Explore Theme

A minimal, text-heavy theme for Hugo, designed for academic sites, personal blogs, and essays. Built with Gemini Code Assist

Theme on Github

Hello World: A Guide to Getting Started

Aug 20, 2025 Rain Doctor

This guide will walk you through the entire process of setting up a new Hugo site and installing the Explore theme. We’ll cover installing Hugo, creating a site, adding the theme, and basic configuration to get you up and running quickly. (...)

Explore Theme Features

Aug 19, 2025 Rain Doctor

Explore is a minimal, text-heavy theme for Hugo, designed for academic sites, personal blogs, and essays. This post provides a detailed overview of its features and configuration. (...)

Markdown & Typography Guide

Aug 18, 2025 Rain Doctor

A demonstration of all the basic Markdown elements and typographic styles available in the Explore theme, including headings, lists, blockquotes, and more. (...)

A Post with Widgets

Aug 14, 2025 Rain Doctor

This post demonstrates a page with a widget sidebar but no Table of Contents in the sidebar.

The theme’s logic first checks if the Table of Contents is configured to display in the left or right sidebar. If it is, the ToC takes precedence.

If the ToC is set to inline or is disabled (like on this page with toc: false), the theme will then check for the sidebar.position setting. If that is set to left or right, the widget area will be displayed.

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Contact Us

Aug 1, 2025 Rain Doctor

This is the contact page. I don’t know if you wish you be contacted. I myself don’t. If you do, add your details here. Be mindful of spammers.

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