I'm using hugo-easy- galleries to smarten up the image presentation on here. Very easy to implement and worth checking out Available here: hugo-easy-gallery
Search functionality has been added to alnapp.com - Yes, a static search on a static site 😁!
Based on this article, implemented using fuse.io a powerful, lightweight fuzzy-search library, with zero dependencies.
The service works via JavaScript interrogating a json file (created by Hugo during site build) to produce details of appropriate articles.