A Hugo-powered website dedicated to Modern Talking, featuring a comprehensive database of albums, tracks, and artist information.

This site showcases the complete Modern Talking discography with 37 albums and 580 tracks, featuring high-resolution album artwork, 30-second audio previews via jPlayer, and direct purchase links to iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

• Album Pages: Grid and detail views with 600x600 high-res artwork
• Track Listings: Inline jPlayer audio previews for each track
• Song Pages: Individual song details with metadata and purchase options
• Audio Player: jQuery jPlayer integration for streaming iTunes previews
• Responsive Design: Bootstrap 3 framework with custom styling
• Database-Driven: Python scripts generate Hugo content from SQLite database

• Hugo: v0.139.3 static site generator
• Database: SQLite with Modern Talking discography data
• Audio: jPlayer for m4a preview playback
• CSS Framework: Bootstrap 3
• Icons: Font Awesome 4.2.0
• Content Generation: Python scripts with database queries

├── content/          # Generated markdown files
│   ├── album/        # 37 album pages
│   ├── song/         # 580 track pages
│   ├── artists/      # Artist profiles
│   └── bio/          # Biography content
├── layouts/          # Hugo templates (migrated from theme)
│   ├── album/        # Album list and single templates
│   ├── song/         # Song list and single templates
│   └── partials/     # Reusable template components
├── static/           # Static assets (CSS, JS, images)
├── data/             # SQLite database (gitignored)
└── hugo.yaml         # Hugo configuration

python3 generate_hugo_content.py

This script:

• Queries the SQLite database for albums and tracks
• Generates markdown files with proper YAML frontmatter
• Adds inline jPlayer controls to album track listings
• Escapes special characters in YAML strings

hugo server --buildDrafts

Site will be available at http://localhost:1313/

hugo

Output goes to public/ directory (gitignored)

The SQLite database (modern_talking.db) contains:

• Albums table with artwork URLs, release dates, prices
• Tracks table with preview URLs, durations, track numbers
• Artist information and metadata
• Genre and collection data

Site uses custom layouts in the root layouts/ directory (no theme dependency):

• High-resolution images via iTunes CDN (600x600)
• Bootstrap button-styled purchase links
• Inline audio players with right-aligned controls
• HTML in markdown enabled for jPlayer integration

Configured for Netlify deployment via netlify.toml