml-for-community-themes/2899)
**Author:** [@thomasweitzel](https://zola.discourse.group/u/thomasweitzel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/state-of-min-version-in-theme-toml-for-community-themes/2899 "2026-01-23T16:35:34Z")
I cloned the official Zola themes repository and ran this over all theme.toml files: MIN\_PAT="0\\.\\d+\\.\\d+" && rg -g "\*\*/theme.toml" -NIo "min\_version\\s\*=\\s\*\\"$MIN\_PAT\\"" | rg -o "$MIN\_PAT" | sort -V | uniq -c | uvx term… --- ## [Memory consumption for large sites](https://zola.discourse.group/t/memory-consumption-for-large-sites/2896)
**Author:** [@mwcz](https://zola.discourse.group/u/mwcz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/memory-consumption-for-large-sites/2896 "2026-01-23T12:40:48Z")
Hi, gigantic site guy here. I’ve been quiet for a while but zola has been happily churning away on our massive site. The site is up to 575,000 pages and it takes about 2 minutes for a fresh build, and I’m very happy wi… --- ## [Code highlighting workflows in Zola 0.22.0](https://zola.discourse.group/t/code-highlighting-workflows-in-zola-0-22-0/2898)
**Author:** [@thomasweitzel](https://zola.discourse.group/u/thomasweitzel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/code-highlighting-workflows-in-zola-0-22-0/2898 "2026-01-22T20:42:14Z")
A question about code highlighting workflows in Zola 0.22.0: I’m using markdown.highlighting.light\_theme and dark\_theme, which generates static/giallo-light.css and static/giallo-dark.css. I’m toggling them client‑side … --- ## [Zola failing opaquely after 0.22.0 upgrade](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-failing-opaquely-after-0-22-0-upgrade/2895)
**Author:** [@brianhicks](https://zola.discourse.group/u/brianhicks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-failing-opaquely-after-0-22-0-upgrade/2895 "2026-01-16T12:22:41Z")
Hello! I recently upgraded to Zola 0.22.0, and after figuring out all the new syntax highlighting stuff I can get a local build. Great! But then, when I try to build in GHA or Docker, I get this: Building site... ERROR … --- ## [New syntax highlighter](https://zola.discourse.group/t/new-syntax-highlighter/2885)
**Author:** [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/new-syntax-highlighter/2885 "2026-01-11T11:50:11Z")
I’ve made a TextMate highlighter in Rust: GitHub - getzola/giallo: Syntax highlighter, same output as VSCode This will replace the syntect usage in Zola in the next version. This will output the exact same thing as you… --- ## [Zola Sveltia Source (Zola theme & Sveltia CMS)](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-sveltia-source-zola-theme-sveltia-cms/2890)
**Author:** [@husenunicorn](https://zola.discourse.group/u/husenunicorn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/zola-sveltia-source-zola-theme-sveltia-cms/2890 "2025-12-27T08:39:13Z")
I’ve just ported the default Ghost CMS theme source to be used with Zola and integrated Sveltia as the CMS :slight\_smile: Github: GitHub - unicornfantasian/zola-sveltia-source: Zola Sveltia Source (Zola theme & Sveltia … --- ## [Command line boilerplate template for posts](https://zola.discourse.group/t/command-line-boilerplate-template-for-posts/2884)
**Author:** [@jbeiapc](https://zola.discourse.group/u/jbeiapc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/command-line-boilerplate-template-for-posts/2884 "2025-11-30T15:11:50Z")
A quick and dirty post template generator I made for myself to save a little time on boilerplate. Quick an dirty inasmuch as there is little input checking and a person could DoS the system by using /dev/zero or similar… --- ## [How do you create a ‘link post’?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-create-a-link-post/2878)
**Author:** [@JeffPorter](https://zola.discourse.group/u/JeffPorter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-create-a-link-post/2878 "2025-11-18T23:14:54Z")
How do you create a ‘link post’ in Zola, so that the URL you include some how redirects the user to a different site? --- ## [How to import/convert Hugo theme?](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-convert-hugo-theme/2110)
**Author:** [@yitzhakbg](https://zola.discourse.group/u/yitzhakbg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-convert-hugo-theme/2110 "2025-11-16T10:40:19Z")
I’d like to use Zola for an English/Hebrew multilingual site. There is an excellent Hugo theme, see Hugo-theme-Zen/multi-language, which has everything I need, especially including RTL with the languageDirection paramet… [Next page](https://zola.discourse.group/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1)