ref: dffd7da07c3fb198acfa6c4664b53132c4cabe55
parent: 6427fba90b98f8ac2f8e23c44e010fa7619b88f3
author: digitalcraftsman <[email protected]>
date: Sat Oct 22 13:08:35 EDT 2016
docs: Clarify installation of themes
--- a/docs/content/themes/installing.md
+++ b/docs/content/themes/installing.md
@@ -19,14 +19,27 @@
## Installing all themes
If you would like to install all of the available Hugo themes, simply
-clone the entire repository from within your working directory:
+clone the entire repository from within your working directory. Depending
+on your internet connection the download of all themes might take a while.
+> **NOTE:** Make sure you've installed [Git](https://git-scm.com/) on your computer.
+Otherwise you will not be able to clone the theme repositories.
+
```bash
-$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/spf13/hugoThemes.git themes
+$ git clone --depth 1 --recursive https://github.com/spf13/hugoThemes.git themes
```
## Installing a specific theme
- $ mkdir themes
+Switch into the `themes` directory and download a theme by replacing `URL_TO_THEME`
+with the URL of the theme repository, e.g. `https://github.com/spf13/hyde`:
+
$ cd themes
$ git clone URL_TO_THEME
+
+Alternatively, you can download the theme as `.zip` file and extract it in the
+`themes` directory.
+
+**NOTE:** Please have a look at the `README.md` file that is shipped with all themes.
+It might contain further instructions that are required to setup the theme, e.g. copying
+an example configuration file.