diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "themes/PaperMod"]
+	path = themes/PaperMod
+	url = https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod.git
diff --git a/.hugo_build.lock b/.hugo_build.lock
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diff --git a/archetypes/default.md b/archetypes/default.md
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++++
+date = '{{ .Date }}'
+draft = true
+title = '{{ replace .File.ContentBaseName "-" " " | title }}'
++++
diff --git a/content/posts/hello-world.md b/content/posts/hello-world.md
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+date = '2026-02-19T17:06:48Z'
+draft = false
+title = 'Hello World'
++++
+
+Testing 123
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diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
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+baseURL = 'https://me.marlow.boats'
+languageCode = 'en-uk'
+title = 'My Self-Hosted Blog'
+theme = 'PaperMod'
+
+[params]
+    defaultTheme = "auto"
+    showShareButtons = true
+    showCodeCopyButtons = true
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diff --git a/themes/PaperMod b/themes/PaperMod
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+Subproject commit 3bb0ca281fd17eff8e3489011a444f326d7c4c72