Hugo Template Issues: Why Clean Rebuilds Matter
Yesterday I spent 30 minutes debugging a Hugo site that showed unstyled pages despite correct templates and CSS. The solution? A clean rebuild. Here’s why Hugo’s live reload sometimes lies to you and how to fix it. The Problem Built a new page in Hugo. Template exists. CSS loads. But the page renders as plain HTML with no styling. # Server shows no errors hugo server # "Serving pages from disk" # "Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313/" # Browser shows broken page curl http://localhost:1313/new-page/ # Plain HTML, no wrapper, no CSS classes Template file exists: ...