The following steps are here to help you initialize your new website. If you don't know Hugo at all, we strongly suggest you learn more about it by following this [great documentation for beginners](https://gohugo.io/overview/quickstart/).
### Create your project
Hugo provides a `new` command to create a new website.
Alternatively, you can [download the theme as .zip](https://github.com/themefisher/dot-hugo-documentation-theme/archive/master.zip) file and extract it in the `themes` directory
When building the website, you can set a theme by using `--theme` option. However, we suggest you modify the configuration file (`config.toml`) and set the theme as the default.
```toml
# Change the default theme to be use when building the site with Hugo
This website can be automatically published and hosted with [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) (Read more about [Automated HUGO deployments with Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2015/07/30/hosting-hugo-on-netlifyinsanely-fast-deploys/)). Alternatively, you can use [Github pages](https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/)