# Deployed pages branch does not show (forgejo, hugo)

**URL:** <https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202>\
**Category:** Pages\
**Created:** [September 30, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202 "2026-09-30T12:38:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/andris/32/289_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/andris)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/1 "2026-09-30T12:38:36Z")

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Trying to get my website ([https://codefloe.com/andris/website](https://codefloe.com/andris/website)) with the new codefloe hosted pages method. I am using hugo and forgejo actions. While the workflow runs trough the only thing what one can get at the urls below:

- [https://andris.codefloe.page/website/](https://andris.codefloe.page/website/)
- [https://andris.codefloe.page](https://andris.codefloe.page)
- [https://gonczol.eu](https://gonczol.eu)

is “not found” for the first and last link and “site not found” for the second link.

The pages branch show some generated files, although not entirely what I expected. The build step produces some warnings:

```auto
WARN found no layout file for "html" for kind "home": You should create a template file which matches Hugo Layouts Lookup Rules for this combination.
WARN found no layout file for "html" for kind "taxonomy": You should create a template file which matches Hugo Layouts Lookup Rules for this combination.
WARN found no layout file for "html" for kind "page": You should create a template file which matches Hugo Layouts Lookup Rules for this combination.

```

Running hugo locally on an archlinux machine it renders and serves the site properly without any warning.

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**Author:** ![pat-s](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/pat-s/32/36_2.png) [@pat-s](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/pat-s)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/2 "2026-09-30T15:37:14Z")

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Hi Andris, it looks like your Hugo theme is missing when the workflow builds the site. The theme is stored as a Git submodule, which needs to be included explicitly in the checkout step:

```auto
- uses: actions/checkout@v7
  with:
    submodules: recursive

```

Please update that step in `pages.yml` and rerun the workflow.

This explains the missing-layout warnings: Hugo copies your images and CSS but does not generate any HTML pages. I checked that your CSS loads through both the Codefloe Pages URL and `gonczol.eu`, so the hosting and custom domain are working.

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**Author:** ![andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/andris/32/289_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/andris)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/3 "2026-09-30T16:28:46Z")

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**Thank you** , that’s solved it. The `gonczol.eu`is perfect.

However, the Codefloe Pages URLs load partially only. Not sure what to expect.

I am somewhat puzzled by the `github` namings in the `env` section. Does [GitHub](https://github.com/) have anything to do with publishing of the `pages` branch?

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**Author:** ![pat-s](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/pat-s/32/36_2.png) [@pat-s](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/pat-s)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/4 "2026-09-30T19:19:47Z")

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Glad that solved it!

Your Hugo configuration uses `https://gonczol.eu` as the site address.  
That means links to styles and images work on your domain, but miss the `/website/` prefix needed on the Codefloe Pages URL.  
You can keep the current setting and use `gonczol.eu` as your main address.

The `github` names are compatibility names in Forgejo.  
Publishing happens on Codefloe.  
You can replace the `env` section with these clearer names, which work exactly the same:

```yaml
env:
  TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}
  SERVER_URL: ${{ forgejo.server_url }}
  REPOSITORY: ${{ forgejo.repository }}
  SHA: ${{ forgejo.sha }}

```

9:19 PM

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**Author:** ![andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/andris/32/289_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/andris)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/5 "2026-09-30T20:00:58Z")

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> You can replace the `env` section with these clearer names, which work exactly the same:

Great, I have just done that. I do prefer Forgejo/codefloe over GitHub. 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/deployed-pages-branch-does-not-show-forgejo-hugo/202/6 "2026-10-02T20:01:07Z")

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