params.toml

Overview

The config/_default/params.toml file contains all customs and Alpha specific configuration keys.

Usage

In the order they appear in params.toml:

# Header Settings
pseudologo_enabled = true

# Footer Settings
established_year = "2025"
motto = "\"Unleash your words\""

# Performance Settings
prefetch_enabled = true

# Integrations
pagefind_enabled = false
goatcounter_prefix = ""

# Visitor Settings
noCookies_snackbar = true
visitor_settings = true

#Development Settings
tailwind_enabled = false
ocd_enabled = true

Best Practices

You’re free to enable, disable, or customize each key to suit your site’s needs. Keys that require further explanation have dedicated pages in the Alpha documentation.

Keys Reference

pseudologo_enabled

pseudologo_enabled = true— (boolean, optional)

Enables a pseudo logo. The first letter of your site name, stylized as a minimalist logo.

Default value: true

established_year

established_year = "2025" — (string, optional)

Defines your site’s founding year. Used to calculate the copyright
notice in the footer (© 2025–CurrentYear).

If omitted fallback to the current year as default value.

motto

motto = "\"Unleash your words\"" — (string, optional)

A short tagline motto shown in the footer.

noCookies_snackbar

noCookies_snackbar = true — (boolean, optional)

Displays a snackbar with a policy message with a hardcoded /policy link.

Default value: true

visitor_settings

visitor_settings = true— (boolean, optional)

Adds a settings icon in the footer that opens a modal.

Allows users to opt out of anonymous tracking and disable link prefetching to save data.

Default value: true

ocd_enabled

ocd_enabled = true — (boolean, optional)

Enables the OCD for local development.

OCD documentation.

Default value: true

prefetch_enabled

prefetch_enabled = true — (boolean, optional)

Activates prefetching for key links to enable near instant page transitions.

Default value: true

tailwind_enabled

tailwind_enabled = false — (boolean, optional)

Enables Tailwind CSS integration if Tailwind is installed and configured in Hugo.

Default value: false

pagefind_enabled

pagefind_enabled = false — (boolean, optional)

Enables Alpha’s built-in search functionality using Pagefind.

Pagefind integration guide.

Default value: false

goatcounter_prefix

goatcounter_prefix = "alpha" — (string, optional)

Defines your GoatCounter site ID. Enables anonymous traffic analytics if set.

GoatCounter integration guide.